short story

See fireworks again
And see gorgeous dazzling fireworks, my thoughts thronged the imagination. It was New Year's Eve a year ago. After dinner, my brother came bounding up to me carrying a bag. "Brother, do you set off fireworks?" "He asked playfully, with his mouth cupped. I bent down to examine the bag in his hand, a colorful fireworks tube from the bag out of the small head, make me feel familiar. The same fireworks, I thought.
By Aaron4 years ago in Earth
thunderstorm
Dark clouds shrouded the sky, and there was darkness in front of me. Only when there was lightning, there was a ray of light, sweeping away the dullness caused by the darkness. But after the lightning, there was a rumble of thunder, which seemed to roll over the head, and then banged loudly and exploded, so scary. A flash of light flashed, and I quickly covered my ears... The arrival of thunderstorms In the afternoon, a strong wind suddenly blew outside. Chickens and dogs barked everywhere in the village, and the house became dark. It is going to rain. The leaves shook violently, and there was a "rumbling" sound in the distance, as if coming from the ground. I looked out the window, the sky was covered with dark clouds and the wind was blowing loudly. There were almost no pedestrians on the street, only a few cars were seen passing by quickly. After a while, it rained heavily outside. My window was rattled by the wind, and my mother quickly locked it. During the thunderstorm, I can't turn on the TV, computer, tape recorder, repeater... I have to draw. Another gust of wind swayed people's eyes. I don't know who's window was closed, and there was a sound of glass shattering. The wet print of raindrops appeared on the ground, and gradually became larger. The thunder grew louder, as if to encourage the rain: Everyone jump down! It rained heavily. The sound of thunder became clear, and my grandmother said: This is Li Lei, and it is the most dangerous. The sound of thunder "click" and "click" is really like what is written in "Journey to the West", Lei Gong and Lei Mu are in the cloud and dancing sledgehammers in command. The lines of the lightning are getting thicker and thicker. When a thunder strikes, a lightning bolt cuts through the sky and goes straight to the ground, and the sky becomes like daytime. The rain was intermittent. It was heavy for a while, and it was small for a while. The sound of "rushing" gradually faded away. I didn't know when it would stop. Birds with nests all returned to their nests, and those without nests hid under a big tree, shaking from time to time. The rain fell on his head, and then he hid his head deeply in his neck. The speed of this lightning is getting faster and faster, appearing quickly and disappearing quickly, like a little boy hiding from you, he is wearing bleached clothes, that kind of white is a color that is difficult to adjust on a palette, He combined pale yellow, orange, gray, and light-like white to form the color of this lightning bolt. After the thunderstorm, the sky seems to be bluer and the air is fresher. Maybe the thunderstorm has cleaned them up! After a while, the lightning swept to the horizon, the wind ran into the distance, and the rain quietly went away. The ground in the village is very wet. Except for the dripping sound of "tick" and "tick", the flowers, grass, trees and trees are covered with "new clothes". In the puddle, the dog was licking the water in the small puddle, the chicken came out of the chicken coop again, and foraged leisurely in the yard. Pigeons also came, and the weeping willows by the river were even more beautiful. What a thunderstorm! The sky suddenly turned cloudy, and the sun was shining just now, but in an instant it was covered with thick dark clouds, and the room was pitch dark. Reading a book in front of the window was a lot of effort, so I put down my pen and book and looked out the window. A gust of wind came, and the branches were swaying fiercely, making a clucking sound, as if they would break away from the trunk at any time and be thrown into the distance. I don't know who's window has no hooks, and the uncontrolled windows kept shaking and bumping. Before I could speculate on the consequences, I heard a "bang" and the glass shattered. Dark clouds shrouded the sky, and there was darkness in front of me. Only when there was lightning, there was a ray of light, sweeping away the dullness caused by the darkness. But after the lightning, there was a rumble of thunder, which seemed to roll over the head, and then banged loudly and exploded, so scary. A flash of lightning flashed, and I quickly covered my ears... The raindrops fell immediately. A lot of raindrops, following the wind, fell diagonally on the windowsill of my house, forming one watermark after another in a blink of an eye. Suddenly, the raindrops became very dense, and the buildings and trees in the field of vision were hidden in the vast rain. About half an hour later, the rain stopped and the clouds dissipated. The trees and buildings seemed to be the same, except that they were different from before the rain, and the eyes were fresh.
By John M McDaniel4 years ago in Earth
Devoid of Matter
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. He is still wrapping his head around what's happening around him. There are so many others having a great time. Drinking, smoking, straight West Coastin' at this - where is he? Holy smokes, he's in motion? No, he's floating. Oh man. Wait. No he is actually moving in slow motion.
