humanity
The evolution of humanity, from one advancement to the next.
Interstellar
“Just because you don’t believe in magic doesn’t mean magic doesn’t believe in you.” I stared in wonder at this statement written in a card I found in my mail box. The card also contained a blank check with my name on it so I knew it was meant for me but I had no clue from whom. The envelope had no return address either. I wasn’t even sure it had gone through the post. There was no stamp. I looked up from the card and looked to my left and right down my street but it was weirdly empty. I put the card back in its envelope and went back inside my home.
By Chynia Norton5 years ago in Futurism
In Days of Hope and Ash
The sky was always light, from the bottom of a hole. Horace climbed out his. The horizon glowed to the west, behind the factory. A black, ashy snow fell. He rubbed his bruised elbows. His had been a tight fit. All around, boys emerged from other holes. A few carried weighted satchels.
By Joel Hathaway5 years ago in Futurism
Simple Stories at the End of the World
The breeze was cool, the gray sky spoke of a calm day, though the exact day was uncertain; society had abandoned the Gregorian calendar the previous year. She rose from her bed; not a sound in the house. The wood paneled walls were musty, and quite old, but a well-kept old. Something that was built to last. The mud room didn’t have mud as much as layers of sand and dry seaweed, all swept into the corners. She had mapped out this location weeks ago. The residents had all abandoned these summer homes, staying in the cities where they could be with family. No one had bothered to lock their doors, and it was now a ghost town of luxury condos.
By Marissa Bea5 years ago in Futurism
An Immortal Son
That damn little black book. What a joke. As if I really believed it was the remedy to all the pain I felt today. That it would make the pain of losing them go away. But why did I feel like that anyway? My parents… they were indescribable. No words in the English language could appropriately reveal the fury that I felt in my soul toward them.
By Bradley Graham5 years ago in Futurism
Worthless
Grime under nails she thumbed through the paper, some torn, some burnt, some covered in blood. She reached her number, twenty thousand, feeling the weight of the wad press against her palms like it still meant anything. Smooth on her skin, a caress of a past life. She raised her arms and opened her fingers, letting the notes pass through the gaps and float into the breeze. The air rained them back down onto her, hundreds and thousands and hard-earned at that. They drifted, twirling against a burnt sky that so few eyes gazed upon still.
By Zoe Taylor5 years ago in Futurism
Stories from the Stargazer
At night, he lays awake. Watching, waiting, counting the stars above him until the universe speaks again. Despite having gathered a generous amount of stories from the universe so far, the Stargazer had become accustomed to the silence of space. In between his epiphanies and conversations with the oracle, the Stargazer often sat with his head on a tilt, patiently waiting for the next exposition. Face to face with these celestial objects, the Stargazer began to feel the immeasurable distance between them. His mind puzzled at the dense night sky above him.
By Gray Sends5 years ago in Futurism
Morals, Ethics, and Truths
It was easy for me to find the money. To build my beliefs up, especially when I found this Strange Mysterious Black Book. At first the book looked blank accept for this mysterious writing, it started to alter right before my very eyes. It started to say " What does your spirit need?" I began to think about this question and the book began to act strangely. I dropped it but it did not hit the floor it started to levitate and the pages started to flip back and forth. If that was all that happened I think I would have been thinking it was a dream, but after that light that came from both the heavens and the core of the Earth. My life changed, I now have my own Spiritual Text, that points me into the right direction.
By Jack Waldon5 years ago in Futurism
