Stories tagged “knowledge”
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Zero X Nine Series - Laura's Ambitions
Zero X Nine had become a desolate playground for thieves, rapists, and murders over the months. Civilians where struck with fear of being stranded on a cosmic planet, not having any knowledge to when help would arrive. Their fearless leader was among t...
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Drown Under Knowledge
At first a was a bit reluctant about this idea. I was a bit scared. But at the same time, it was amazing just to think that we had the technology to do this. It was my duty to try, for the good of the humanity. It started slowly, t’was kind of pl...
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Unknown Knowledge
Six in the morning the phone rang at the Patterson residents. A very unhappy full grown mand stood in the doorway of his bedroom, looking rather unhappy and half asleep. As he made his way down the hallway of his home, he tripped over a plastic toy cur...
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Before & After
Everyday, the Book lost and gained pages. Every hour, the Book became thinner, and then turned grossly fat, and then shed its excess pages, continuing in a vicious cycle and reminding Saya how many people flickered in and out of the world. Rowan asked ...
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The Price of Invisibility
We all have those moments when we want to turn invisible, but we can’t because everyone is watching to see what we will do next, cry, run, laugh, or simply walk away. This isn’t about a moment like that. I really am invisible; not the ̵...
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The Rise before the Fall.
There were so many lights. They burned bright within his mind, illuminating every dark and hidden memory. He had called himself Elliot, but Elliot was merely a shadow cast by one of the lights. Elliot was a place to hide- from his pursuers and himself....
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Blowin' in the Wind
He had been walking for days, perhaps weeks, or so it seemed. Time didn’t always flow at a constant rate here, so he couldn’t be sure. The battery on his iPod has only drained 5% since he began his journey, yet he’d listened to 21,193 songs. That...
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What They Say, and What I know
They say to write what you know. Besides basic facts like sky is blue and the grass is green, I know that I don’t like it when people do drugs or smoke. I don’t like it when people my age drink and think it’s cool. I know I don’t like it when p...
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Warning: Long Poem on the Horizon
They tell you to write what you know, but since I know everything, does that mean I could write for the rest of forever? Would I bore people by then? Of course not. Prepare yourself. This poem will never end…
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Motives
“Listen, Rachel.” James starts. “I know who you are.” He squeezes his voice through an uneasy, clenched smile, leans in and slides his hand onto hers— the same one she’s using to grasp her pistol by the barrel beneath the table. Jam...
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A Man I Talked To
I talked to a man He gave me advice He told me to see where I stand I was more than confused I talked to this man again He tried to be nice He told me he needed to see where he stands He seemed only slightly amused I saw this man today I approached him...
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Deadline
“The last backup battery just died.” The flight director finally laid his head on his desk. “So, that’s it, then? The world’s done for, and we have no way to bring our probe back.” If only everyone could know just ho...
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A Pretty Good Counter-Argument
The door to the bathroom slammed shut, dividing us into separate camps. The picture of us at Disneyland fell off the shelf and broke on the thin carpet. Pirates of the shattered glass. I sidled up to one side of the door. I didn’t want to be in v...
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Watcher
I thought I should tell you, I was there last night. And I saw what you did.
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The Prince's Problem
~ Is a couple in the slums worthy of more admiration than a prince? …They having become Lord & Lady before he even acknowledges that he’s alone. ~ “My journey hasn’t been long but it’s taken me far from my kingdom. I b...