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@cslytal
Name
C. S. Lytal
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C.'s Stories
A Minor Miner Problem
Grims Grigglesby hated space travel. It wasn't just the constant queasy grav orientation adjustments - just when you'd convinced your ...
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TikTok tactics
Alice was in trouble. She was floundering. She was sinking. The worst possibilities her friends had suggested were no longer abstract ...
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Forget
The notes of the song flew from her mouth as if pulled by a string. The lights so bright, she was blind. The stage was alive, and the ...
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Cube Rule
I looked around the shed at what the previous owner had left behind: a hoe, the reel for a hose, some stakes, chicken wire... ah, just ...
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In A Purple Haze at the Edge of Space: Part III
There’s no way I’m letting some Worms take me out that easy. I paid 10 grains for the emergency DNA mods back in Milky Way and nearly ...
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You’re Only As Good As Your Last Mistake
Monkey pressed the key with a single dot on it. It had used this one regularly over the last few weeks. But now it didn't feel like ...
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Canadian marshmallow
The echoing, creaking halls of the orphanage were empty. All the inhabitants were lined up like ragged rows of cornstalks. The Matron ...
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Much too Much in New Antsterdam
Martin awoke to the sound of car horns blaring from the street below. Pulling on his robe, he down from the bedroom window and was ...
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Richeballism
I'd lost him, he was mine, I....needed him, I caused this to him,I just wanted... I just wanted to stop him before- I just-I Hate- ...
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The Death of Rulers of the Land
The blade that lit the surface of my skin ablaze sat there as I bled, waiting for the sweet release of death I held her, I was akin ...
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The Trial of Tuto Quantuto
Она вытащила свой меч из его плеча. Он со стоном упал ниц. Она вытерла меч о его плащ и сказала: "Туто квантуто утруто".
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The Best-Laid Plans of Rats and Men
Clouds of dust plumed up as sheets of residue fell off the windowsills. Long abandoned, the house shuddered under the force of the ...
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i died and went...
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Zombie argument
“This is a stupid argument and it has gone on for far too long,” he said. “I should’ve killed you when I had the chance. But now I ...
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Whose line is it Anyway !
Suddenly the room went dark. Sam, Miguel & Michael were all alone now. The visitors were gone. An eerie quiet settled in the bedchamber ...
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What Is Life?
Schuyler took a deep breath of the crisp New England air, wrapping her fingers around her warm coffee mug. The riot of fall colors ...
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Pie-Died Death
They sat at the table, lit starkly by the bare bulb overhead. Between them the deck of tarot cards. Two cards face up; three of swords ...
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The Blak Bloc
Тень лани. Стоял жаркий день. В лесу в тени дерева стояла лань и настороженно смотрела в мою сторону. Я стоял не шевелясь боясь вспугнуть ...
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Of trolls and men
“Ed Every - Twitter superhero. Hire me to sort out your troll problem”. Too long - brevity was key for Twitter bios. “Ed Every - troll ...
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Realtors and spies
We are building a bridge...a new path to a new town. This area was recently bought by a big company and they want to develop a new ...
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In A Purple Haze at the Edge of Space: Part II
I could no longer see my pod or my blaster, just this vision of inviting lava coupled with the intense cold. I reached in the direction ...
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One Wish
She went into the woods and saw...
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Creator die later
"Hey guys, what's up! I'm Miles Trouquesor and in this video I'll be unboxing the brand new NecroHaus GCM28 Neural Oscillation Diffuser ...
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Witches and Toothpaste and Cats, Oh My!
Never leave a container of mint balls next to a witch's cauldron. But the trick to this is, what exactly is a witch? When I first came ...
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In A Purple Haze at the Edge of Space
Maybe it was the length of time I’ve spent in the silence of space, but music has meant a lot to me these last 5 years. I’d gotten ...
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Putting the Mush in Mushroom
Once, I had read how the mushrooms we see in the forest are not individual organisms, but part of a much larger whole that exists underground ...
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Which Witch Doctor Doctored the Witch, Doctor?
Her hands trembled as she took the reigns, knowing what it meant to leave. She tapped Lancelot with her heel and he left the open door ...
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Night Owls
Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.
