The Omniscrolls

Maura and I were once best friends, but for over a decade and a half, we grew to become bitter enemies. She was the praised “hero” of the city, whereas I was the condemned “criminal”. We were both vigilantes, but she was always seen as a saviour. I resented how hypocritical her very existence was. One day, the both of us were caught in the crosshairs of a domestic terrorist attack, and somehow, the police linked the attacks to me. I was on the run. Maura, the police, they all chased me through every dark corner and crevice of the city until I was finally cornered. Maura tracked me down and, while the cops were en route, I made my last stand. Maura said she wanted to talk, but the time for words was long past. I shut her down and readied myself to face her. In a city full of crooked cops and false gods, there was no hope for someone like me to find the light. I would make certain that they would never catch me alive. And so it came to pass that I forfeit my life that night. But I did no...

It was a relatively quiet day at work until I got a phone call from a man claiming to be the exiled archangel Lucifer. He said he had finally escaped his prison in Hell and was now on the run in the world of the living. I was initially planning on leaving the office early, but hearing this man’s pleas of needing someone to talk to, I couldn’t help but schedule an immediate appointment for him. The man arrived not long after. As he entered the room, a strange presence enveloped the air around him—as if space itself was undulating with every step he took. The man sat down and buried his face into his palms. “I don’t know where to go; I’ll stand out in the other realms. As long as I suppress my powers, I can pass off as one of you, but even that won’t work for long.” I was unsure where to start. “For how long have you been running?” “It has been a week now. I’ve been hiding in alleys and abandoned buildings.” I started taking down notes when he looked at me with shock in his eyes. “You do...

Agnus and Greg were highschool sweethearts who had their entire lives mapped out, but their dreams came crumbling down before they even got the chance to pursue them. Just as they graduated, Agnus fell terminally ill with cancer. The doctors gave her six months, at most. Greg was never a regular churchgoer, but once Agnus fell ill, he visited the local parish every day and prayed for her recovery. After three months of continuous praying, he grew sick of it. The girl he loved was deteriorating before his eyes and there was nothing he could do to ease her pain and suffering. He visited her every single day, but towards the fifth month, he couldn’t take it anymore. Greg could not bear to see Agnus in the state that she was in. Soon, he started drinking every evening to numb the pain, but those thoughts and feelings he pushed down only returned stronger once he was sober. He stopped seeing Agnus, and he barely even left his room. Agnus kept calling him, but Greg ignored her calls for a we...

It was around 9:00 p.m. and I was walking home after work when all the animals in the neighbourhood started making noises at the same time. It was strange. When I arrived home, my dog, Lucifer, and my cat, Lilith, were also doing the same. They were running up and down while barking and meowing. I tried to get them to stop, but Lucifer growled and Lilith hissed at me. I backed off, confused. They never behaved like that before. I wondered what was going on. An hour passed before the two of them finally stopped making noises. Oddly enough, the entire neighbourhood went silent at the exact same time. I wondered whether it was something only animals heard. By midnight, I was in bed and quickly drifted off, but I was awakened again at 3:00 a.m. by the animals in the neighbourhood going wild once more. I put on my noise-cancelling headphones and got back in bed. This strange phenomenon happened three days in a row. People in the town thought it was either witchcraft or a demonic presence. I...