Fiction

The Acquax Cruise

by Leon Caluzzi
The Acquax Cruise
Six months ago I was asked to be a part of the Acquax Cruise, one of the largest galactic class ships currently in use…
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Good Intentions

by Ian O Grady
Good Intentions
Blue lights from all the cop cars outside our house flooded the living room. “I think Mary finally lost it.” I could tell by the way...
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The Fermi Paradox

by Matthew Gall
The Fermi Paradox
It took us decades, but we finally developed faster than light travel. I won’t bore you with all of the complicated math…
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The Ambush

by Thomas J. Daly
The Ambush
I didn’t want to have to use the Skatterbox, sure it would scare them off, but it was going to be hard enough finding the way...
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Monsters

by Shahrzad
Monsters
Sophie gripped the bag of garbage in one hand, the recyclables in the other, and had the damp smelly paper bag of compostables, already tearing, curled...
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My Family’s Job

by Ian O Grady
My Family’s Job
I get to go to work with my dad tonight. I imagined this moment every time I watched him disappear behind the large iron gates at...
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Side Effects May Include…

by Emma-Sunshine Mackereth
Side Effects May Include…
It was past 3AM, and I couldn’t sleep. I was sitting on the couch in my living room, the TV passively playing in the background, waiting...
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The Boy & the Kitten

by Mikhail Strannik
The Boy & the Kitten
A pack of dogs was chasing a small kitten who was running away from them at full speed. The kitten ducked down a side street and...
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Raspberries in the Graveyard

by Patrick Hart
Raspberries in the Graveyard
It had been a hot July day, and as Jack’s feet shuffled forward, a five-o’clock shadow covered the lower half of his face. Meanwhile perspiration was...
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The Last Fight

by Sasha Krugosvetov
The Last Fight
A king realized that his life was coming to an end—the old lion decided to leave his pride. It would seem that the king of beasts...
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