Written by:
Aniket
“Insignificant. That’s what they think of us.”
“I respectfully disagree commander. I’m sure they never intended to hurt our feelings. In fact there was a lot of support for us from the masses.”
“Our feelings? You must be joking. Those ignorant fools don’t even know we exist. I never agreed with our President to adapt their culture and language. Our language had 531 alphabets. A whole 504 more than this stupid English we have adapted ourselves too.”
“You mean 505, sir. But the whole point was too simplify our communication systems. Also, it would have made rehabilitation easier to their planet if we ever had troubles on our own.”
“We are a far superior race. We can not possibly get into any trouble these earthlings could help us with. The only thing they seem good at is increasing their numbers. Their numbers increase in integral proportions. I’m amazed how they do that when their species possesses only one genitalia per specimen. Its shocking.”
“Erm. I’m sure they are good at other things too. Sir. We have observed and implemented other systems from them too. Like their judicial process. By not killing anyone who committed a crime and having them imprisoned after having them tried in the court has both increased our relatively negligent population and also increased employment prospect. Not to mention their game of football. You do realize a petition has been made to convince other planets to take up the sport too and maybe, then we can have interplanetary club teams and all the planets can compete in galaxy cups every held every century. The possibilities are limitless. It’ll help in establishing peace across the universe and understand new life and new civilizations.”
“Did you just quote Star Trek on me? You know I hate that thing. Universe is not something you can dress pretty and talk your way through. You’ll be disintegrated even before you step out of your solar system. Leave alone your galaxy. Now, Firefly I can relate too. But don’t ever mention Star Trek again.”
“I’m sorry sir. Won’t happen again.”
“I see we’ve reached within range. Shoot the fizziles.”
“Are you sure you want to do this sir? This may be considered as an act of war.”
“An act of war would have been had I shot them with gizziles and annihilated their race. This will only stun them for an hour. Let them know, Pluto is a planet. And we Plutonians don’t take kindly to be ignored or their planet to be demoted off the solar system.”
“Acknowledged.”
Written by:
Kits
She had been making out under the blanket of stars ever since she could remember. Well, maybe when she turned 15, just to keep things real. The boys, they were never really of a particular type. Red-haired, brunettes, tall, short – all sorts. She never went for the fat ones though post the Randall incident (He had squished her in a moment of passion you see!)
Her mama was an alcoholic. Her step-dad was a no-good sob and always leched at her. They called her names behind her back. ‘Whore’, ‘slut’, ‘skank’. The names didn’t affect her so much… Continue reading
Written by:
Shruti
She struggled to untie the ropes cutting into her wrists. Her legs were bleeding by now. She looked around trying to squint through the darkness but it looked as if she was locked up in a void. There was an eerie silence all around her. She was suddenly blinded for a moment as a spotlight flashed on her. She instinctively smiled for a moment. Just then, the ground beneath her gave way and she shrieked as she fell deep into the darkness but no one heard her; she didn’t hear herself. There was just a creepy silence.
She… Continue reading
Written by:
joaquin
Dude this sux.
Beats chem. and study hall. What did u bring 4 lunch?
Forgot. Is there machines?
Didn’t see any. U want half my sandwich?
Ok. Thx. Wtf are we doing here?
Learning about stars, duh. And not smelling Ms. Carmody’s no soap using ass.
No I mean like wtf are we doing here on this planet. What if it goes on forever backwards and forwards? All the space and dust and stars are really just a molecule in something else. Or what if there… Continue reading
Written by:
Sarah
“It’s only a lightning storm.”
“Just keep talking.”
“Happens all the time.”
“Not up here.”
“Sure up here.”
“Not to me up here.”
“Give me your hand.”
“Can’t. It’s taken.”
“I didn’t mean it like—”
“No, I mean it’s welded to this whatchamacalit.”
“I think it’s called an armrest.”
“I think it’s called a false sense of security.”
“What’s your name again?”
“Chloe.”
“Can you close your eyes for a minute, Chloe?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Why not?”
“Because I might miss the… Continue reading
Written by:
blistertoe
written by blistertoe (blistertoe.com)
Police lights turned outside the backyard window. James stood watching with nothing else to do. Caught captive in the sprinkling of rain. Each step he saw in a new drop. Another idea in a new drop. Across the street, the house with the noisy dog was quiet.
One thing had happened. But on the window, a thousand raindrops had landed. A thousand ideas. A thousand possibilities of what really happened. All of them would spread. Neighbors were emerging. Evolving from their worlds like slow Cro-Magnon. Rakes rested on houses. Mowers calmed down with the… Continue reading
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