No Name by Tamsin Butler Have continued the story and would really appreciate any ideas :) [4,463 words]
No Title Sake Man by Janette Dejesus . [4 words]
Valentine,S Day by Janette Dejesus Story has been deleted. [1 words]
The Adoption by Janette Dejesus About 2 girls who are adopted and one goes over the edge and commits a crime. [1 words]
The 9-11 Opportunity by Gregory Allen This idea was given to me by my boss. He is the star of the story. Fixed a couple of thing... [3,872 words]
Sally Part One by Gregory Allen Opening chapter in the adventures of Sally. [2,245 words]
Those Old Men by Charles F Kane A serious theme to ponder about, as we become may become the old men I describe in the first part... [424 words]
House Of Dolls by Lady Sashi When one of the X-Men dabbles in the Craft, the results are unforeseen. [3,148 words]
Alphabet by Tamsin Butler I was seeing if I can write a story starting from Z and working backwards. I am still working on it. [213 words]
Ocular Dolor by Ouazan G Skilad "Left?" "Right." "When?" "What?" Benny the doorkeeper in my building was almost completely deaf. [749 words]
Tom by Gregory Allen Story about Tom the prick. [528 words]
The Writer's Twist by John H Pallister Frank Damper is a writer a good one, he leads a pretty straight forward life until a strange... [6,027 words]
The Perfect Lover by Loyd A Lesbian Love Story. [545 words]
The Pen by Alvin Gladstone Story of a man and his pen. [4,897 words]
The Last Song Of C S H (A Reprise) by Lawrence Peters If you need to know... [578 words]
The Highway by Debbie Bailey - [1,541 words]
The Dawn Of Twilight by Matt M Cantelon A man returns to his home town only to find he can never truly go back. Any feedback is w... [1,537 words]
The Agent by Laurence L'abre I wrote this for my GCSE a year or two ago ago. The assignment was 'a story set in one room'. I would... [909 words]
Russian Roulette by Daniel Brown Five men find themselves in a room being forced to play Russian Roulette. [616 words]
Memorize by Griffin Lance Pool A man who works for a german weapons facility is told to find weapon blueprints from a factory in Russ... [824 words]
Memories Past by Alice W-M It's pretty self expanitery [453 words]
Kitty And The Mystery Of Loreta by Maya Eaddy One day kitty and Loreta were sitting at home when someone cat-napped Loreta.wh... [263 words]
Jesus And The Woman by Jamie Fernandez Run-down woman encounters an inspiring Mother. [1,247 words]
Entity At Midnight by J Steven A man leavs work and is visited by something supernatural. [427 words]
Child by Laurence L'abre My little brother was annoying me the other night and somhow inspired me to write this story. Any feedbac... [635 words]
Black Shadow by Mousie It's my first story kinda, so don't be too harsh but I'd definitely appreciate suggestions. Thanks... [413 words]
A Close Facsimile by Jason P Neubauer The fax machine made me do it. [2,412 words]
The Wall by Upasana Datta The story has been set in a serene Indian village once under the British reign.The story is basically... [815 words]
Red by Ouazan G Skilad A short story about a professional hitman who has been in the business one job too long. Please take the ti... [302 words]
Ypres 1917 by Kimberly McGuinness It's World War I. Mud, sickness and death surround everyone and everything when two soldiers meet: ... [3,043 words]
Tree Man by Robert Davis A man finds solace in the shadows of a great tree. [726 words]
The Walls Have Eyes And They Whisper by Jason P Neubauer I find that sometimes actual nightmares, when they are lucid ones and are ... [981 words]
The Waiting Room by Julia Helen Livingston - [700 words]
The Trouble With Immortality
The Skeptic by Jason P Neubauer Kind of a character sketch. I wanted to write something that included a guy who was kind of a jerk... [6,703 words]
The Last Song Of Cold Steel Heart by Lawrence Peters - [3,382 words]
The Gamble by Vera Marbrylouch A fund raiser, set up as a fake casino in Monte Carlo allowed everyone to "gamble" and "win big." T... [394 words]
Quick And Dirty by Devin B Wieland Quick and Dirty follows the decline of a 25 yr. old man. In short, he believes that he must ret... [2,533 words]
Pursuit Of Survival by R M Harcourt Futuristic. [1,433 words]
Planet 22 Butte Montana Summer '03 by Robert J Speers An in depth look at the inner workings of a trail dusty roadie. [1,872 words]
Its Alright by Gregory Allen A short little brain fart. [837 words]
