Tag: fiction
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Road to nowhere
It was easy to fall asleep on the bus, especially when you knew the route by heart. He took the same bus home every night after his shift. He had it down…
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The Oddity
Order in The Oddity Theo – Layouts Julia sat across from Theo with a clipboard. It was time for performance reviews. “So, Theo, let’s talk about the March issue layout.” “Ah, yes,…
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Xpedition 84
South Africa, 1984 I “So now that we’re all on the same page, is it official that I say… call us a team?” asked Lana, her golden retriever energy pulsing over her…
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There’s Something in the Walls
An innocent tenant discover a grisly secret buzzing about in the walls of her apartment and more on other floors All it takes is one fly to start an infestation. A female…
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The Herdenian Gospel
A creation story of a universe called Aeven. Queens, mothers and supremes all living in harmony for now The Heavens… In the beginning, there was nothing. All was empty, devoid, and barren. …
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Juliet Must Die!
A lover’s quarrel, or something like that * 001 * I don’t know where things went wrong. She told me that she loved me, she told me that I was hers, and…
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Joan Bonaparte & the three musketeers
A daring battle ensues between spies I Paris, France Her name is Bonaparte, Joan Bonaparte. Her nom de guerre is the Silver Serpent, and her codename is Athos. Joan is a DGSE intelligence…
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The Women’s Republic of Herland vs the United Queendom
The first casualty of the revolution had been the revolution itself I You remember it as a warm day in summer. You were gathered with friends, all of you sitting across a…
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Catastrophe
An accident leads to a traumatic haunting It isn’t my fault. Those words keep repeating over and over in my head with each wave of ice that pelts the car. My…
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The wind taxi: A young man’s tale
A young man has a mystical experience with an element that takes him on a life-changing journey he won’t forget “Kid, you lost?” Kenny looked up from his phone, blinked, peered through…
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A comet’s tale: Three days later
Part three of the long awaited story of a martian sent to earth from Mars on a mysterious mission continues The older woman’s house sat in a row of identical houses, each…
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Ghazal
Its doors shudder open like the jaws of a creature yawning and swallow me whole – the bus — as I step over the crater where rain loves to pool, between sidewalk…
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The gentle snow fall
A moment of revelation as the weather turns The lights on the tree twinkled in Eira’s eyes as she laid beside it. She heard the murmur of her family chatting in the…
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Mr. Bell and Mr AI
An inventor is secuded by AI Olga Steblyk/ Lead Photographer The squat workshop sat at the back of the gravel lot, a diseased thing. Its windows had long since been covered in…
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Effigy
An artist struggles with his creation Olga Steblyk/ Lead Photographer The faded curtains swayed in the warm August night air, lapping at the empty bed. The sheets were pulled taut, undisturbed…
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To Do List: Eat Candy, Pillow Fight, Journal, Summon a Demon
A young girl with an unstable home life tries to summon a demon, believing that it will solve her problems Kitty smirked at the giant pile of plastic wrappers that had covered…
