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Part 1 When asked about her age, Grandma would say she felt like a 100 year old donkey, which never failed to make the kids laugh and run around making funny noises. She tried to explain she meant as wise

Nobody knew how old Grandma was. Not even she. If you listened to her, she had been found by some gypsies wandering in a corn field when she was two or three, four at most. Grandpa, however, believed she

The rooster was going off again at 5 in the morning. It was time to do something to shut the damn bird up. He didn’t mind getting up early,the problem was all the creatures started stirring in their sleep

Mr. Gaston had built a solid reputation for himself as the go-to guy. No matter the problem, he would sort it out for you. For a price, of course. A guy’s got to live, right? The man lying on the bed,

It was sort of a rite of passage, the first visit to the park, even though most of the kids in the area spent much of their childhood there, riding the iron horses with their washed-out featureless faces

The sound had finally moved away from him. The loud unmistakable thump that made the floorboard squeak made it clear it wasn’t the creepy-crawlies this time. Strange how he’d forgotten about them for so

‘That's our motto, and if you can't abide by it, then you are not the type of person...’ ‘Don’t worry, Mr.D, nobody’s ever called me lazy’, Michael Green interrupted, sitting a bit straighter in his chair

The boy never makes a sound. He sits perfectly still on the on the rickety chair, with it’s moth-eaten fake velvet. Green and stained. Not that it matters, for the boy sits in the dark, with just the glimmer

Mommy said she’d be watching from the window, like she always says. She’d been saying that for years and Maddie believed her for a while, and she’d always made sure to be playing in plain view, so Mommy

There were snakes in the old stone place, but the grass grew so green and so tall, you hardly ever so them crawling at your feet. And Flora had learned not to be afraid of them, because Fabian told her

‘Anything else, Your Majesty?’ The girl already knows he won’t be ordering anything else, he never does, but she cannot resist it. Just for once, she’d like to see the man lower his proud eyes, stare at

The servant girl must be new to the palace, the princess doesn’t remember her placid round face. The princess watches the lazy girl barely touching the furniture with her dust-feather, kicking a dead bug

I got progressively more and more frightened of ocean sailing until I just couldn't deal with the stress any more. I got a bigger boat hoping it will give me enough confidence to take to the seas again,

It had to be him. The others had already picked their shovels, without a word, as was customary, and had started digging, but he just pushed them away. Also without a word, but they understood, Abe was

So, you might've heard of "Five Nights at Freddy's". If you've never heard of it, just Google it. I just can't explain it. Anyway, there exists another game called "Spooky's Jumpscare

The first time Elijah sensed something odd was when he was about five. The comforting feel of the warm sand against the soles of his feet made him cry with delight. ‘Oh, how I missed that!’ His parents

Part 1 The alien’s words sounded strained, which only added to the sense of dread seeping through Ryan’s bones. The only brothers they had left were those few starving on Earth. The creature in the middle

The buzzer on his left arm started vibrating a few seconds before the alarm sounded, giving Ryan just enough time to open his eyes to see the flashing red display over the door initiating the countdown.

Hello Steemians, SCI-FI fans and future NextColony players! I hope you are all doing well out there! The second auction round has ended and six legendary planets are already sold. The third auction started

‘He’s all yours’, the colonel said, giving Werner a stern look and a mobilizing pat on the shoulder. No need to say more, everything had already been discussed when he’d been drafted for this job, which,