Stories tagged “dystopic”
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Scrap of paper, dated November 12th, 2153
“The Elders always tell us to report people like him. They say they’re dangerous. But he’s just…old. Living in that old plane hull outside the gates. I asked him if he wanted to come inside, but he just said no. He’d be ki...
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Volunteer Twenty-Eight is Dead
She grabbed her pen and held it to the paper threateningly, waiting for the right words. “A minute of failure for every ten of success and it still feels like we aren’t making any headway.” The sign on the wall above the desk at the o...
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Lilac Park and Gray Snow
With a kind of blind devotion to the task, they sat there, under the lilac, sheltered from the August sun. Out past the fence at the end of the grass, there was little. Some stone, some concrete, some ash. This lilac park might be the only color left, ...
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A Loss of Life
Hester strained against the ties holding her to the table. “Don’t do that,” mutters Dr. Finnegan, “it will damage your heart. All that extra blood pressure won’t be good at all.” Dr. Finnegan draws a syringe and fill...