Aaron Hildebrandt @ashground

Here lay the object of his desire. Yet now, pulling it from the ground, he found that whatever it may have been, it no longer was.

The last light to shine on Earth came from the glow of a firefly. There weren't even stars in the sky to show us the way.

Travelling a minute into the past, Sarah found a small fly in her soup. "Funny," thought. "That wasn't there a minute from now."

In the end, it was the bravery and courage of the sidewalk burger vendors that saved the day; but with time reset, no one would ever know.

Not everyone takes note of the stars as they come out each night, but everyone noticed the day the stars turned blue.

He walked through the rows of parked cars, each step sticking to the hot pavement. Behind him, the car was quickly consumed by the flames.

Anna had thought that the zombie apocalypse would be a horrifying ordeal, but aside from her constant hunger for brains, it wasn't so bad.

There was only one person who could save them all. But now, standing before the ruptured expanse, she realised it wasn't her.

In most stories, heroes are made - not born. Johnny Awesome was not such a hero. Johnny Awesome was awesome from the start.

Standing in this strange little room. I remember having volunteered for an experiment. Now, as I look around me, I can't recall what it was.

She had always thought it was strange that her mother had named her Ima Robot. Now, lying ruined in the trash heap, it began to make sense.

Eventually, the fires stopped, and the rain came to wash the charred city away. All that was left was a marsh of ash.

The alien had made one major miscalculation when he challenged Juliet to the staring contest: having ten eyes was not actually an advantage.

Jim thought it was strange that so many attractive girls fawned over him. Then he discovered his life was an ad for American Eagle.

"Jake" was the country's most elite special agent, but he defected when he discovered the country was actually evil. Also, he was an alien.

As it turned out, the constant techno beat and disco-dancing dog were all in his head, which was a shame; boy, could that dog dance.

The world could be a difficult place for a man with no eyes. Luckily, his three extra ears almost made up for it.

The Emily Patterson Memorial Food Court was the shining beacon of the fast food industry. It was also the low point for civilisation.

This is a story about the end of the world. It wasn't what we expected. But then again, the world didn't start the way we expected, either.

Hannah's rapture lasted less than two weeks. Inevitably, they were found out. He was taken from her, and less than a day later, he was dead.