Fuddster
Joined February 2010 and calls Fuddster's Ficlys home.
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Just a middle-aged guy from South Jersey who thinks he can string words together every once in a while.
Stories
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There and Back Again
The tension was unbearable. Seconds from now the LSH-13 mission would launch, ending mankind’s 40 year exile on this island Earth. I remember when manned spaceflight was an adventure. We had landed on the moon and had gone back. Then tragedy stru...
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One Man's Last Stand
We knew it was coming. Word had come from the south of the devastation that lay it its wake. I hesitated, then sent my family to safety. Their desire to stay and help defend our home was overruled by my hopes of sparing them the carnage that was on its...
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Half and Half
Mom lives in Boston. Dad is in California. I am their yo-yo.
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Told You So
I was smugly confident, for I had science on my side. Armageddon? 2012? Nonsense! It was just another page in the Mayan calendar. Just one more fantasy from the snake-oil peddlers out for a fast buck. Then they saw the meteor coming. It would be bad, b...
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A Change of Heart
I’ve always hated helicopters. My dad was a flying nut and always took us to airshows during the summer. They were ok, but I usually wanted to be somewhere else. He meant well, trying to share something he loved passionately with his sons, but I ...
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The Wardens of Mars, Part 3
Fran had the current news stream tuned in. Several talking heads were perched around a virtual 3D representation of the Red Planet. “Next month marks the 37th anniversary of the occupation of Mars by the aliens popularly called The Wardens,”...
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The Wardens of Mars, Part 2
As Amy ran ahead, Jeff thought about her question. His father used to live in a time when questions about being related to Martians would have been the byproduct of an overactive imagination. But then the Wardens came to Mars, giving the question credi...
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The Wardens of Mars, Part 1
“Daddy?” Jeff Warden turned to his eight year old daughter and crouched down. “What is it, Ames?” “Mommy needs you inside.” As Jeff began to straighten up, Amy spoke again. “D-Daddy?” Her tone made it sou...
