"A Superintelligence! The Singularity will be the peak of evolution. Imagine the technology! The possibilities! We won't have to do anything anymore. And it's not that far into the future because

The Dragonwraiths guarding the entrance to the Realm of Unmaking had been lured away long enough for the man to enter. But only the Orb of Heaven's Light could distract a Dragonwraith, and the gods still

David Graham, the first President of Earth did not hesitate to give the order to annihilate the demons' spaceship, in full knowledge that he would also be killing the king and queen of demons, his parents.

The scientists approached the Primotype. Dr. Hass, head of Cylab, stepped forward to touch it. The two eyes opened. Hazel-hued and full of life. "Good evening, gentlemen!" "Good evening,"

He sat her down on the couch. "Take this water, too. You're going to need it." He handed her a full glass. "What's the matter, honey? Tell me already!" "Sweety-cakes, I

The crystal monolith recovered by the Tsar in the aftermath of the Tunguska Event was to spell his undoing. The crystal – which we now know contained human-adaptive DNA spore matrix – had been accidentally

The grizzly bear's claw had left a now long rusted scar on his chin. In his old age, he liked to reminisce about the Animal Wars and the Second Remachinization. Soon he'll have to step into the great beyond

It was not until prom night that I found out my mom was an alien. As me and Jared were leaving the limo, the midnight-blue pendant I had borrowed from my mother started to vibrate. I turned it over. On

New on the job and eager to please, Yotiferel, assistant to the Demigod of Hope & Renewal said yes. Later, when he saw the myriad ethernotes on Cloud 9, he understood the pity looks from his co-angels.

Daddy, take me to the edge. I wanna see the waterfall. Please, daddy!" His anime stare and bubbly giggles compelled him. "All right, but hold on tight, alright?" Little did he know that

Know why you're making a decision to "never do X again". Know what you quit. Visualize many times the way the thing you want to leave behind is doing you harm. Otherwise, when you make a theoretical

@juliank 's photo contest -- Original photo by @csbegu taken with a Nikon D3300, AF-S 18-55mm.

Ageshifter A fire has been lit under the docile waters of my childhood. Yeses take the shape of nos. I’ve been sprayed with a weird emotion. My easygoing, kidly thoughts have morphed into a Tchaikovsky

The worst thing about regular anxiety states is that unless you changed some of your core beliefs about the world, acquired in the past, you will go on being anxious. The events happening to you and how

At city limits cold sweaty pillows, the clouds smother traffic jam. *** Part of Steel Waterfall – 108 Modern Haiku and Tanka, which I'm publishing for the first time, on Steemit. © C.S.Begu, 2017, All

Just as the first year was turning red, Erael, Vice-Angel of Temporal Affairs inserted a buffer loop to keep it from exploding. And then he cut it and thus the very first second year was born. The hazy

To get into the Upper Underworld, you first fly beyond the semantic barrier of 12,000 feet, then plunge downwards into the Katjungi volcano, properly reciting the mantric pass. The Gateway opens right

Christmas Lights Play in Grand Place, Brussels

From the high jungles of the East the caravan came down mountain paths into the hopeless flats of the Mish desert. With memory of freedom, two families of animalshifters were rattling the indestructible

Back in time 18 years. To capitalize on theories yet undiscovered, on uninvented gadgets, on Facebook stock, and, most of all he was going to be there for that first Bitcoin. But the Time Machine sent