Category: The Infinitum
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It’s Coming for You
The first thing we saw was the smoke. A smudge of grey in the distance, beyond the hill, so small and unassuming you could barely notice it between the trees unless…
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Story Time through a Blade: The Hammer
Content Advisory Please be advised that the following content contains references to sexual assault, rape and abuse. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know has been affected, support and confidential…
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Welcome Home
Throughout internet history, there have been many fan communities for a variety of games, movies, and many other things. Welcome Home is a website ARG that allows creativity to run wild through…
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The Oddity
A murder most odd The Oddity office had never looked this ridiculous. Jamie had spent the better part of two days transforming the newsroom into a 1940s detective office. Black-and-white newspaper clippings…
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Story Time through a Blade
Episode 1: Snooze You Loose – The Grim Sleeper Content AdvisoryPlease be advised that the following content contains references to sexual assault and rape. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know…
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“Do not finish the book”
“Do not finish the book.” Throughout my teen years my mother would tell me this often, and the majority of the time it was confusing. I must admit she always says things that sound…
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Route 33
Deep within the woods, a pathway was forming. Trees began to lean away from each other as if pushed by an invisible hand, so far that their roots broke through…
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The Oddity
Oddly enough, nobody panicked Daniel burst into The Oddity office like a man whose house was on fire. “It’s gone.” Jamie looked up from her laptop. “What’s gone?” “My article. The investigative…
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The Earth unbound
The wild returns where once their cries were banished, And ivy climbs where steel once claimed the day. The Earth their throne, by ancient right replenished, While rivers carve the paths, we tried…
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The Oddity
Oddly victorious Julia stood at the front, clipboard in hand, while the team gathered around trying to pull their outfits together. Theo’s tie was already loosened and Jamie wore a leather jacket over a button-up.…
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Too deep
Jackson kicked a stone and watched it fall, fall, fall until the dark abyss swallowed it up. He didn’t hear it hit an end. No matter how many times he did this, it never…
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It never leaves you
At the edge of town, there sat a rusting playground. There was one slide, some monkey bars, but most importantly, there was a swing set. The swing set had been her…
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Every neighbourhood has that house
We could see the back of the house through the shrubbery and trees that lined the fence. Much of the backyard was obscured by their branches, but we were small enough so…
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The 11:43 stop
They were strangers, perhaps it should’ve stayed that way. The 11:43 stop became his refuge from insomnia and hers from something she wouldn’t say. The last train was always empty except for…
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The Oddity
The shadowing “She’s leaving. She’s definitely leaving.” Daniel stood in the doorway of The Oddity newsroom, arms crossed watching Julia aggressively jab at the printer. “She’s not leaving,” Lena whispered, nervously biting her nails. “Look…
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Echo in the depths
There are no days or nights anymore. There are only the steel walls that surround me. No matter where I go, I am trapped inside this forsaken submarine. I fear I may…
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The Actress
Genny Gordon always dreamed of something more. She always dreamed of being someone more, someone else. Now that she’d become this someone else, well, let’s just say, it didn’t turn out the way she’d always dreamt. Before all that however, Genny found herself in…
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Family
I The Silvers, where do I even begin… Let’s start with the patriarch, Sterling Silver. He was stern yet playful somehow, and a little too flirty for my tastes. Also witty, and very, very…
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The Oddity: For the Love of Candygrams
Julia stood at the front of the room, clipboard in hand. “Alright, team, this year The Oddity is running a Valentine’s candygram fundraiser. I need y’all to help with deliveries and orders. Any volunteers?” …
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The Cupid chronicles return
Dear diary, It’s me, Cupid, unfortunately. Listen, I already hate my job, but today is the day I want to hang up the bow and arrow for good. But the bills need to…
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Follow the sound of my voice
Heather craned her neck, taking in just how tall these hedges were. Standing inside the maze, they almost entirely blocked out the sun. “Are you sure about this?” “What? Are you scared you’ll get…
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What’s inside
Human bodies can create life. When people become pregnant, it’s a miracle. Even though the mass of cells forming in their womb is sapping a lot of their energy and nutrients. Humans are…
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Lifecycle.
The leaf that stalls in the air, for a moment time stands still and it isn’t falling; it’s still full and though its colour depends on the angle it is vibrant, its…
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Road to nowhere
It was easy to fall asleep on the bus, especially when you knew the route by heart. He took the same bus home every night after his shift. He had it down…
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The Oddity
Order in The Oddity Theo – Layouts Julia sat across from Theo with a clipboard. It was time for performance reviews. “So, Theo, let’s talk about the March issue layout.” “Ah, yes,…
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You again?
I’ve been in human resources for almost eight years at the company, and I’ve handled everything from embezzlement, workplace affairs and wrongful terminations. But nothing, and I mean nothing, could have prepared…
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Back to you
I had come home for Thanksgiving, and my mom told me to finally had to clean out my old junk from high school. While digging through an old drawer I found a binder…
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The Oddity
A very oddity Christmas! It was only a few weeks away from Christmas, and the newsroom smelled faintly of cinnamon and a mix of printer ink. Christmas was coming, but so was…
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When the Gods painted the sky
The herd was lost. Food had become scarce in recent months; even the moss they usually ate could no longer be found under the snow, no matter how many hooves dug through…
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As the wind blows
She sat by the hearth, watching as the snow on her boots melted and pooled on the wooden floor. The spot had begun to mold. She’d lost count of how many times…
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