Th3 Scribbl3r

writer, musician, tea addict, lover and devourer of stories, and night sky admirer. original short fiction for free at /http://th3scribbl3r.wordpress.com/

[pr1nceshawn]

Book Cover Illusions.

[nprfreshair]

The Jacket Designer’s Challenge: To Capture A Book By Its Cover

[popculturebrain]

why does that baby look like Jim Gaffigan

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Never thought I'd be writing Harry Potter fan fiction. Just a little 2 page draft exploring a different take on The Boy Who Lived.

[giraffepoliceforce]

I really want a science fiction story where aliens come to invade earth and effortlessly wipe out humanity, only to be fought off by the wildlife.

They were expecting military resistance. They weren’t counting on bears.

[splintercellconviction-deactiva]

Imagine coming to a hostile alien world and being attacked by a horde of creatures that can weigh up to 3 tons, run at 30 km/h (19 mph), and bite with a force of 8,100 newtons (1,800 lbf).

By the time you realise that they can traverse water, it’s too late. The surviving members of your unit manage to make it back by shedding their excess gear and running for their lives; the slower ones were crushed to death within minutes.

You later describe the creature to one of the humans you captured, wanting to know the name of the monstrosity that will haunt your nightmares for cycles to come.

The human smiles as it speaks a single word, slowly and distinctly, in its barbaric tongue.

“Hippopotamus.”

[artdeactivate2025]

This is giving me the biggest, creepiest grin I might have ever grinned 

[skeletonmug]

Imagine being the next crew to go down to earth and thinking “it’s fine, we got this. We have the weapons and equipment necessary to deal with bears and *shudders* hippopotamuses. We’ll be fine.”

And at first you are, you’ve learned how to dodge. You’ve learned where their territories are. You know how to defend yourself.

But then one night you are sleeping in your shelter. You’re in a tree covered temperate part of earth. It seems benign. There are been no sightings of the dreaded “hippos” around. Not even any bears. But there is a slight rustle of the undergrowth. You try and ignore it telling yourself it is just the wind.

Then you hear the rustle again. closer this time.

You peer out into the darkness but see nothing amongst the trees.

The rustle again and now you realise you can smell something. It’s musky and slightly foul. It’s the smell of an omen, a warning. But what of? Where is this smell coming from.

You sit up, but it’s too late. The foul smelling creature is on you. You are hit with 17kg of coarse fur and vicious bites. Long dark claws tear in to you and you are pinned down white the striped creature tries to bite your throat.

It takes some doing but you manage to wrestle free. Blood drips from your wounds and already they itch with the sign of infection. The creature has a bloodied snout, rust rad, mingling with the black and white hairs. It lets out a terrifying growl from the back of its throat and looks to attack again. It’s between you and your knife, so your only choice is to back away.

Eventually the creature gives up and snuffles off in to the undergrowth, down a hole near your shelter you hadn’t noticed before.

When you make it back to your base you once again consult the captive human.

“Badger.” they say, with a solemn nod.

[jabberwockypie]

One word: Moose

[myurbandream]

“Our vehicles are far superior to the local human models, in range, speed, armament, and any other metric you care to name! Nothing could possibly-”

BAMrumblerumblethumpcrash!!!

“That’s called a moose.”

[tygermama]

“We should be free of the threat of the ‘moose’ here on our new floating accommodation” *humans start sniggering* “… they can swim, can’t they” *humans start laughing louder* …. *mid-winter* ‘I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED! K’T'SURKIK WENT OUTSIDE AND A MOUND OF SNOW ROSE UP AND ATE HIM’

[ellidfics]

“What is this ‘wolverine’ you speak of?”

[beautytruthandstrangeness]

Tell me the story of the unpleasantly surprised alien invaders and their captive human remnant, getting more smug the more the aliens fail at basic scouting…

[ladyshinga]

I know we’re all talking the big smash-‘em-up type animals, but what about the little ones? Are aliens prepared for spiders? Mosquitoes? Fleas? Ticks? Even humans get sick or die from some of those, who knows what the fuck they’d do to an unprepared alien.

[swaff-original-deactivated20161]

Nobody expects the mosquitoes

[bbtozz]

@tomato606 it got better

[th3scribbl3r]

I just found my next story inspiration...

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Newest pretty ditty

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"The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, the opposite of addiction is connection" Fascinating take on what really causes people to become addicts, and how to change that.

[nevver]

[theunnovelist]

Having a tough time coming up with ideas for the next book?

[th3scribbl3r]

A little idea inspired by my father, who is recovering from a heart attack, and prepping for a triple bypass.

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Perfect birthday, 6,000 feet up

[thequietrabbit]

[pr1nceshawn]

Compelling First Lines of Famous Books.

[thehairsonthebackofyourneck]

[entertainmentweekly]

When someone shows you how little you mean to them and you keep coming back for more, before you know it you start to mean less to yourself.

Lena Dunham (via entertainmentweekly)

[thehairsonthebackofyourneck]

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Edited version: I scarred you but no marks show You scarred me but no one knows With hearts and hands and tongues so tied No one sees what we can't hide

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