No one heard the sound but the birds, before it the only sounds were of the forest. The soft, sweep of snow falling in the evergreens. Crisp, winter air bringing with it a deep, seemingly impenetrable silence. A whispering breeze, caressing the branches. Overhead, in a glistening sky, clouds drifted slowly, releasing heavy snowflakes that danced almost merrily to their final resting places. The forest lay hushed, serene in its slumber. At first the sound was almost inaudible. The ptarmigan cocked its head to the side cautiously listening, it’s small agile body tensed for flight. It came again and the ptarmigan launched itself skyward disappearing over the treetops. The sound became shrill, almost a cry accompanied by dogs barking and men laughing. An eagle woke, eyeing the ground in irritation. Man always disturbed the serenity but she was high in the trees well hidden so she stayed silent, watchful as the hounds ran playfully below her. Snow, spraying high into the air as they frolicked only stopping for a moment to make sure they had not wandered too far to raise their masters ire. It was only a momentary break and the silence returned as the laughter and barking faded into the night. An owl, swung agilely in circles above the forest, keeping a watchful eye on the ground, a master hunter seeking its prey. No one heard the sound but the birds. A sharp sound. Different from the sounds that the eagle usually heard. Loud, arrogant noise. A growling roar. No longer were the men or the hounds about to hear the sound that would signal the beginning of the end.

I have an idea I have been tossing around for a moment.

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It is about a character that sees black numbers above someone's head. That shows lethal someone is..I'm having a hard time starting it out...I have a few ideas bouncing around but no real fleshed out idea.

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Thank you!!

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You want to commit murder and make it look like a suicide or an accident; how do you do it?

I am writing the sci-fi on public github, so that everyone can give comments and submit your revision. https://grassrootpublishing.github.io/chronicle-of-new-sun/ (click on "view on github" can go to the github page and write comments and create revisions) thanks a lot.

Hey Writers,

I've had an idea for a world to set a story in for a while, but I don't know where to go with a plot. The setting is in a world where all humans have an animal familiar called an Animus. Animi and their human are empathicly linked and can coordinate their movements at will or see through each other's eyes. An Animus's form is dependent on where the human lives, their cultural norms even sexuality.

Magic is contained in crystals that can be inset in weapons or used to 'charge' an Animus with an element for an extra boost. These crystals can also be used to power machines, ships and even powered armor.

So, my problem is that while I've gotten some world-building down, I need some help with an actual plot. So far, all I've gotten down is that the protagonist's name is Thale and that he's enrolled in a military academy for troubled youths.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Hi i have 2 ideas for books or series and wouldn't like them to go to waste since i'm not good at writing. 1º This one is about a future where bacterias have become almost imune to antibiotics.To survive (by trying not to make the virus adapt/advance anymore)only a few people are allowed to live by being given the vaccination necessary, while others die to the virus.This is just the real basic of the story and it was a bit inspired by seeing this http://reddit6.com/r/science/comments/3k32wi/american_chemical_society_ama_series_im_mark/cuuv1zo?context=3. 2ºThis is about a child that came out (born) of the ground (literally) let's call him x. A couple finds the child and because they don't want the child they give it to and orphanage where it grows up seeing the evil of the world (first by the voluntary abandonment of the couple and later by the mistreatment the kids and the adults on the orphanage give him).Until one day he realizes he has supernatural powers which were trigggered by his anger.In his rage he goes on a rampage, destroying some cities, until he realizes he had to "purge" earth and does that by absorving to himself the evil that existed on earth (which will turn him evil) but he choses one human to mantain his humanity (both good and evil) to be able to kill him and end all evil.Then the story revolves around that human and his quest to chase and defeat x,while coping with the evil free world around him.In the end he either defeats x and then he ,remembering the world of monotony of everyone being good, kills himself or isolates himself or even while in battle both merge into a superior force (godlike being) that rules the universe and balances good and evil. Well sorry for being so long but hope i gave anyone ideias obviously there are a lot of flaws in the plots but just wanted to dump ideas. Thanks for reading.

I want to write a ten minute short-film. I had an idea for an opening scene. A sad-looking teenager is shooting hoops, but he only has one shoe on. This makes the viewer wonder, why does he only have one shoe? As the writer, I need to figure out how to answer that, but I need help!

what in your life has happened recently? or what is your (short) life story?

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"He has long claws that spill onto the floor and an unearthly creepy smile. His body was a sickening grey color. He stares and continues to smile before bolting away. I rush down my stairs only to find that he had not run away but into the open door of my house." This is a little excerpt from my story that I wish to put on the creepypasta cite and I think that the monster just needs a little more description or something like that.

I came to Thailand with about $1000 in my checking account and $20k worth of credit card debt.

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I'm in the process of writing a science fiction short story about a man that discovers he can physically replicate anything using a mathematical equation (I don't want to go into too much detail). The problem I'm having is two-fold; (i) as the man creates more and more his reproductions have less value, but how can I show that HE has less value? I'm quite stuck... (ii) I'm trying to keep it under 10,000 words so I can submit it to different places, but I'm having trouble being concise...any tips? Any help would be great!

What happens when all the good guys are dead?