Hellhound

Carmen had a hard time making friends in her new school. It was the middle of the school year and most of the students had no interest in being friends the new girl. She spent many days alone, walking from class to class without speaking to anyone, but she eventually started hanging around with a group of five girls. Carmen thought these girls were her friends, but it wasn’t long before she discovered that they had been talking about her behind her back and spreading vile rumors.

When she confronted them, the girls turned on her and began bullying her every day, making her life a misery. They...

Even if the likelihood of intelligent life is .001%, there are over a billion stars with planets surrounding them, which makes the odds of there being at least ONE other intelligent life actually VERY high.

First of all, let's narrow-mindedly assume that all life needs exactly the same things we need in order to survive. The number of earth-like planets is actually not as small as you may think. But regardless of that, let's now assume that life can exist under different circumstances, not just those needed by humans and Earth surface species. I specify surface species due to the link, which...