Stories tagged “allusion”
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Literary Allusions and Other Soporifics
Matty rolled his eyes and took a sip, “At least we haven’t gone full-on Orwellian.” “What, talking communist farm animals?” Matty shot an incredulous look, “You read Animal Farm?” “Well,” John offer...
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Wondering About Love and Queens
He wasn’t sure why he loved the queen, but he was sure it had something to do with the fact he was in a royal world. Why not love a queen? On legs as unsteady as his resolve, Morris paced the ornate carpet, window to door, bed on one side, wardro...
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Nothing Out There
Rae’s eyes drifted back across the gorge, at first vacant, then slowly overcome with a vague resolve, “Scan your memory banks and available data. What’s on the other side of the gorge, past the barrens?” After a brief delay the ...
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Redux on Classic Service
“Whoa…” Devin’s voice was breathy and trailed away to nothing through his gaping mouth. Arnie just kept blinking and fiddling with the zipper on his hoodie, a nervous habit. The eight foot tall fellow with blue skin and horrendo...
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Burning, Burning, Burning for You
Rae sulked. Violet stood motionless in the night, able in her mechanical way to wait patiently for her point to be made. From within she detected humming, a melody so ancient her immediate data banks didn’t contain the reference. With a melanchol...