The story takes place in a dark and dirty room, in an old warehouse in the worst neighbourhood of the city. 5 young guys, play in a hustle poker game. They all bet their money in this game, each one of them giving all they could relative to their financial statuses. The risk is high. They are all nervous for the outcome of the game. Each round is harder than the previous one. Who will win, who will lose and what!

Με καινοτόμο τρόπο το ποίημα αυτό δείχνει πως ο άνθρωπος μολύνει την φύση. Το μυαλό του αδύναμο να αντιληφθεί τον κόσμο και τους νόμου του, συνεχίζει αμέριμνα να καταστρέφει τη γη, το σπίτι του. Πράγμα που μπορεί κάποια στιγμή να γυρίσει εναντίων του.

One Airbus A380 is flying fully loaded, from to London to Beijing. Two members of the crew, Abdualla the stewardess and Hans, a mechanical engineer, have planned to hijack the plane poisoning the two pilots. The unsuspecting passengers are waiting for takeoff in the waiting room. Among those passengers are a newly-married couple working in google, who are computer specialists and programmers, browsing on the trip brochures of Beijing and planning their honeymoon. Nobody can imagine that in a couple of hours everything will change.

Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen and was completed between February 1811 and 1813 while Austen was residing at Chawton Cottage. The novel details the life of its main heroine Fanny Price from childhood through to her eventual marriage with a close childhood friend.Mansfield Park was first published in May 1814 by Thomas Egerton, who also published Jane Austen's two earlier novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, in the two years prior to the third novel's publication. The publication of the novel was well-received by the public and a second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray still within Austen's lifetime. Murray then went on to also publish Austen's fourth novel Emma which was Austen's last published novel still within the author's lifetime.

Mrs. Clark confesses to the detective that her husband behaves aggressively and in a weird way as if he’s not himself and that sometimes she’s afraid of him. “He’s not the man I once married”, said to Hope. Suddenly, his attitude towards Hope changes as he becomes more and more aggressive and even his character traits changed.

This game is considered “life and death”. The winner will become champion and this is a knockout game. Jack is with Aston Villa. Last time he got so beaten up that now he is forced to carry a knife. He is scared. The two crowds started fighting long ago before the beginning of the match. Aston Villa won by 2 goals, Michael’s team lost. After the game the fans of both teams collided outside the stadium. Michael didn’t want any trouble but the knife of Jack had another opinion and hit his heart.

Long ago, in the Higher Realms, Alexikan, the Dark Prince of Malice, peacefully schemed to murder his dad with much glee and satisfaction. But one night, an old beggar woman came to the star palace of the Prince, and offered him a lily in return for shelter from the cold. The Prince sneered: he could clearly see that she was a Fay in disguise and mocked her for presuming that she could teach him some quaint moral lesson with her tricks. So the old woman up and punched him through dimensions, all the way to the Lower Realms. And there the Prince roams still, looking for a way home...

Short stories are a great place to experiment with concepts and ideas and this is a short piece (even for a short story) which combines those end-of-the-world 80s movies with a few of the many conspiracies that are out there. Sorry if that offends anyone. Actually no I'm not. If you don't like it, don't read it. The story isn't true, it's not my opinion or in any way meant to attack anyone. It's just one of those "What if..." scenarios and I think it's a little humorous too.

The story was first published on The Weekly Knob on Medium. https://medium.com/the-weekly-knob/fruit-fly-9c78353ac4c7#.rb9zytuhx This is a flash tale about the intricate delicacies of destruction and chaos through the marvel and wonder of the human intelligence. A technological impossibility rises up through the eons in order to provide its inventors with cheap and affordable energy. The story takes place around a star and two engineers are about to complete the greatest structure ever to be completed. Enjoy.