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• Julie and Shiloh in the winners Circle

  by Wyatt Aapr 5 days ago

  Winning. It was better than I could have imagined. The crowd erupted in roars. Whistles filled the air, and stomping feet s…

• Strange Normalities: Pass

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  I’d seen many a brain surgery on TV (much to my dismay and disgust), but I had a feeling this would be very different.
  I stoo…

• Strange Normalities: A Major Pickle

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  “Not just a pickle, eh?” Max rubbed his hands. “But a major pickle. What’s the extent?”

  “Let’s just say there was a riot.”...

• Strange Normalities: An Old Friend

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  “Yes, I know you’re a cyborg,” I told Dan. I had to drag him down the hall, he was so stunned.
  I pounded on a heavy metal doo…

• Strange Normalities: Family History

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  “You… you know?” Dan stammered. I grabbed his wrist & led him at a brisk pace into a hall which I hoped led to my friend’...

• Strange Normalities: Carbon Copies

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  “As we can all plainly see,” I explained, hardly able to keep from smiling, “it is impossible for two people to think or be e…

• Strange Normalities: She Speaks!

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  Dr. Leiz, though surprised, smiled in an amused fashion. “She speaks!” he joked. I ignored him. “Has anybody compared the goo…

• Strange Normalities: Flurry of Activity

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  The doctor was not pleased. “Now then,” he continued, clearing his throat coldly, “We’ll begin. Our control subject,” indicat…

• Strange Normalities: How You Doin'?

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  The first part of the demonstration, to Dan, was a brain scan, showing how someone reacted to certain stimuli. Various senten…

• Strange Normalities: Bless His Heart

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  I awoke the next morning to a blinding floodlight. Once my eyes adjusted, I heard the fuzzy form of Dr. Leiz come in.
  “And ho…