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KW Taylor
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Celtic Maid of Disaster
Grind the beans until they turn as smooth as sand in an hourglass. Pull the lever until the water streams down in an iridescent cascade ...
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The Mythical Sword of Fromage
It had been eleven months to the day since the storms first began. Most cities were but flattened piles of crumbling brick and rotting ...
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2/23
Time Flies
The plane was landing, and I was running out of time. I frantically looked across the aisle at his slack-clad legs, crossed at the ...
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2/22
The Holiday Mixup
I twisted the noose in my hands, curving it into a heart shape. Happy Valentine’s Day, I thought. Nothing else I’d done or tried to ...
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2/22
A Voice In The Dark
“Please don’t hurt me...” Kay was curled up into a ball, her arms over her face. In the dark she couldn’t see who was there. “No, stop!” ...
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2/21
World Widening Web
When humankind first encountered an intelligence equivalent to its own, it was not at all what we expected.
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Penance in the World Hereafter
Fortune cookies. I've been making them for eons, directing entire Chinese restaurants in the delicate art and penning the predictions ...
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The Glory of a Face
Wearing a mask is a beautiful thing until the moment dawns on you that taking it off is a lot harder than putting it on. I had been ...
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Demonic Dissent
I had always been an unremarkable demon. I came from a proud bloodline of many a well known incubus that had seduced some of the major ...
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The Ghost of British Rock Past
It was a beautiful night. The moon was shining over the mountains, illuminating the treetops and silhouetting the owls and other night ...
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Winter’s Tail
There is snow everywhere. It keeps piling up. It is not melting. It’s almost June.
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Furry Friends
Whenever someone asks me about my childhood, I don’t smile and think of good times. I shudder. I think of the only thing from my childhood ...
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John Mason and the bizarrest case ever
The night was cold and foggy, the perfect scenery for a gruesome crime. Detective John Mason was assigned to the case, he was the best ...
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Living Time
Crunch. The bug bit into its snack once more, covering yet keeping in time with the ticking of the clock it was captured in. It gleefully ...
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Lessons Learned
You think you know me. But I’ve fooled you with my ordinary clothing and passive manner. I want you to think I’m weak, submissive ...
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Burt's Discount Dental review: ⭐ 1 star
The damp murk of the cellar, unaided by the arm of moonlight reaching in through the grime of a solitary window, was silent and still ...
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Under the Icy Siege
Before their eyes was the frozen ocean, fractured but solidified once more underneath. It seemed like an undulating ballroom floor ...
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The Mars Experiment
Well, it's not every day that you discover your mother is the most despised supervillain in the history of Mars.
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Fraught with Battle
"Fellow Blockians, this is our hour of battle. We must not falter! To victory! Battalions 8 and 9, prepare for ambush!" The legoes ...
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Jim’s Bad Day
Jim had been stuck in a time loop for—by his estimates—a hundred and fifty years. At least the day he inhabited was sunny and warm ...
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The Companionship of Cyborgs
The flickering lamp was the only source of light in the darkened field of buttercups. The bunny couldn't pause to think of why it was ...
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The Catfight That Saved His Life
The end of my life was near. I could feel it in my bones. “Make it a double,” I said to the bartender. What would a few extra drinks ...
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Seeing Kate
I was walking, book in hand, when I bumped into someone. I was met by a familiar face. My friend, Kate, looked back at me. But then ...
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The CVS in Wonderland
It was a crisp fall day. The end of our hike had led us to a clearing in the forest, just behind the CVS. Holly was standing still ...
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Destroy all humans
I was there alone.
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The Coral Cure
Everyone loved Lora's laugh. It was low, full of humor and light and everything you could want in a sound meant to elicit smiles. It ...
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RG09LBJ: Part II
Oblivious to my lifelong mental condition to which he had just contributed (motorcycle-phobia) RG09LBJ pootled down the street on his ...
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Cecelia’s Personal Storm
Somewhere outside, someone—or something—was wailing. A blizzard was due, and Cecelia wondered if perhaps it was a banshee warning the ...
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Clownish Fate
"Baloney!" cried the clown. "I'm telling you, thanks to Stephen King, all the children in the audience were terrified of your antics ...
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The Luck of Subject D
Day 154 of the genetic mutation research: Subject D has started to repond to the treatment. The other subjects didn’t run with the ...
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