Stories tagged “alternate”
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The MacGuffin
Blondes. My weakness. There she was standing over me, with her sword at my throat. Not that I didn’t deserve to be in this position, not after what I had done. “Outlander,” she said quietly. “Where is it? What have ye done with ...
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SERIOUS...then ComPLEtelY bonKErS!?*&!
Part of the problem with today’s society is TALENT SHOWS. I mean, what is the appeal, exactly? You stand in front of four ‘judges’ who are about 700 years old between them, have had several hundred plastic surgeries between them, and ...
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Reality Walker
He caught the man’s eye for only the mearest of a second. The falling snow wasn’t enough to hinder eye contact. He noticed the scruffy beard and wild hair all wrapped up in a thick duster-style coat. It was his eyes that stayed with him as ...
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Reality Walker (part 3)
The subway was a traffic jam of human bodies. The coroner, police and news crews all trying to get in on it. Detective Clancy takes it all in. A less senior officer in uniform catches his attention. “Neck broke in the middle of a crowded subway; ...
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4001
In the year 4001 we discover that every living thing sprinkled throughout the universe on each habitable planetary womb is but one molecular part of God’s everlasting body. Pixels reside at our most basic level. The same pixels you’ll find ...
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His Arrival
The sun was bright. The air, unfiltered, smelled like the ocean. That’s where he turned up. The ocean. He was knee high in the surf. His bag, heavy, his clothes, durable. Meant to last ages. It wasn’t how he imagined it. There were no ru...
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The New Progenitors
A long day. Time to wait. Nothing special about this place just yet. He made a bonfire. His companions in just a few days. He didn’t understand the mechanics of how he’d gotten here, but he would be alone for too long. This beach was clean,...
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Washing Up Ashore
He sat on a massive boulder as the storm developed. Watching something unnatural, something only a few privileged have witnessed. It ended as quickly as it began, with a man washing up ashore. He stood and slowly walked out of the surf. He got up and ...
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To a Strange Land
The horses stopped suddenly. There it was the limit. The driver was wise. He knew not to test the limits of legend. “Ma’am, we’re at the outskirts of the empire, we need to request an audience before we can proceed” She nodded. ...
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Good Hope
“Your empire has never heard of trade, how is that possible?” she asked. The escort said nothing. His job was only to guide her through the fog safely. Nothing more. Soon, it began to dissipate. At a distance, another man, dressed in fine c...
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He, the Dawn
I have ushered. I have saved. I have released the sufferer, In extremity their will tested, by my caress, their journey ended into the hold of eternal night. Who has pain? Gone it is. After all is endured, A course run well, For my escape they pray A w...