The Hugoverse

[WP] ”Everyone here has their story” she said, looking around her. ”So what is yours?” [ Link to post .] Todd took a couple of deep breaths to relax before he pushed the solid, grey metal door open. It swung into the room easily, then he stepped across the threshold. The size of the room surprised him. When Ballisea  told him to join "the others" in the cafeteria he expected a bright, wide open room filled with seats and tables. Instead he found a smallish dim room and a group of four people sitting at a round table. Dozens of pizza boxes were piled on a buffet table that sat against one of the walls. Most of the boxes looked empty and some looked older than others; it seemed like pizza was all they ate here. Todd wouldn't complain.  He looked over the four "others". The first one that caught his eye was a giant pale woman with fiery red hair braided behind her. The other three looked about his age. Two girls and a boy. The blonde girl wore a translucen...

[WP] A spider dangles down from the ceiling in front of you, but just out of reach. You hear a quiet voice say, "So what are you going to do now?" [ Link to post .] Abby  walked out of the shimmering blue portal and stared at her large pink and white house. She saw no sign of her parent's car in the driveway. The dark haired girl smiled at the tall woman with horns exiting the portal behind her.  "See? No one's home, I'll bet they're out looking for me," Abby smiled, then ran to her front door. She tried her house key, but it did not want to fit the lock. The tall woman caught up, and spoke up from behind her. "I'm sure it's very common to change the locks before searching for a beloved  missing child," Ballisea  said. She drenched the word "beloved" in sarcasm. "You've only been missing for a few hours, they must have been in a hurry to keep you out." "SHUT UP!" Abby yelled. She vented her...

[WP] Sunday Free Write [ Link to post .] Abby practiced switching views from spider to spider while they tended to her. She named the large black widow that spoke to her first "Skeeter". Her parents promised her a dog after they got settled in their new town. She planned to name it Skeeter, but Abby decided having a pet black widow that she could talk to was way better. Thinking about her parents made Abby realize the sun was starting to dip below the trees. She needed to get home. "Alright guys, that's good enough. Let me up," Abby said to her spider pit crew. A mixture of wolf spiders, tarantulas, black widows, brown recluses began undoing the webs that held her down, she watched it all from Skeeter's eyes. She moved to stand up, but Skeeter stood on her chest. His view disoriented her, and she fell on her butt. "Ow." She thought for a second, then decided on a solution. "Hey Skeeter, get in my eye hole." "Yes....

 They missed [ Link to post .] Sparks popped off the far wall, behind [Sebastian Spinne](http://hserratafun.blogspot.com/2018/01/brand-name-1-20-18.html), the man with spiders coming out of his beard. Security personnel rushed into the room when the orderly hit the alarm, but the sight of the spider swarm left them uneasy. They fired stun lasers. They missed. Dana Sharp turned to check why the security guards had not fired again. They were on the ground, covered in black widow spiders, probably dead. A sea of spiders surrounded Dana and her assistant, Melody. They stood in front of the disheveled man. He scratched at his beard while he stared at the women. A spider crawled out of it, up the side of his face, and into his ear. "We had an agreement, where's my money?" Sebastian asked. Dana nodded. "We still have an agreement. The money is on its way." "Then why they tryin'a kill me?" He pointed at the corpses of the guards. Dana shook her ...

Souls have been proven to exist and to be what makes us sentient, we just don't know what they are or how they work. Scientists begin to study them, poke them a bit, move them around, take them apart... [ Link to post .] "So, it's not going to kill me, right?" The disheveled, bearded man asked while looking around at the white room he sat in. White light seemed to be coming out of every wall, including the ceiling and floor. He sat upright in a metal chair in front of a large glass desk. A beautiful woman with long dark hair sat behind the desk, but he did not know her name. It wasn't important. He was here for the money. "Mr. Spinne, unfortunately I cannot guarantee that an accident won't happen. However, I can be completely transparent with you. We have had some patients react badly and die during the testing. However any financial compensation due to them was paid out to their families, with a bonus. If you like I can give you some references to ...