A young man rushed into the bar, jolting Ingrid from a daydream. He had a wild explosion of wiry black hair, with eyes like inkwells set b...

Tanya’s parents refused to let her get a cat. No matter how many times Tanya argued that the planet’s environment was fully approved for ca...

  Standing in the dimly lit intersection of two streets, I’m the only living thing for miles in any direction. Humans abandoned these cru...

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  As the large, battered robot at the deli whirred to life, a lonely eleven-year-old girl named Vivi watched the repairs with rapt attention...

There is a moment when you realize it’s gone too far. You’ve lost control and in the blink of an eye everything is about to become horrific...

  Father Francis climbed into the transport back to Odin III. He smiled and greeted the young woman in the pilot’s chair. “Just the two of u...

“Forgive me father, for I have sinned. It’s been, hell, probably a couple years since I last confessed.” “Language, Maggie.” “Sorry, Fath...

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