By Soulful Jenn4 years ago in Earth
Wilderness Survival
"Brother ...... brother, are you sure we want to go to this island?" My cousin gulped and said. "What about otherwise!" I dragged my brother over hard.
By MerleVillalobos4 years ago in Earth
Life Cycle of a Bird
I float in infinite darkness. Unable to see nor feel a single thing. I know I'm a bird because a voice told me. The voice told me about the outside word in all its infinite glory
By 0Lilith_Cipher04 years ago in Earth
Entrained
She slammed the door just in time. Her success was awarded with the sound of claws scrabbling glass. Muted barking too as the conductor's hound voiced its displeasure over her escape. That was the third time since she'd woke up here; if you could call a moving train a "here". The third time she had just made it away from getting a piece of her chewed off by some very aggressive patrol mutts, or maybe it was the same one over and over. She was tempted to just stay here between cars this time and see if hands stuck like tongues, but she was too scared.
By Sandra Rutledge4 years ago in Earth
NOVEL 93XX
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. My name is Bellatrix and I am hoping they are wrong. I am a space explorer and it seems I am stuck in another galaxy. I worked on Shipped 93XX for 3 years. We had the mission to explore the universe and find other forms of life. For so many years mankind has wondered if we are really alone or are there different types of life in the universe. As big as the universe is it is naive to think we are the only intelligent life that exists. 93XX main mission was to find other life in the universe and make contact with it. We have searched every corner of the universe in hopes of finding something anything. But we have never been successful. At least not until now. Through out the last couple of years 93xx has explored different planets and even discovered a few we did not know existed. But each planet we discovered had no life on it. Not only that, there was no way the planets we discovered could support any life form.
By Adriane Kirby4 years ago in Earth
Spring comes after winter
The lazy winter sun filtered through the tawny glass and lay lazily in front of my desk. A mild sun shone on my report card. The printed words in boldface, lying quietly, look a little lethal also have no, but to my winter wind strengthened the power, let me shiver in the winter of ice and snow.
By test4 years ago in Earth
The Ends Beginning
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Little did they know just how wrong they were. My scream seemed to echo beyond the stars or so it felt. My world had been dying from the start but this was just cruel.
By Abigail Spring4 years ago in Earth
Did Atlantis really exist?
The archetype of Atlantis is probably the Cretan island of Thera, which sank to the sea during the eruption of the Thera volcano around 1470 BC. Plato put the story about 9,000 years ago, but it was probably copied from ancient Egyptian script by mistake and actually happened 900 years before Plato. The story of the Tower of Babel is actually quite simple, but in order to tell it clearly, it needs a long background. The following are from "The Origin of Consciousness in The Breakdown of The Bicameral Mind." 1. Worship of God The author believes that the worship of god can be traced back to tens of thousands of years ago. After entering the agricultural society, these worship were gradually fixed. In ancient Egypt, the living king was God, and the dead was death. In all ancient civilizations except Egypt, the king was the steward or servant of God, and after his death he joined the ranks of God. 2. How the human brain Works The author believes that before 3000 BC, the two sides of the brain were functionally separate, with the left brain responsible for language and execution, and the right brain responsible for abstract thinking, etc. The information goes from the left side of the brain to the right side, and when the right side reaches a conclusion, it goes to the left side. This process is achieved through auditory hallucinations or visions. As a result, the left side of the brain assumes that the information it receives comes from God and acts faithfully. All ancient civilizations worked this way. This can be demonstrated in the Iliad, where there is a "what my God wants me to do" and no "what I want to do". When the characters are not being guided by God, they tend to stay where they are and not know what to do. Most of this guidance comes from past experience and a small part from logical thinking, but people did not understand it at that time. This approach is what the authors call the Bicameral Mind. During the existence of the dichotomous mind, man and God are equal. The famous Code of Hammurabi. At the top of the stone pillars of the Codex, Hammurabi stands before his god Ramash. (In this part, I wrote more simply, but in fact, it belongs to a more professional knowledge -- psychohistory. The thinking and consciousness of ancient people and people today are different, and this knowledge is to explain ancient history by establishing ancient psychology.) 3. The Breakdown of the Dichotomous Mind From 3000 BC to AD 1, different peoples, cultures, and languages began to blend under the influence of catastrophes, wars, etc. As the external environment became more complex, perhaps the biggest impact was the eruption of Thera in 1470 BC. As the external environment became complex, the dichotomous mind began to break down and God was no longer able to direct human behavior. The most famous is a stone tablet built in 1230 BC by the Assyrian ruler Tukurti Ninurta I, on which is carved a picture depicting the relationship between God and man. It shows Tukurti walking to the throne, kneeling down, fingers pointing to the empty throne. This is the first picture in human history of a God-human relationship in which God does not appear. It is because of God's absence that people pray for his presence that the God-human relationship begins to cease to be equal. Other pillars with images of Tukurti found later also show no god with him. Later, Tukurti became the first king in history to be killed by his own relatives. 4. The Pyramid and the Tower of Babel due to the frequent absence of gods, in order to get closer to the gods, people increased the height of the temple, and built the shape of the Inca pyramid, and the temple became higher and higher. The Tower of Babel, built in the sixth and seventh centuries BC, stands 300 feet high and atop it was built for Marduk, a bright blue smooth temple. The official name of the Tower of Babel is E-Temen-an-ki. Temple (E) of the receiving platform(temen) between heaven(an) and earth(ki). -- the temple that greets the platform between heaven and earth. In the fifth century BC, Herodotus, the famous ancient Greek historian, made a special trip to Babylon to see if the statue of Marduk was on top of the temple. He climbed to the top and entered the central room of the temple. Then he saw an empty throne.
