HeyJaredDrama and Drakes Writing
Original short fantasy and science fiction stories written weekly by Daniel Coates.
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The Day Gravity Stopped Working On Me (opens the original)
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I remember we were camping. Dad, Mom, Liza, and me of course. That was when we had tents, before Dad’s back went and Mom needed her machine for sleep apnea. Though I wonder if having the camper might have changed what was about to happen. See, it had been a pretty normal night in the Alleghany mountains. The magical drum of rain on our tents had lulled us to sleep. There is no sound in the world quite like it. Especially with the distant rumble of thunder? Mmm, perfection.But anyway, I woke up t
A Single, Futile Shot (opens the original)
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The rattling of distant gunfire carried through the cool summer night air. A young man in his early twenties wiped the sweat off his palms on his military fatigues. The name on the right side of his chest read ‘Firence’. He glanced around at the faces of his squad mates, trying to see if they felt the same fear and anxiety he did. The bloody light from Valdenwelt Prime’s red moon cast their faces in ghastly relief. All nine of them plus Firence leaned against the wall of their trench, looking at
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