Stories tagged “totalitarian”
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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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The Last of the Malcontent
“Stand tall, citizens! Know that the superman lives.” The crisp voice blared from the speakers that had been set up on every block. Dozens of people in the streets stopped what they were doing and looked up, faces taut with fear. In many ey...
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Hair Out of Place
The glances of strangers, who visibly noticed and then dutifully pretended they had not, alerted her to the fact that her impeccably coiffed head was defying the advertising claims of her hair spray. A visit to the ladies’ room later and she was ...
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Unregulated Potential
“T-terminated? I don’t understand,” her voice trembled. Surprised, the examiner raised his eyes and rested them briefly on her face before turning to the guards. “You know where to take her.” The toneless order fell from ...
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Hair Apparent
Mary pursed her lips and blew several strands of hair out of her face. She raised one hand to gingerly feel at her now-lopsided coif. Disappointed, she swiftly pulled each of her hairpins out in quick succession, letting her dark hair fall around her h...