Hottie Pursuit by Iain Spittles Was walking through town yesterday and got the idea for this...... [734 words]
Five Dollars by Stevo Nagie A homeless man finds five dollars, has a small adventure, then loses the five dollars. [264 words]
First Bonding by Art Becaud A young mother to be bonds for the first time and realises her destiny. [445 words]
Everybody Loved Polly by Randall Barfield I detest violence and violent people! [1,809 words]
Doctor Trek - Crossbreed by Ian Kidd The Captain and his companions are plunged into a parallel universe where fiction is r... [11,902 words]
Call Girl. by Tamsin Butler Random story based around my job and my aspirations. [331 words]
Building The Outhouse by Caroline Woodson This is a true story. [614 words]
A Fallen Warrior by Byron Tuckett - [967 words]
Go to page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 [21] 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
| |
TITLE (EDIT)
The Trouble With Immortality |
DESCRIPTION
I know this will make some of you laugh. A tongue in cheek peek into another world....
[591 words] |
AUTHOR
Iain Spittles |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
You may have heard the theory that an infinite amount of monkeys, given an infinite amount of time, and an infinite amount of typewriters, and, I suppose, ink; could produce the complete works of Shakespeare. Part of a secret experiment, funded by NASA, I, and eleven of my simian brothers, were launched into space to test the theory. Government budgets cutting numbers of monkey and typewriter from ininity to twelve, the plan was destined to fail. The badly built rocket crashed, I escaped, my furry companions dead. The cocktail of drugs I was force fed giving me the most irresistable urge to write. Now all I can do is sit here, at this computer, and type. I hate humans for what they have done to me and my brothers, and will eventually find a way ro rule the world from my keyboard; subliminal messages are hidden in all I write, slaves.....
[October 2005] |
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
moogmonkey@hotmail.com |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (15)
A-Z (Poetry) Just thought I'd try writing something with words from A to Z in alphabetical order. Not really sur what catagory it should go in, but have a go yourself and post here!! [26 words]
Change And Continuity (Poetry) Just a short poem to test what kind of response rate to expect if i post some of my other work (mostly fiction, some more poems). Please review. [49 words] [Spiritual]
Hottie Pursuit (Short Stories) Was walking through town yesterday and got the idea for this...... [734 words]
Lowest Low. (Poetry) Just read it, it'll only take a minute. If you're bigger than your ego, you may even 'empathise'. [94 words]
No Title As Yet (Poetry) Another short piece, just tell me what you think, if you take the time to read it, please also take the time to review it, even if it is only one word I want to hear it, and FFS use the message board!... [272 words]
Ode To Mr. T (Poetry) Just a quick poem for fun. [62 words]
Portrait Of The Preperation Of Twenty First Century Cuisine Episode 6: Microwavable Lasagne (Poetry) This piece reflects my life-long interest in, and study of kitchen appliances. Since an early age, I have tried to understand what goes on in the minds of such things, and have managed to establish a ... [16 words]
Who Knows What? (Short Stories) This is an updated version, take a look, give a comment in return, that's all I ask. [966 words]
She's Got Beef. (Poetry) Just another dull poem to uninspire you. For some reason I can't use italics there should be some in this piece, Can you tell where? Answers on a postcard. [73 words]
Since You've Gone (Poetry) Curious got me all curious about my own emotions over lost exes, so I dug into them a little.... [49 words] [Relationships]
Study Of The Time Taken And Feelings Evoked Whilst Standing In A Queue To Buy The Paper This Morning. (Poetry) Since standing in a queue my life will never be the same. I merely wished to make a purchase, and was forced to stand, without food or watermelon, for just over eight minutes. Now even mater says I am... [13 words]
Telephone Conversation (Poetry) Noting much. [272 words]
The Four Seasons (Poetry) Just another poem. [96 words]
The Frustrated Author (Poetry) See title. [136 words]
The Time Machine (Poetry) Wishful thinking. [27 words]
|
The Trouble With Immortality
Iain Spittles
Tick-tock-tick-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock-SHUT-UP!
