Stories tagged “twist ending”
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Nothing will be the same
I can’t believe it’s gone. I look into the sky, expecting to see it come over the horizon any second, as beautiful and perfect as ever. It doesn’t. There’s nothing left. They came from outside. Not from space, not from the Earth...
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Captured
The volley came unexpectedly, as the convoy exited the jump point on the edge of the system. The relief force was a transit behind, at least four days out. No hope for help there. Of the eight ships, there were only three lightly armed cruisers, the re...
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Loop-de-Loop
Once upon a time, a young writer was trying to write a short story on Ficly. So far, no ideas had come to mind. No matter how much he tried to ignite an idea within the ether of his imagination, bugger all would happen. Suddenly, there was a crackle of...