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The Broadcast Part 1
(Photo by Pixabay) It took all of seven days for the world to end. Or, it felt like the world was ending to a lot of people. To others it seemed more like a miracle. In either case, it began with an announcement. Across the world, everyone heard and saw it at the same time.…
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Overthinking Part 2
(Photo by Helena Lopes) Dr Roche’s office was set up like a living room with couches, armchairs, and a coffee table. Potted plants of various sizes were tucked into the corners and on shelves. There was even a short rack with fluffy blankets and a sign reading “Feel free to use a blanket during your…
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Overthinking Part 1
(Photo by meo) Dreams were the only place Simeon felt truly comfortable. He always knew it was a dream and he could do whatever he liked. Most of the time that meant he spent his dreams going to foreign places and seeing the sights. He took a cruise into the arctic. He walked around the…
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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…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
