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Man or Bear?
Run. Run. Run. Sweat seeps into my right eye. My vision blurs. Do I wipe it? Precious time. Between the throb of my ankles aching and my thighs chafing and the burning sense of limited oxygen in my lungs, I can’t weigh the cost. I don’t have time for this. I take the chance and… Read more
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The First Wish
The golden lamps in golden halls, in caverns of marble or sand or draped fabric, are the homes of those who hold within themselves the edges of the universe. Stroke the lamps, rub them, it doesn’t matter. Whatever you do, you are shaking hands with the great beyond, and so your human mind does what… Read more
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Ravenosa
Palmetta stood at the helm of her command center, exuding her usual stoic and imposing presence. Her massive, scaled tail swayed rhythmically as she loomed over her senior officers. She was bred for command – literally – from the union of two old-money families, formalized for three spawning generations with an option to renew. From… Read more
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No Filter
I got a flyer today. I haven’t seen one of these in a while. A flyer I meant. Not what was written on it. No sir. Ever since Augmented Reality made the cell phone obsolete, printed paper just wasn’t a thing you used these days. But here it was, printed in digital CMYK eco-safe toner.… Read more
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Blood in a Green Sea
“Too smart for his own good,” Jackie Osgood’s father once said of him, “but not smart enough to leave town.”Mr. Osgood never doled pure compliments to anybody. After all, Pride was a deadly sin. Praise came with a bite; no one was smart, they were too smart for their own good, no one was strong,… Read more
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The Escape of Professor Cobblebuck
It had been fifteen days since Professor Cobblebuck landed in the mysterious land of Mushyville and was captured and held prisoner by the Luminess. The landing process had destroyed his travel pod, leaving him without any means of communication with the outside world.The prison cell he was in was made of some sort of slimy,… Read more
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