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• Mental Coaching

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 12 days ago

  I couldn’t see anything, I was awaiting the pit of my stomach to return. Everything happened so fast. Lining up angry wasps w…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 15

  by Robotech_Master 5 months ago

  Of course, her original purpose had been to browse a hypertext network and display information to her users. There was no a…

• The Same Old Life

  by Steve Fairweather 6 months ago

  “Phil, there you are! Everyone, welcome your new team captain Phil.” It was Tom speaking, the short, exuberant fellow that ha…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 14

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  Although beyond brilliant by human standards, the Firefox was not infallible. She did not know, for example, that intimate co…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 13

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  “Would I what?” Martin stared at the foxy woman.

  “Would you like to have sex with me?” the Firefox repeated guilelessly.

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• Birth of the Firefox, Part 12

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  Martin goggled at the new arrival, and tried to use his operator privileges to /kick her out. It didn’t work; it was like she…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 11

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  She knew all about the biology, of course—the imperative to reproduce. She had all the knowledge of the Internet at her dispo…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 10

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  The Firefox flitted through the worlds—virtual and real at the same time, as they were now overlaid on top of each other. If …

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 9

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  A year later, the reawakened Firefox looked out upon a very different Internet. She quickly scanned Google News and other arc…

• Birth of the Firefox, Part 8

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  The Firefox was confused. She’d only been trying to help—but the world was in an uproar over the outage, and the changes that…