Stories tagged “hole”
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Slo-Mo (Superhero Black Hole, part 60)
Once the sound of my palm against Zoe’s cheek subsided (which, by the way, I apologised (or as she tells it, “grovelled”) for, over and over again, and she said she was cool with it…even though it left a horrid red mark across h...
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Heading Back (Superhero Black Hole, part 61)
Afterwards, when we were back in my hotel room (she had her own seperate room, by the way; like I said before – we don’t end up playing tonsil tennis, or doing the genitalia handshake. (Looking over my shoulder, Zoe’s asking me to rem...
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اليوم الثامن (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 62)
It had been eight days since Zoe had manifested her ability to slow time to a crawl. There had been a breaking story on the news this morning about footprints found in 3.4-billion-year-old rock in Australia, complete with the brand name from the sole. ...
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اليوم الثامن، ثانية (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 63)
After some initial irrational moments of panic, we didn’t think it a big deal at first. We simply went back in time a couple of days (making sure that we were able to receive the check in the mail again, of course) so that we could upgrade the ap...
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اليوم الثامن، للمرة الثالثة (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 64)
We went back in time again, entrusting the suitcase to Mrs. MacPhearson next door, who promised not say a word of it to anyone. Given that she had taken a vow of silence several years prior, this was not anything she’d have had to go out of her w...
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New Leases (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 65)
In apartment 2B there lived a young man pursuing some sort of law degree; he financed this pursuit by pushing amphetamines and new identities. Having won the lottery the week before the big jackpot (in the grand scheme of things, a couple million would...
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La Toux Pratique (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 81)
Zoe uttered an expletive, as she is wont to do in situations like these. Had she not done it sotto voce this time, we might not exist as we do right now. Our internal quaking in terror turned to inquisition when we heard a rather large and obnoxious co...
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Aniridia (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 86)
“You need a shower,” Zoe bluntly informed me as the three of us huddled together in the broom closet located under the stairs to the apartment’s subbasement. It was dark, barely dark enough to see. The albino man’s eyes somehow ...
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Moose Jaw (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 87)
We could only nod. I wasn’t sure if the albino had seen us or not, but he began talking anyway regardless. “In approximately one and one half millennia, the groundwork for a new and novel power source will be devised,” he began. ̶...
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Why I Obsessed Over That TV Show (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 88)
“Well, spit it out already!” Zoe bristled. “All in due time,” the albino countered. “The manifestation of time travel abilities has been shown to relate to the mental status of the afflicted. For most, it begins with a rit...
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⅟ (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 89)
“I swear,” Zoe fumed, “if you don’t get to the point of all of this right quick, I am going to murder you!” “That would be inadvisable,” the albino coolly parried, “since I am here to help.” He shuf...
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Word Is Bond [Remix] (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 90)
“You make the future from one of James Cameron’s flicks sound like Candy Land,” Zoe remarked. “It is…” The albino hesitated a bit in his delivery. I could sense a hit of emotion hidden behind the careful delivery in his ...
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Temporal Asphalt (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 98)
“She must be using the In-Between to be doing all of this damage,” I hazarded. Al nodded, wordlessly grabbing a piece of paper and scribbling down an equation on it. I examined what he had written. ع = GM₀(t₂ – t₁)((14ظ + ⁶(...
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[Title of Story] (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 104)
I continued. “It looks like a movie theater. Even has a soda fountain in back, and it works. I know because I took myself there—or some Other Me took myself—took him—screw it, you get the idea. One of the other rules you can get around usin...
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Knot Theory (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 118)
“But…” I stammered, “…um…wha—?” Zoe, however, had had both the exact same thought as I and fuller control of her vocal and mental faculties. “Whatever do you mean? Lettie’s been following Dimwit here for the ...
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My View of The Funeral
This was probably the smallest funeral I’ve been to. We crossed the pool deck and I waited for Jojo to pull our her mockingly bright rainbow umbrella out of the house in order for us to not get completely soaked. We made our way outside, and I co...
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Something in the Night
“Something goes here.” I spoke the words aloud, but they got lost in the wind. Leaves and blades of grass flitted across my field of vision, obscuring the already muddy issue at hand. If there was a moon I couldn’t see it. If there we...
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Breakthrough (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 122)
We rested for awhile. Al said he had to do some fiddling around with stuff and went into the projector room. He was kind enough to play for us some film from later on in the timeline. I think it was the thirteenth movie of the fourth reboot of Star Tre...
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Double Vision (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 123)
Zoe smiled, her eyebrows arching. “Still with us, I see.” “Uhhhhhh…” I grunted. Zoe stepped out from behind me and wagged a finger at Zoe. “Is this some kind of sick joke?” “Uhhhhhh…” Zoe paid Zoe no ...
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