That damned clock, forever ticking away in the background, constantly and endlessly reminding me of time’s passage. I should get rid of it, but I need it, and I’m in enough of a rush as it is. I need to remain focussed, for if I am to miss this window, this precious fault in the infinite fabric of time itself, then I shall be stuck here, waiting another one hundred and nine thousand years for my next opportunity to arise.
How rude of me, allow me to introduce myself; I am Bolgag, the most powerful, the wisest, and most ancient wizard in all of Essenem. The people of this world have named me Bolgag The Silent, for so great is my frustration with them that I have not spoken in over one thousand years. I am preparing to cast a temporal portal spell, one which was last successfully produced by my lost master, and teacher, Azbead The Brown. If I succeed, it will be possible for me to navigate space and time by entering the portal, to perhaps even find the missing Azbead. It is, of course, possible, that my master was killed by the portal, or swept to a far worse dimension than this, with no chance for him to return. Perhaps he has found his own master, Phettish, who had hence found his master, Straponkok, The Mighty Black One, who had perhaps before him found the other, eternally-previous masters, each of whom has passed through this gateway to, to where; only they know. To read aloud or print the names of masters passed, would take more time, or more paper, than has been before, or will ever pass again from now. Perhaps they have found what we have all sought, and decided that the knowledge from the other side is too great, too much for the frustratingly fatuous, the feeble, the little, tiny, almost infinitesimal minds, of those living here, and have thus chosen not to return. Perhaps they found a world so far superior to this, a place of such abundant beauty, that they would never wish to return. Perhaps they just stopped being. I must know their fate, for to be here, in this repulsively repetitive, this ridiculous, relentlessly revolving world, is unbearable. I have seen everything, and seen it change, and change again, looping back once more to its original state. It has taken two hundred and seventeen thousand years to see it twofold; I cannot bear to witness it again. I could not find the strength to tell those, those mortals, that they shall bring doom unto their world, to then watch them suffer, for all I have warned them. To long to have one of them to live for long enough for me to tell them; ‘I told you so’.
They’re mostly gone again now, their pitiful civilization ruined, again. The scattered few remaining will multiply in time, they’ll learn afresh the ways of physics, of trade, of hedonism, of whatever else they may stumble upon. They will build, in time, some other monstrosity, some other device with which to destroy once more their precious society.
If my calculations are correct, and the alignment of the crystals precise, I shall be gone. To where, I do not know, perhaps to the unperceivable void of death. It is a chance I must take. Everything is in place; I must leave you now, for the hands of that infernal clock inform me, for one final time, of the time.
It is time for me to go.
|
READER'S REVIEWS (2)
DISCLAIMER: STORYMANIA DOES NOT PROVIDE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWS. ALL REVIEWS ARE PROVIDED BY NON-ASSOCIATED VISITORS, REGARDLESS OF THE WAY THEY CALL THEMSELVES.
" This is truly funny. I love your choice of names." -- CW.
"I too, love your choice of names, and your introduction! A good story, and humorous... " -- Debbie Kean, Auckland, New Zealand.
TO DELETE UNWANTED REVIEWS CLICK HERE! (SELECT "MANAGE TITLE REVIEWS" ACTION) |
|
Submit Your Review for The Trouble With Immortality
Required fields are marked with (*).
Your e-mail address will not be displayed.
|
|
Submit Your Rating for The Trouble With Immortality
|
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2005 Iain Spittles |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
October 2005 |
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
2288
|
|
