Tag: Consequences
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Like Paper: Chapter 10
“I’m Emil, by the way,” he said as we walked out of Cane Hall. He led me over to an alcove that had what looked like an oversized stove hood that you might find in a restaurant kitchen. He flicked a switch and the fan in the hood turned on. A picnic table was set…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 19
Magic shone everywhere Emilie looked as they made their way down into the valley. The elder tree was, of course, the most magical thing in sight but even the otherwise normal looking plants glowed with magic. It was as though just being in the presence of the elder tree made them magical. That would explain…
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A Series of Errors Part 38
(Photo by Panumas Nikhomkhai) “Okay,” the nervous voice spoke through the comm, “system’s ready.” Matiew nodded and Rine began initiating the probing protocols they’d developed. In the early days of the technological era, creating such programs would have taken teams of programmers days or even weeks of hard work. Now they could be made in…
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A Series of Errors Part 11
(Photo by Rahul) Wigs. That was the word for the hair caps BaBS-Y was making. It didn’t realize they were already something people had invented and used. BaBS-Y had been searching for better ways to construct the hair caps when it came across the information on them in the ship’s database. Everything from basic descriptions…
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Across Lives Part 3
(Photo by Pixabay) Dural was a large city, by Nis’ estimations. Her family lived out on the edges of the city where there was room enough to farm the land, but several thousands of people lived further in, nearer the city center. Most buildings were still built with wood and plaster but many newer one…
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Belief Part 10
(Photo by Victor Freitas) Fas’ nightmares often made it difficult for her to concentrate the following day, particularly when they centered on her arrival at Isarch. Fortunately, Insef and Isarch were about as different from one another as was possible and still be habitable. Where Isarch was tropical and its day only lasting half as…
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Personifications – Misery
Three years of hard work, gone in an instant. Three years of reaching out, building relationships, all while keeping an eye out for a new, undiscovered Personification, wasted. He was supposed to be the one smiling, the one giving knowing looks and dropping veiled hints all while relishing the utter failure of the others. In…
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Why Do We Have Rules
Anna DeLuna lay on her back staring up into the many twisting and crisscrossing branches of the tree. Its trunk rose out of the ground just behind her head and she watched the many insects that crawled up and down along its bark. From time to time, as she lay particularly still, the squirrels would…
Bridge of Broken Glass 