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All the Happiness You Can Want

By submission | November 24, 2015
Author : Edward D. Thompson The warm summer breeze wafted gently over the well-manicured grounds as Bill’s limo slowed to a stop at his country mansion. He waited, downing the last of his fine whiskey, his tux stiff and uncomfortable. No chauffeur appeared, so he opened the door to his ...
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You Complete Me

By submission | November 23, 2015
Author : Gray Blix He awoke and lifted himself to glance at a mirror. Admiring his muscular arms and well-defined pecs and abs, he said, "You don't look half bad, Danny. There's a girl out there who is gonna like those hard muscles against her soft flesh, isn't she, huh, ISN'T ...
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Violet Eyes

By submission | November 22, 2015
Author : N. R. Crowningshield Vera sat on the cold steel floor. Back hunched and aching. Her legs were wrapped in her arms and she buried her face in her knees. Hiding her eyes and quietly sobbing. She was unsure of how much time had passed. A loud pummel of flesh against steel ...
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Ceeville – A Freedom Wars Story

By submission | November 21, 2015
Author : Jordan Miller I only saw him once. It was a long time ago. We fought on the monsoon world of Ceeville. Our force was pinned down by our own brethren that wanted freedom. They claimed he was real and he was leading them. None of our officers believed in such stories. We trudged ...
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Relic

By submission | November 20, 2015
Author : Bob Newbell The spaceship's aerodyne engines groaned as the vessel entered the upper atmosphere of Venus. Even after 90 years of terraforming, the air on Venus was still thick and hot. The ship banked to divert around an immense atmosphere processor. The machine was as big as ...
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ADD

By Julian Miles | November 19, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer He lies across the coat of arms on the marble floor, coughing up green ichor that spatters his face and the lion passant under his head. Jenny looks at me, her expression seesawing between revulsion and amazement: “How did you spot him?” I ...
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Every Possibility

By submission | November 18, 2015
Author : Kellee Kranendonk I’m not crazy. Really, I’m not. But since they put me in this cracker-box palace and started giving me drugs, I’ve been able to handle the visions much better. They’d like me to tell them I’m not seeing things. But I am. And I remember the first time ...
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Mars Rusty

By submission | November 17, 2015
Author : Morrow Brady Our first return mission from Mars was a complete success. The journey to the red planet, the orbit to surface transfer, the vast exploration and the return trip - all went perfectly to plan. The astronauts returned to ticker tape parades and talk shows across the ...
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Nosferatu

By submission | November 16, 2015
Author : Rick Tobin “Everyone remembers their first time—the feel, shudder, anticipation, sweat and wonder if you would die in the middle of penetration.” Emanuel Mumford stared into Stacy Croft’s face, watching for twitches or blush. “What was yours, Captain?” She moved closer, ...
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Plucked

By submission | November 15, 2015
Author : Sam Larson Dr. Oliver, tall and with thick, perpetually smudged glasses perched on the end of his long nose, leaned over Seth’s back and pushed the tip of his forceps into a gash on Seth’s shoulder while Seth, stripped to the waist and streaked with sweat, moaned and squirmed ...
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Parallel Wives

By submission | November 14, 2015
Author : Wayne Adams Ralph Church received a bonus today. It was his reward for being the top salesman of the quarter. He was proud of his achievement. “You ready to hit the road again, Ralph?” His manager Bruce Clark asked. “You bet,” Ralph answered, “There’s nothing that stirs my ...
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Life at Central High

By submission | November 13, 2015
Author : Gray Blix It had been the perfect plan. Throw spitballs at the substitute English teacher, get sent to the assistant principal, spend an hour after school in detention, and walk home in peace. For once, he would make it through a day at Central High without being pummeled by ...
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Dread

By submission | November 12, 2015
Author : Bob Newbell "I'm tired of hearing about Mars!" said the Russian envoy. It was a sentiment the other diplomats in the room could understand. A year earlier, a dozen nations had collectively decided that the Martian colonists' repeated attempts to secede from Earth had gone on ...
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Smartship Three

By Julian Miles | November 11, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer Gareth watched the runnels streaking the grey steel from where condensation formed in the shadows above. The annoyed tone emerging from the hubbub that was causing the condensation attracted his attention. “Major Gareth James. You seem to be more ...
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Soupe de Poisson

By submission | November 10, 2015
Author : Rick Tobin Routine tapping of useless, dilated, vestigial nostrils against thick glass…perhaps a hope for release. Considering death, but they won’t allow that. Not now. I swim to the tank bottom, again, praying someone, once human, will join me. I remember land life. ...
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Harmsway

By submission | November 9, 2015
Author : Erin Ritch When I build a world in my mind, I build it from the ground up. Brick by brick, beam by beam, I know every corner as though I constructed it with my own hands. And in a way, I have. I find solace in the details. Peace in the straight, sturdy lines. In my dreams, I ...
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Time—Just time

By submission | November 8, 2015
Author : Lester L Weil We were twenty years into the journey to our new planet. The ship required very little maintenance and all of us slept in our pods. The computer detected that one of the pods had malfunctioned, an unheard of occurrence. Protocol was that as Captain, I was to be ...
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Price of Divinity

By submission | November 7, 2015
Author : Connor Harbison No name. Names were to distinguish one from another. Now there was only one. Only him. The vastness of space seemed to swallow him up. From his asteroid perch he could spot a few other bodies. No planets. Not anymore, at least. He cast a mournful eye towards ...
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