l.m.orchard's Favorites
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Rolled Out of Bed This Morning to the Sound of Bullets
by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago
I fell out of bed this morning to the sound of gunfire. I’d like to think that it was my military training that made me roll …
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His Name is Earl
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
“Listen Earl,” replied Fender. “I don’t think you realize what we’re dealing with. This isn’t some idle threat. The Gum’Bnds …
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A Brief Interlude
by kwatz about 1 year ago
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*They* made me write it, honest
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
“So.
Take a blank piece of paper, turn it like so, twist, spin it 360, then drop it in your coffee.”
“Ew, it’s turned into …
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The Snag
by Madwise about 1 year ago
“Okay, I’m sorry. Now could you please just tell me what you know so I can get out of here?”
“Imagine this table cloth rep…
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Picking Locks is Happymaking
by coolmajaka about 1 year ago
I looked up and down the street, but no pedestrains were near. Even if they were, saying, _I think a tiny toy robot just spok…
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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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Fibonacci Poem
by Cobweb about 1 year ago
Light.
Dark.
Raining.
Wind gusting.
Clouds cover the sun.
The cold creeps in through the window.
It reminds me that I …
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The Insurgenceez Haz Beginned
by Kevin Lawver 6 months ago
“I can haz bottlez, mommee?”
“What, sweetie?”
“I can haz bottlez?”
“Who taught you to say that?”
“Kitteh!”
“Dammit… Os…
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Youthful courage
by Jimothy 4 months ago
“Hey man, I’ve got a great idea! This will be the bomb. “
“What is it?”
“Let’s climb up to the roof, and we’ll try to jump…
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Inescapable Logic.
by Marc G. about 1 year ago
“The other side of the airlock door?”
“My other side of the airlock door.”
“Why didn’t you mop it up before it got out?”
”...
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Trade Secrets
by Mycroft 3 months ago
Unfortunately, Isobel didn’t get a chance to answer, because it was at precisely this moment that fatigue completely overtook…
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Rain
by Pat J about 1 year ago
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight, yes, Murray thought, but when the sky turns to blood it can’t be a good sign. The v…
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Fifteen Seconds
by peterburd about 1 year ago
Fifteen seconds …
Maury glanced at the monitors, which showed the great alien works in orbit. The invading race’s powersuc…
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A bland sandwich
by Jason Garber about 1 year ago
The plan was a solid one, Philip thought to himself. Cynthia had assured him that such was the case.
Still, there was a hint…
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Four Seconds
by i0td about 1 year ago
Time on Earth was literally ticking away. Any moment now the race’s immense starship would finish consuming all the energy th…
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One Second
by fooeynet about 1 year ago
...Three Seconds….
This was it. End game. The Earth’s time was at its end. And Maury could do nothing, there was nothing l…
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A Pair Of Blue Eyes
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
Philip placed the sandwich next to Mr. Peters. The old man grabbed it and bit into it without taking his eyes off the busines…
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0 Seconds
by peterburd about 1 year ago
In the one second left Maury looked at the monitors and saw the alien powersucking grids blazing white. He thought of his lif…
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Looting an Empty Planet
by Saffron about 1 year ago
Max took a deep breath, counted to ten. “Uh, Fender, there’s a Kmart right across the street. I always thought it was way stu…
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The Gum'Bnds
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
Leaving a trail of sludge and interstellar waste in its wake, the Legerdemain approached Earth, carrying with it two of the m…
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Rain and Raven
by Saffron about 1 year ago
Lifting his face to the broken heavens, Murray closed his eyes and let the warm rain drench him. After tonight, he didn’t thi…
