Category: IFstravaganza
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I chose to be the bait.
I couldn’t send the cabin boy to his doom. With the captain in position, and the cook having sealed the hatch, I moved deeper into the ship towards where the creature had fled. With the hatch sealed, the only exit, for both me and the monster, was back towards the stairs where the cabin boy…
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I chose to wield the net.
I told myself it was because he was faster than I, but I was too afraid. I made that poor cabin boy act as the bait. With the captain in position, and the cook having sealed the hatch, he moved deeper into the ship towards where the creature had fled. With the hatch sealed, the…
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A Captain goes down with his ship.
The blood splattered on the hull of the ship, and the tattered ropes that once held our captain confirmed our worst fears. The cook came up behind us from elsewhere on the deck. “What happened?” Was all I could ask, as the only way out should have been past us in the midsection. The cook,…
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Staying Put
You try to shake what you just saw, that was an unexpected turn of events. In better news, your food looks delicious! You’re eager to get back to your regularly scheduled programming – all of this ruckus has stirred up an even larger appetite. As you’re licking up the last few crumbs off your plate…
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A Fine Dining Experience
As you enter through the pristine crystal doors of the restaurant you are immediately welcomed in by the intoxicating aromas of the most delectable cuisines imaginable. You’re ushered in and seated at a small table towards the perimeter of the floor where you can look out at the other diners enjoying their evening. In your…
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Maybe it wasn’t just a dream…
You wake up in a library, confused and anxious about what is next to come. “What was that dream? How did I even get here, and more importantly, how do I get out?” You decide it’s time to get out of this place and begin to wander among the numerous books that line the shelves…
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Welcome to Zephyria
Welcome to Zephyria, a heavenly kingdom amidst the clouds for the chosen. This is the last pocket of uncontaminated atmosphere that is untouched by the effects of nuclear war and what remains of the natural world as the Earth continues to warm. Since human evolution exponentially proliferated because of genetic radioactive mutations, you and all…
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7 Years Later
You awake in a bed with the sun beaming through your white curtain windows. You stand up and open the curtains -revealing two children playing in a small park outside of the house you awoke inside. You think back to the day you beat the scientist, releasing a sigh of relief. “Is this what true…
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(22). Hide amongst cargo
To distract the Pirates I threw a rock in the opposite direction. Then swiftly moving through the cargo I slide into the slightly open box. Lucky for me this box was mostly full of straw. I nestled down into it pulling the lid closed just as the two voices began approaching again. Now in the…
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Underground hospital record
I wake with a start. I realize that I’ve been sleeping in the library. I quickly get up to put all the books and reports away, when a brown paper fall out of the stack. What’s this? I didn’t notice it eariler. I pick it up, and I realize it is an old hospital record…