Stories tagged “alternate reality”
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as yet untitled, pt. 1
When my daughter was born it looked like her face was melting. And Caroline was so proud. “I did it, babe,” she sobbed through gritted teeth, still gushing amniotic slime, “I made us a Picasso.” We called her Harmony, and soon she was two with ...
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This Earth Sucks
Come on, New Las Vegas! I pull the lever on the Multi-Dimensional Shifter and hope for the best. Reality around me fizzles into millions of blurred lines; I don’t know how the Shifter works, but it does. Fields of green grass begin to come into f...
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old dogs, new tricks.
“Walter… He’s just too old… You know what they say about old dogs.” “No, he’s not. Look at the way he looks at us. He’s definitely a smart one.” Susan and Walter had adopted a dog from the local pou...