Stories tagged “new life”
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They were warned
The blackened earth seemed to curl and peel as soon as he descended from his higher plane. “This world was not meant for this,” he thought. He bent down and pulled some of the dirt from the surface and caressed it through his fingers. Insta...
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Isyldor's Reckoning
Isyldor stared at the planet in The Great Chamber. Even though it was tiny and inconsequential to the entire universe displayed before him, this planet is what everyone focuses on. Too bad, it’s inhabitants had to be destroyed. It was inevitable ...
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The After Life
Karesh more or less stood in front of the largest building he had ever seen. It was beautiful yet grotesque at the same time, if there was such a thing. He was with a group of other people from his home planet of Janeth. He recognized some heads of sta...
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A higher power than your own
“My name is Isyldor, welcome to Paradise.” “If this is paradise,” Karesh thought, “where is my family? Where is my father? Shouldn’t he be here?” As if reading his thoughts, Isyldor continued, “This may n...
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Last night at home
I open the door to my family home’s basement and I see all my stuff either in bags or neatly packed in boxes. Hard to believe that everything you own in the world can be put in a corner somewhere in a basement. “It doesn’t look like a...
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The Confessions of a Former Prostitute
A year ago my life was a complete and utter mess. I was a prostitute with no future, no friends and I had never loved anyone. I gave my body up for sex, and dealt with the consequences. I went to Hell and back, and I think God’s done it for a rea...