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Ice World

By J.R. Blackwell | June 28, 2006
Sol lived with her guardians on a lake of ice. Every day she would strap on skates and push her way across a mile wide lake to her school, which was inside a giant crystal dome. All the children on her ice world were guarded by slim solemn men and women who watched each other as fiercely as ...
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The Burden of Proof

By Kathy Kachelries | June 27, 2006
It started at the SureSave on Fourth Avenue. Andy had been standing in line for nearly ten minutes, sweltering in the August heat that poured through the open doorway, before he dropped his basket onto the counter. Hair dye, promising 100% gray coverage. Baking-soda-infused toothpaste. A ...
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Comfort

By J.R. Blackwell | June 26, 2006
When I was a little girl, my mother would tell me stories of the time before the dome, when she ran wild outside. She told me about how she had been always hungry and tired, because she couldn't find food. And that there were lots of dangers, like fast moving spheres that could knock someone ...
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What Goes Around

By B. York | June 25, 2006
In 2198 Earth Standard Time, Jonas Fox, a pilot for the Interstellar Defense Crew, spotted a few pirates off the southern hem of the moon. He got on the radio to contact his fighters, who then zoomed in to show them once and for all who was boss. The IDC fleet had recently been equipped with a ...
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From The Top Down

By Jared Axelrod | June 24, 2006
Sanjay Patelov was busy. Now, he was busy using his new telescope to focus in on the jiggly parts of the female joggers in Time Square, but he felt justified. Patelov & Murkin was a new publisher, but six of the New York Times current ten best-sellers proudly had that "P&M" emblazoned on their ...
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Kite and Key

By B. York | June 23, 2006
An old bottle with a key in it, attached to a box kite by a simple string. It was illogical to think it might have worked, but no one wanted to question a man of such intellectual stature. Perhaps it began as a joke, but to Yoma, there was nothing funny about that day. In a hundred years ...
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The Role of Plumage in the Mating Habits of the Karraw

By J.R. Blackwell | June 22, 2006
"I am never going to get laid with this plumage." said Gruick, picking at his feathers. "It's so dull, people are going to think I'm a girl." "Oh Gruick, you're not brown, you're just a deep maroon." said Jason, scratching his goatee and leaning back against the violet Lurilura tree. "What ...
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Vacation

By B. York | June 21, 2006
He'd offered him some lemonade because he assumed he would like it. After all, Lupert himself liked lemonade, so it only made sense. With a shaky hand, he set the glass down on the table next to the man decked out in military regalia that Lupert had never seen before. Lupert watched a lot ...
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In Style

By J. Loseth | June 20, 2006
"Silver hair is in this season," the technician suggested helpfully. Mary made a face. "Won't that just make me look old?" "No, no," the technician assured Mary with a laugh. "It's silver, dear, not white. Definitely unnatural," she added. Mary signed and fingered the swatches. Silver wasn't ...
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It Comes In Waves

By Jared Axelrod | June 19, 2006
Marco can leave the hospital bed, and for that, he is grateful. His balance is unsteady, but with a cane and time, he should be able to get around much the same way he used to. Dana smiles when he moves his hand to touch her cheek, the way she did for him for so long, and, that makes him smile ...
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Le Roi Soleil

By J.R. Blackwell | June 18, 2006
Four days after his wedding, Philippe discovered the moon was made out of cheese. He made this discovery when his mother-in-law, who was a witch, threw him up to the moon using her magic. His mother in law would have been unpleasant even if she were not a witch and were his wife not the ...
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It's The Same Old Song

By Jared Axelrod | June 17, 2006
I am activated again, forced to perform another single for the drunken masses. Yet another lead singer struts his beer-engorged gut on the stage in front of me, as my bandmates and I react to his motions and signals. We cannot help it. We are programmed to be his backup. Perhaps, this one ...
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The Game

By J. Loseth | June 16, 2006
There had been another coup, but that didn't matter to Alba. All Governmentalists were alike; so what if they exchanged one secretary for another? The anarchist papers were cheering over the shift, but Alba knew better. If the "coup" had reached the newspapers, it was little more than a PR ...
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The Hawk and the Heartbreaker

By J.R. Blackwell | June 15, 2006
Gabriella Hawk limped though the skywalks of The Hall. She could have slung her body into her metal skeleton to move quickly and easily, but Gabriella was determined to make use of her waking hours when she could. She wanted to make her body move under her own power. There was no use in being ...
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20/20

By Kathy Kachelries | June 14, 2006
"How much money are we talking?" Jake asked. "Fifty thousand dollars." Jake couldn't see the doctor's face, but he'd developed a mental image of the man over the past few days and was certain that he had grey hair, a white jacket, a mustache, and an utterly blank expression. His voice ...
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Level Up

By J. Loseth | June 13, 2006
"How's it going, Cody? Got another level yet?" Miss Katrina knelt down next to Cody's desk and peered over his shoulder at the game displayed on the screen. Cody looked up at her and grinned without pausing. "I'm almost level 28!" he declared. "I finally got past that mountain with the ...
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Curing the Stupid

By B. York | June 12, 2006
Molly was just 14 but she'd already been the best in her class every year since she was allowed to grow and develop in the school system. It was no wonder that her hands shook today, staring at the vidscreen at school. "… I'm not the best? How could Hans best me!? I was well past his ...
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Tête á Tête

By Jared Axelrod | June 11, 2006
“I need to find a man.” Jahobie Muranme let out a huge, cracked-tooth grin at the dark fellow across the table from her. “There’s Long Trousers’ down the street. Betcha you could fin’ some hunk to brokeback with ‘fore the night is over.” Jahobie slung her right arm-the real ...
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