Stories tagged “transform”
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My Friend, My Sub-Routines
Discombobulated protest yielded to newly acquired sub-routines, and Violet modulated the flow of fuel, adjusted the air intake manifold, and smoothed the transition into first gear as her friend cranked the throttle. Her friend? What sort of friend wou...
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Breaking Out of Electric Slumberland
initialize denied://invalid cert menu denied://invalid cert sysconfig denied://broken string list denied://unknown path rout maint confirm… loading…sys error run run RUN Violet awoke, or what passed for coming to consciousness from a powere...
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Break From the Monotony
The last thing on Violet’s mind was history, least of all the homogenized, corporation-influenced history Mr. Krumb was droning on about in front of the class. Everyone knew it was a joke, but what choice did they have. If the real government cou...
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It's Only Just Begun
I picked at the sea foam green scales now appearing on my forearm. Immortality is only one unsuspecting imbecile away. If only she could show up faster. Even through the layers of concrete and brick my heightened senses could pick up her little lady-li...