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A Person
They were a person. No one really questioned that fact. Not many people, anyway. No one who saw them in passing questioned that fact. They had all the correct number of appendages and all in the right places. Their hues were all well within expected color ranges, and also all in the right places. Some…
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The Old Well
(Photo by Jhonny Salas Brochero) There were two wells in the narrow valley but only one was used to draw water these days. It wasn’t unheard of for a well to eventually run dry, although that wasn’t the reason why the other well was left unused. It was technically closer to the village, though the…
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Looking back on The Solar King
(Photo by cottonbro studio) “The Solar King” came about after watching an episode of Intentionally [Blank] where Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells discussed bad story ideas. The bad idea in question was Darth Vader dying and then being remote controlled by some low level Imperial Officer who was trying to hide the fact that Vader…
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The Solar King Part 45
(Photo by Pixabay) Chester was not the only necrologist in the solar system. He knew this, having worked with hundreds of other necrologists over the years, and yet he never thought to worry about the Solar King using those other necrologists and their drones. That oversight became apparent the moment the first of the new…
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The Solar King Part 44
(Photo by I Love Pixel) Dying while on the toilet was certainly low on the list of places people would prefer to die. Being turned into a drone would have also been quite low on any list for ways their bodies could be used. Although it could be argued that Chester’s drones weren’t dead and…
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The Solar King Part 43
(Photo by I Love Pixel) The next few days were like a game of cat and mouse, except that only Chester and his drones knew that the game was happening. It wasn’t an easy thing, predicting where the newcomers would go and in small enough numbers that he could safely convert them into drones without…
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The Solar King Part 42
(Photo by Pixabay) Drones never lost their sense of self preservation. None of them wanted to die for Chester any more now than they would have before he turned them into his drones. The difference now, however, was the fact that they didn’t get get a choice in the matter. Still, he had to force…
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The Solar King Part 41
(Photo by Pixabay) There was no official response from the capitol when the Sea Star reported the discovery of the saboteur. There were no questions asked about who would replace Siecha as the ships engineer, which wasn’t too out of the ordinary since it was generally the responsibility of the captain to make sure they…
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The Solar King Part 40
(Photo by Pixabay) “Lunar port, this is Joachim, captain of the supply ship Sea Star,” the voice came to Chester from multiple drones standing in the port control room. “We are ready to descend.” “Go ahead Sea Star,” the interim port master said. “We are opening the port doors now.” The colony vibrated as the…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
Bridge of Broken Glass 