Stories tagged “farmer”
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Deception All Around
JoAnn’s father, John, was a conservative man, knowing full well the value of a dollar. Her mother, Hannah, liked to spend money on trivial things, diving into the savings in the jar labeled ‘vacation’ whenever she had a need. John was...
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Ways We Dodge The Truth
“WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUT SO LATE?!” John yelled at his teenage daughter. “Dad!” she startled, sitting up in bed. “That’s right, I saw you climb the trellis. You have a boy in here?” John flung the closet door w...
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Making Sure The Cover is Not Blown
John was glad that his daughter hadn’t seen him, however he couldn’t have her compromising his secret dealings. That was too close. He could not risk any exposure. His clientele relied on his secure business operations. He shrugged off his ...
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The Corn Maze
Have you ever been in a corn maze? A corn maze, for those of you that don’t know, is a maze cut out of a corn field. As if you couldn’t get lost in a corn field anyway, someone decided to make it even more difficult. You walk into the cut d...
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Hidden Arrival
Samuel had seen the asteroid come flying in overhead, heard the cattle lowing wildly as as it burned brightly through the night sky. He’d watched it seem to slow and drop into the desert scrub beyond. Saddling up his horse, he cantered out across...
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A Farmer
I looked up at the sky above me, and watched the dark clouds swirl around. At first, they had no pattern, but I knew what was lurking in them. Or I should say who was lurking in them. Back when my great-great-great-great grandparents were young, they t...
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I am a robot?
The corn is exactly 1.6 meters high with a variance of 12 centimeters. The potatoes will rot if it rains consistently for the next 3.5 weeks.I have exactly 509,201 hats, each one for a specific day of my life. Life was so much simpler before the robots...
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An experience to remember
I think the experience machine ruined my life. It ruined my life because it ruined every single person I know. I watched every classmate I had exit with dim eyes and a brain of goo. And that’s why I’ve been fighting to stop it. But the only...
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The Plan
I’ll start small and build. Controlling him will be easy, I will first offer gifts of fresh food and become his friend. As time passes, I’ll give him more and more food, making him more indebted to me. I won’t ask to use the machine a...
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The Farmer's Lament
It’s always some darn thing. If there’s enough sun, there’s not enough rain. If there’s enough rain, there’s a late frost. If there’s no frost, just enough sun, just enough rain, if the seeds aren’t bad and the...
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Fetching the Doctor
“You must go,” ordered Farmer Geonnes. “But Father! The forest…” The boy’s voice was fearful. The farmer snorted as derivisvely as he could, trying to dismiss his son’s fears. “You’re a man now, Alv...
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Ultimatum
“Your lives are nothing of consequence!” The noble’s angry words were laced with fear, as his blood-spattered coat. My sons glanced repeatedly toward me. “Hold steady,” I reassured them, and they raised their blades. Addressing the nobles, I ...