Outcrop Under Stars_We Flew too Close to the Sun_Ravenous_Beginning Of The End
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Outcrop Under Stars
Hamilton’s back met the pebblewww.onedoor.ccd ground with a heavy whump, followed by a low groan emitted from Hamilton’s mouth. As pulsing waves of pain punched into his spine and left hip, he found it hard to see through the fresh tears in his eyes; yet he kept them wide open, searching frantically for whatever it was that had launched him out into the brisk air. His eyes, however, only found stars, both those found far away in the depths of space along with those manufactured by his rattled brain.Only twenty minutes ago, he had been hiking up the tall rocky outcrop half a mile from the colony walls as th...
We Flew too Close to the Sun
To avoid the consequences of his actions, Daedalus escaped to the island of Crete. It was here he began working for King Minos. The king had a secret and Daedalus was tasked with helping contain it. Daedalus’s success brought him imprisonment. The King could not take the risk of this man and his family revealing his secret to the outside world, so Daedalus and his son Icarus became prisoners. Longing to escape, Daedalus devised a plan. He created two pairs of wings made of feathers and wax. One pair he kept. The other, he gifted to Icarus. Be careful, he warned. He knew this device h...
Ravenous
Don't look up. Don't look up.Erin sits on the top shelf, eyes squeezed shut. With her knees clutched against her chest, she hardly dares to breathe. The creature shuffles along the floor below her hiding place, knocking cans and boxes off the shelves as it searches. Erin winces each time another item clatters to the concrete below. It knows she's somewhere nearby.Someone outside screams. With a burst of speed, the green-skinned beast spins around. Then, it hurtles out the door and toward the sound.Erin finally lets out a stifled sob and slumps back against the wall. It's over. For now, at leas...
Beginning Of The End
The Beginning of the End The sky looked like an old woman’s face, teeming with the smoke of several bombs. It was for the petty conflicts and politics because of which led to World War 3、 Buildings came down like dust, a few entire countries had been wiped out, and plants now grew in only some select places. The temperature of the Arctic was always very cold. It seemed to Ruth as if the temperature just never changed and hung on negative 50 degrees Celsius. It never occurred to her that one could actually differentiate between summers and winters. But with global warming going on one could ac...