Stories tagged “experiment”
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A Quantized Life
Awake for an hour, asleep for a year. That was the summation of his entire existence, ever since he had agreed to this mad experiment as a way to avoid a boring life sentence without a chance at parole. Every year, on New Years Day, they would wake him...
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
She was running, running from her abusive stepfather, running towards freedom, spurred ever onward by the haunting melody of her own ragged breathing. Suddenly, a hand closed around her arm- He watched pensively as the girl’s every action played ...
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Fantasyland XV
“You can’t just go around bringing garlic bread in and out of existence, it’s just not kosher,” the head wizard said to much baying from a group convened to discuss what had happened over night. “Or any kind of religious ...
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Fantasyland XX
“I never realised how much I dislike the smell of garlic,” Ralph thought as he threw another loaf of garlic bread onto a pile of bread that had created its own pile beside a bin heaving with more bread. At first he had thought an experiment which ...
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Not to Be Outdone
She awoke to the sound of alarms and quickly receding footsteps. Her mind, still sluggish from heavily fortified food, struggled to make sense. This was sleeping time; experiments should be over. They had gone to wherever they went; things should be qu...
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Son of Bonaccio
“…” “Aldo!” “What?” “Come here!” “Right now? Why?” “You need to meet someone.” “I am rather busy right now. Maybe later.” “I really think you should make th...
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T'n'C: At an Expense
Considering that I harbor a small glimer of hope in humanity, it’s probably not the best idea to try something out at humanity’s expense. But, I feel compelled to try it out anyway. After careful research and experimentation, I’ve eng...
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Turn and Cough
The homo sapian. What a peculiar species. Honestly, I’m not sure what I think of them. Some of them, if not most of them, are very intelligent, particularly fascinating, surprisingly creative, and often possess a fair amount of common sense. An i...
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Infamous
The steel door burst open, allowing the metallic scent of the wet city into the corridor. Struggling forward into the night, Andrew lost his balance, smacked his shoulder on the door frame, tripped over something on the concrete stoop and went face fir...
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Id
July 4, 2009 Think of it, Baxter! If my calculations are correct, I shall soon be an entirely virtuous man! This wondrous device will purge me of my inner demons, and I’ll walk the earth an equal to Christ himself. To contain the beast, I have p...
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Total Immersion
Alarm bells ringing, smelling molten metal yielded under plasma fire, I shunt my way across the deck – nervous that my movements leave ripples in the smoke. Signals fly into my headset – commands, instructions, shouts and screams of pain fr...