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"Hurry up, this place is untouched for a reason." She frowned. The woman sent a scowled glance at the ruins that surrounded them. She was tall and burly, yet had clear signs of malnourishment. Her umber cheeks were ever so slightly gaunt and her limbs were far thinner than they should be. On...

LOG. i+49 This is a love story. Before Moving, Before Doing Anything of Note There was Pain. All encompassing and abrasive. Top to bottom. Inside and out. Controlling a body without organs often came with the impression that there would be no such thing as pain. With no nerve...

Armsmaster pinched the bridge of his nose. "So, you mean to tell me that you can shoot lasers from your eyes?" The young teenager with red-tinted sunglasses looked up at the tinker, smacked his lips, and nodded. "Yes." Armsmaster furrowed his brows as if he were in sudden pain. "And you're...

I don't care if it's on the record; no, I do not sympathize with the 100-year-old man we found in Theater 5. A lot of my coworkers have labeled me 'rude', or 'heartless', or 'ugly' - not true and doesn't have anything to do with the story - and I want to explain my point of view. Before you...

Salvage At an hour to dawn, under a clear sky, Relmae Half-Elven looked down from a lonely hill and resisted the urge to awaken her travelling companions just to have someone to talk to. The few scattered stones of a missing fort reminded her that this was a place for silent watching. To the...

Welcome, SV, to the Sufficiently Spooky Short Story Contest. Halloween approaches, and our thoughts turn, naturally, to darker subjects - whether that's monsters, death, the inevitable flickering disappearance of the sun and the oncoming endless cold of winter, or worst of all...

Twenty six years ago, he'd suddenly found himself in a world unlike his own. Twenty six years ago, he was given a Pokémon for his protection. Twenty six years ago, he had gained a daughter. Today, she pays him yet another visit. Victory Lap "Charles, you have a visitor." I wait...

Hello, SV, and welcome to the Sufficiently Spicy Short Story Spectacular! With Valentine’s Day coming up, thoughts inevitably turn to love, romance - and sex. For many years now, SV has been a welcoming home to mature fiction of all kinds. However, there is still a lingering perception that...

With the hundreds of diplomats, sages, leaders, scouts, scientists, filework nerds, and errant warriors around to choose from in Lodestar's hull's big meeting hall to share our thoughts through embraces, there was one I hadn't been able to get out of my head all evening since she walked up to a...

I towered over the green flyer seated in their chair, just appreciating them for a moment. The flyer, Acid Storm, was inputting and edit numbers in tabs on their computer terminal and drag around the screen with their fingers, peering and grumbling at the molecular reactions that would play out...

Day 32 of the Everbright's voyage - Universal Stream Primax 109.0 Beta "Hey–" Backpack started as our head clonked into hers. We stumbled into a fall and she caught us. "Woah there– Arcana?!" Why can't we differentiate from each other, where is our human body? Why are we here? Must be...

14/13/1,201,356 Allsparked Cycle (AC), Rallying Age. Myriday, 17:03 Hours Dialgem Local Time, Caminus. "Singing on these solemn seas, Of stars and souls, Glowing together in the void. May we find warmth in each other's arms, In each other's words and actions!" we started to sing the Hymn of...

Illa vero gloriae cupiditas sacrilega: inventus est enim qui Dianae Ephesiae templum incendere vellet, ut opere pulcherrimo consumpto nomen eius per totum terrarum orbem dissiceretur, quem quidem mentis furorem eculeo inpositus detexit. ac bene consuluerant Ephesii decreto memoriam taeterrimi...

I RAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a8PgqWrc_4 2021 — Shah Reza II was on the news once again. Not that many people were giving that much of a damn about him or the anniversary of the death of his father, as well as those "Darker Days". Many historians and analysts have praised how...

Chapter 1: Operation Shakedown's Briefing [SOFTWARE INITIALIZING...100% COMPLETE] [HARDWARE INITIALIZING...100% COMPLETE] ... ... [UPLOADING...100% COMPLETE] IMPERIAL STATE AIR GUARD OF NÖRD ELVHENIA - 51ST DIVISION, 126TH "BLIGHT" TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON OBJECTIVES: - SECURE THE CITY OF...

A random assortment of one-shots and one-offs, just to show that my muse is trying to kill me. Some of these may become stories in their own right--- but don't hesitate to jump in and adopt one yourself! This is fanfiction after all... combine! Create! Re-mix!

Author's Note: This uses the characters of my 40k quest thread TO BURN, VENT OR TAKE AS PRIZE, but is of dubious canonicity and I also wrote it for literally no reason! *** It is impossible, in such moments as this, to not reflect momentarily upon the curious and circuitous history certain...

He is the son of a Primarch, though he knows not which. The gene-seed which made him what he is now came from a battlefield on which his masters fought a warband of Blackshields. The Apothecaries who tended to his batch of inductees could not discern any particular gene-markers on the resources...

Garrick Ollivander smiled with contentment. Potter had been a tricky customer, and picking a wand for him had taken longer and been more messy than usual. Still, Ollivander felt he had experienced the start of something extraordinary. Looking at the mess in his shop, Ollivander waved his wand...

I Love You I was on my way home from work. The sun was bright. Buildings towered into the air around me. The city had its own manmade beauty to it. A geometric symmetry that nature couldn’t reflect. The light of the sun reflected off the windows of the skyscrapers back at me...

The gun trembled in my hand. Just as it did before. With hallowed breaths, I staggered forth. The spike of pain coming from somewhere in my body was ignored. I was bleeding out. I would die. If I survived, then the rumbling of the walls around me were enough of a message that I would not be...

“The early years of the twenty-third century were a tumultuous time for the lands of the Empire of Sigmar. Men of the time did not consider themselves part of the Empire, and in a meaningful sense, there was no empire, because the Time of Three Emperors had lasted for centuries. The individual...

Welcome to A Day of Water. This is an experiment of sorts inspired by pen & paper games. In short, instead of long voting periods and chapters with thousands of words, this quest will only allow voting for around 10-15 minutes, and I will in turn do my best to put out (very short) chapters at a...

The interior of the bar burns bright alight. The sun outside fell, night rose high, and the counter is now ready to serve. Lady bartender prepped for the opening of the doors, ingredients sorted, cups on display, handkerchief for idle glass and counter cleaning handy, wondering what kind of...

Esteemed members of SV, I present you the unofficial short story competition, organized, sponsored and judged by me, Suzu. The winner will either receive a silver account upgrade for six months or $25, depending on your personal preferences. This competition's theme is: "Summer." The rules...