Tag: Short Story
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Consensus: Part 3
The days flew by. It was both a relief and a surprise at how well the medications were working. Melvin had heard how sometimes it could take several rounds of trying one medication after another until they found what worked, but it seemed they’d gotten it right on the first try. What was more, the…
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Consensus: Part 2
Shopping was not something Melvin enjoyed. All the people and motion could overwhelm him and really get his hallucinations going which in turn would set off his panic attacks. On more than one occasion he’d found himself standing in the middle of an aisle, tears streaming down his face, and no idea how long he’d…
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Golden Husky
Boot sequence initiating The high pitched hum of electricity was barely audible but in the dead of night it was the only sound. Motors began to activate, as well as the internal gyroscope, and they added their own faint noises to the otherwise quiet evening. With an almost melodic whine, the golden, quadrupedal body stepped…
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Paris at Night
It was quiet. He wasn’t used to the quiet. Not anymore. A part of him itched to hurry his pace, as though something was wrong, but he managed to ignore it. Stars above shone as brightly here as they did anywhere, and yet they seemed more vibrant. Maybe it was the lack of smoke in…
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Sanctuary: Part 2
The days bled together in a terrible monotony with Chey’s only variation being how often she needed to repair the salt ring. Each time she was tempted to make a run for it. Prowlers were a pursuit predator, moving steadily towards their prey at a pace just slower than Chey could jog. The nearest town…
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Sanctuary: Part 1
It was a small house, little more than a square, fifteen feet on either side, that Chey found herself in. Currently she was lying on her back on the dirt floor, staring up at the underside of the thatch roof. The days here were hot and the nights only slightly cooler with the ever-present humidity…
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Seconds of Sunlight
Generations had passed while the sun was diminished. No, not the sun, but the view of it from earth. Rings of solar panels filled the void around the sun, slowly but surely blocking it’s light to the earth. What was that light, though, when compared with the enormous energy being captured by the rings? That…
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Exile
Everything was pain and darkness for Angrath as he lay there on the floor, grasping at his neck and struggling for breath. He should be dead and he knew it. His wound, the bite he’d received, had torn away the majority of his neck and then… Angrath struggled to both remember and forget those next…
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Valley of Flowers
Jasper shivered slightly in the cold and cramped cockpit of his submersible. At these depths, the ocean was incredibly cold and water has the incredible ability to just suck heat out of whatever it touches. Even with his heaters running the temperature in the cockpit could barely manage to stay above fifty degrees. Still, the…
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The Last Night
Sunrise was still hours away and the dark gray light from the waxing moon poured in through the window and pooled around the small chessboard on the table. Kaysee sat there, staring at the pieces and occasionally making a move, first for one side, then the other. Her pajamas were rumpled and the bed behind…
Bridge of Broken Glass 