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A Rose by Any Other Name

By submission | November 4, 2009
Author : Jacob Lothyan When the box was finally opened, it was assumed by some that it had been tampered with beforehand. After all, there was a fairly explicit warning that stated: ANY ATTEMPT TO OPEN THIS BOX OR OTHERWISE INSPECT THE CONTENTS BEFORE THE INTENDED TIME WILL ...
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By featured writer | November 3, 2009
Author : William Tracy, Featured Writer 1165 Third Street is quiet, as it has been quiet for over a century. Once, its two hundred floors housed accountants, engineers, executives and staffers. Its occupants ebbed and flowed with the fickle whims of the economy. All that ...
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Holy War

By Duncan Shields | November 2, 2009
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer The oval office had been compromised. I knew because I was the one who compromised it. I was standing over the body of the atheist president. The dark hues of her face were being framed by the blood from her slit throat as she lay on her ...
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Cogito, ergo sum.

By submission | November 1, 2009
Author : Jacob Lothyan It comes back to an inherent flaw in the system. The Incident Imprinter isn’t exactly time travel, not as time travel was originally imagined. That is to say that we still don’t fully understand how matter on the quantum level can be in two places and ...
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Archived

By submission | October 31, 2009
Author : Bryan Mulholland “I’m afraid I can’t stay long Doctor Einstein, I really must go, I’ve stayed here for far too long” I apologised. “Time, I have studied it, explained it and theorized it. Now it slips through my fingers” he muttered as he looked into the spring ...
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Monkey Business

By submission | October 30, 2009
Author : Jennifer C. Brown aka Laieanna Shimmering just before, the dome door melted away into nothing. The vibrations that came with the shield opening left Henrick feeling a little nauseous. Between the clear slats of the dome’s walls were colors of light pink to ...
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Beware of Aliens Bearing Gifts

By Patricia Stewart | October 29, 2009
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer When the 4 mile long asteroid hit, the damage was devastating. Billions died from the earthquakes, tsunamis, and fires. And billions more would have died of starvation, if not for the “fortuitous” intervention of the Dowliens. During ...
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Being Frank

By submission | October 28, 2009
Author : Michelle Keeley Frank stared impassively as the Floridian dawn crept silently across his bedroom, the line of accolades on his antique dresser cast long, foreboding shadows onto the elegant wallpaper. The day had come. He showered as usual. He dressed as usual. Even ...
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Unusual Methods

By submission | October 27, 2009
Author : Martin Berka Clawed front feet scrape rock away to the sides, while the back ones push forward. A sensor in the brain judges that the distance traveled is satisfactory. A thought — no, a feeling— is released: too little air. The ascent begins. It has copious amounts ...
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Through the Hoop

By Duncan Shields | October 26, 2009
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer It was like a hula hoop hanging in mid air. Looking through it, Todd could detect a little something that looked like a heat shimmer even though the lab was pretty cool. The hoop-gate didn’t hum which was odd considering the amount of ...
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Extreme Synesthesia

By submission | October 25, 2009
Author : Ali Simpson “Sew him up…and we’ll see what happens.” The letters were crunchy and a distinct scent of Fritos wafted from them. Dr. Paul Marshall’s name tag would go great with bean dip, Leroy thought. He smacked his dry lips and squinted against the bright light ...
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Butter Side Up

By submission | October 24, 2009
Author : Sam Davis Personal Log of Dr. Marcus Milton 163 Years After, Archeological dig site 10. This room was different from the last six. In fact, this room was different from anything either John or I had encountered. It took quite some time to even open the door, so ...
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The Dillinger Act

By submission | October 23, 2009
Author : Lillian Cohen-Moore My marriage was a good idea while it lasted. I know my more romantic neighbors, the idealistic journalists who wanted interviews--they all said The Dillinger Act was what ended it. Legally, it's not untrue to say that. Mikaela and I ceased to be ...
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Combat Botanists

By submission | October 22, 2009
Author : William Tracy The moonless night was interrupted by a bright flash of light. A demolition round gouged a neat twenty-meter hole in the jungle. A light jumper craft settled into the fresh clearing. A group of people emerged from the vehicle, lights casting hazy cones ...
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The Titan Consortium

By Patricia Stewart | October 21, 2009
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “Okay, Mister, er…,” Phillip Richfield glanced at his monitor, “Rousseau, what’s the crisis? Is something wrong with the orbital elevator pump?” Soren Rousseau, one of the many “facilitators” hired by The Greenhouse Gas Project, had ...
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Vendetta

By submission | October 20, 2009
Author : Ken McGrath I’m taking my time, figuring it’s best to be patient. By letting him feel secure and safe he’ll never suspect what’s happening. Never realise that I've been slowly bleeding him dry all this time, running him to bodily ruin. I read something once about ...
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Dark Side of the Sun

By featured writer | October 19, 2009
Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Featured Writer Klaxons screamed inside the ship as she plunged into the Sun. The three crew members on the main flight deck were violently shaken in their couches. Their Kevlar straps strained under the onslaught. “We’re entering the upper ...
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The Scar in the Universe

By submission | October 18, 2009
Author : Matthew Edwin Terry Everything that is, everything that was, is destined for vacuity. It is the undeniable future of all existence. It is the predetermined course of all cognitive dominions. As the many galactic commonwealths before, stretching and grasping at the ...
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