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GIFbaby

By submission | February 17, 2014
Author : R. Daniel Lester The call came out of the clear blue. From the suburbs, beyond the gates. A woman, speaking in a whisper, said, I’ve heard you help. Can you help? He said, No guarantees. She said, Get my daughter before she really hurts herself. Corner of Peco and ...
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Dreamsavior

By submission | February 16, 2014
Author : Daniel R. Endres The glasses gave her a headache. With clenched teeth and a hand that wouldn't stop shaking she put the neurolenses down on the coffee table beside the sofa that served as her bed. Her chest burned again and she cursed not for the first time her inability to ...
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Timeshare Sharks

By submission | February 15, 2014
Author : Mark Gorton London’s High Court has been hearing how a dream timeshare holiday turned into a nightmare for two senior citizens. In return for £15,000, Bob Plain, 83, and his wife Betty, 82, were promised a luxury fortnight break in the computer-generated splendour of ...
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When You Can't Live Without Them

By submission | February 14, 2014
Author : Joshua Barella The fronds of the willow hang over the front of the cabin. Tangled and thick, they make it nearly impossible to see from the byway, which is just the way he likes it. It’s early October and last month he ended it with Miranda, she was his nineteenth ...
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Then, at 2:30. . . .

By submission | February 13, 2014
Author : Theric Jepson A couple of chairs, a couch--sometimes a studio audience, sometimes not--the business hasn't really changed in the last thirty years. The main thing is smile, ask a bunch of dumb questions,a bunch of easy questions, laugh readily, let them promote what they're ...
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Branded

By submission | February 12, 2014
Author : Dan Endres She was identified by two letters. One capital “A” and one capital “G” stood side by side under her left eye in laser-imprinted ink. She had chestnut hair, green eyes and a healthy tan, but those two letters were what people recognized first. Her name was Angela, ...
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Perfect

By submission | February 11, 2014
Author : chesterchatfield “So then, you know what he does? He falls to his knees. His knees, like in happiness. I mean can you imagine? Lived on an island for six years alone- hasn’t said a single word since they rescued him, then, gets off the helicopter and at the very sight of L.A. ...
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Acting

By Stephen R. Smith | February 10, 2014
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Dr. Andreessen ran his hands through his hair and pushed back from his desk. Amid the chaotic disarray of acting and animation books in front of him, the keyboard he'd been hammering away at for hours stood finally at rest. The panorama of ...
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Holo(Graphic)

By submission | February 9, 2014
Author : Pavelle Wesser “Stop that,” Steve blinked when Sue snapped his holograph with her new Series 807 Phat Phone. “Calm down,” she pouted, her lips swollen from their latest Hooker’s Passion Red injection. “I’m jittery, Sue. The technomed suggested I increase the meds in my ...
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Of Phoenixes and Men

By submission | February 8, 2014
Author : Serban Danciu "You know Carmen, it is as if you had lost your soul since you became a Macro operator.” “Is that so?” Replied Carmen bursting into laughter. “My dear, let me tell you something: I DON’T give a rat’s ass. Do you understand? You don’t? All right. When you’ll ...
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Unquiet Suffering

By submission | February 7, 2014
Author : Glen Luke Flanagan The howling had been with humanity for three generations. At first, it drove people crazy – drove them to cut off their own ears in order to be rid of it. Of course, that didn’t work, because the howling came from inside. The second generation was born with ...
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In Deep

By submission | February 6, 2014
Author : Janet Shell Anderson I’m hoping I’m still alive. I’m on a Goldilocks planet. GJ667Cc. The sky’s yellow; the ground’s red. As far as I can see, there isn’t a single living thing. That’s the way the Goldilocks and Co. Mines wants it. I’m here to mine iron, hematite, just like ...
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Always With You

By Julian Miles | February 5, 2014
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer The workshop echoes like a rendition of what the forges of the damned sound like. Amongst noises so loud they seem to have presences of their own, little figures scuttle in rituals of maintenance. Our gods are demanding and we have to comply, ...
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Entropy

By submission | February 4, 2014
Author : Owen Vince We suited up to see it, the last star. We donned thick helmets and heavy gear and passed from the airlocks into emptiness. Some would not come, could not face the terrible sadness, or else shunned the last light – a light that has only ever traveled dead, to us, and ...
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Null And Void

By submission | February 3, 2014
Author : Roger Dale Trexler He sucked in a deep breath as the airlock opened. It was a force of habit. He had always been afraid of spacewalks. Too many things could go wrong, and you’re dead, he thought. So why did he join the Space Corp? The answer was easy: money. The ...
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Song Bird

By submission | February 2, 2014
Author : Javen J. “Bring her down.” On command, a barrage of fusion bursts flew out the side of the federal heavy-orbiter, through the silence of space, and into the PV Song Bird. Each burst blazed like a miniature solar flare. Captain Roger Benet watched the bombardment through ...
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The Last Windmill-Man

By submission | February 1, 2014
Author : Glen Luke Flanagan “I’m sorry,” the shopkeeper told him. “I can’t hire you. We can’t accommodate your condition.” George nodded sadly. He was used to this kind of response. As the last Windmill-Man, he was an oddity, a curiosity – but not a productive member of society. His ...
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Eureka

By submission | January 31, 2014
Author : Helstrom Jerry threw his notebook into a corner and rubbed the bridge of his operculum: “Fuck this, it doesn't make any sense.” I had it: “No. No, it makes perfect sense.” “Sure. We need a break.” He wasn't one to wait for a consensus, not even when it was just the two of ...
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