By Song4 years ago in Earth
The Train In The Night.
It's strange to tell a tale I am not sure I myself can explain or even understand but I shall try anyway. It will not be a long story as I don't think I have the time to do so. I get the impression that soon this strange journey I am on is going to end badly. You see I am on a train and no one else is on it. I am alone as far as I can tell. I feel though as if eyes are watching me but I see no one and I have walked up and down this train I am on for I am not sure how long. Does it matter? Does anything really matter when it seems time and reality are not helping me understand where I am let alone where I am going? Maybe I should begin where I last remember being not on the train that's going faster than I thought such an old train could go safely? I remember what before I awoke with a violent start as if I had just been dropped into the seat I had found myself a while ago. I was startled and annoyed strangely enough by the sudden appearing on a train that looked quite old. I know nothing about trains or their history or what model of locomotive this is. But it does seem to be of the caliber I have seen on those old movies of the 1930's? Maybe? Strange, yes I use that word a lot lately since this, well, strange thing has happened to me. What was I doing before this? I don't remember anything. That tells or should tell me I am simply having a very lucid dream and I will wake up and have no knowledge of the dream? Yes, I did say it was a dream in the beginning of all this but dreams don't last as long as this one seems to be lasting. I have walked up and down this train and have not found one single bit or scrap or sense of any of living souls on this thing. I should mention that I can see nothing out the windows but very dark and I don't like it. I am convinced I have been here a while but I don't know how long and I am not sure it will ever end? I try not to be morbid but I do get the impression I am being watched? Something either outside in the pitch black darkness something or someone is simply watching me and having a good laugh at my expense? I can feel the speed of the train and as time had gone by, if you want to call it that, it is going faster and it seems the speed is not really an issue with the train. Shouldn't it? This is a train after all on normal tracks of some kind; is it not? Maybe? I must say though and this is where it gets weird. I have been counting the cars on this train and I swear the number keeps changing. I would go forward until I hit what I believe is the engine room or actual locomotive; I will talk about that later about what I found. But when I would go back where I came the train seemed longer as if another car or more than one was added? I started counting the cars and yes, I am not mistaken, the train is increasing in length somehow. It's all a dream of course as that is how dreams work but then again it doesn't really feel like a dream at times. It's going faster and I can feel it. It's speed if I could be outside and watching must be incredible. Or is that simply my dream playing it's tricks on me? Reality is not making sense here and it's not getting any clearer as I write this I am beginning to notice something else; the train has been very quiet up to this point and I mean quiet. Even my steps seem lost on the ugly blue carpet. If fact sound itself seemed lost. Is that possible? But lately, at least in the last five or so minutes if time means anything, I am hearing, well, pounding sounds along the walls of the train? Like a heart beat in fact. I at first assumed that it was me and that would be understandable as my anxiety was becoming a problem the more as time or whatever this reality is was getting to me. But the pounding didn't sound like someone hitting the sound of a train, it sounded too much in rhythm with my own beating heart. Was the train alive? Was this some kind of metal creature? A Machine with a heartbeat? It's growing louder now, I can even feel it pounding. It's loud, demanding, vibrating across the train! I stare up and down the train and see nothing but miles and miles of the same kind of car that I am in. The walls were vibrating, everything around me was shaking, vibrating, screaming to life. Everything is around me seems to be....
By david a sigler4 years ago in Earth
Sarah's New World Premonition
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Sarah woke up on a runaway train in space going nowhere. She was looking out the window of the train screaming for help as the train kept rolling away in space.
By Mariann Carroll4 years ago in Earth