Nathaniel Payne's Favorites
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Lightning In The Fog
by THX 0477 11 months ago
You crawl, a sad act of desperation. If they come out at night, they can do anything, surely catch a mere boy struggling …
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Ancient Children
by Nathaniel Payne 11 months ago
The two kids stared at each other from opposite ends of the lunchroom. Amidst the chaos of an elementary lunch period, the tw…
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Blocked from my heart
by Billy Wenge-Murphy 11 months ago
And Robin said, “The reason I don’t love you is because you’re an AOL lamer. I could never love a boy who types in all caps.”...
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The dance
by Nathaniel Payne about 1 year ago
Stacy was used to this. The dance never changed rhythm. A call in the middle of the night. Another body. Another name. _Nothi…
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How Not To Be in an Airlock
by Scalzi about 1 year ago
“I still don’t know why you need me in the air lock.”
“It’s like I told you. Something spilled, and we need you to clean it …
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Sentinels
by Kristine Smith about 1 year ago
Black and polished like glass, the sentinels stretch from the end of the pier to the horizon, dividing the bay in half. Tall …
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The Light of the Empire
by PixelFish about 1 year ago
Smuggling the Light of the Empire out of the Empire and away to safety was a damn thankless job, Kajian reflected, not for th…
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Hello?
by Nathaniel Payne about 1 year ago
The phone rang and clicked almost immediately.
“Hello?” a gruff voice answered. He sounded as though he was chewing gravel.
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The Light of the Empire part III
by Harpo Kennedy (the hidden brother) about 1 year ago
Kajian turned and looked at the boy. He knew that he was barely a year older, and was once again struck by the thought that t…
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What They Don't Tell You
by arunonsentence about 1 year ago
So this is how it happens. This is what they don’t tell you in The Academy. There’s no button to press when you’re in the air…
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The Gift
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
Garret McClean arrived at the crime scene just before midnight, numb to the grisly scene sprawled before him. A man was dead,...
