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• Vocal Impulses

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 9 days ago

  Well, I was alone again. I couldn’t believe my little gimmick actually worked. I’d won that battle.

  But would I win the wa…

• Mind Twistings

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 9 days ago

  It felt weird, being numbered like that.

  Like I was just another thing.

  Maybe I was just another unimportant thing. The wor…

• Mental Coaching

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 9 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…

• First Impressions Can Mean Life or Death

  by Stovohobo 7 days ago

  Emma wasn’t sure if she had made the right decision in choosing the ScoutBot over Peter, but something about Peter didn’t fee…

• Experiment No. 1

  by Stovohobo 7 days ago

  A few more hours crept by, one by one, with nothing happening. I occupied myself by pacing the tile and gazing out at the Chi…

• The Lights Go On at Night: Adrift

  by Stovohobo 8 days ago

  Seth’s lungs were totally still as he gazed out on the tapestry of stars and planets outside the window. He felt the windows …

• Cocooned

  by Stovohobo 9 days ago

  Contoured metallic parts glided and folded out over me, emerging from the wall and pushing me back in with them. The android’...

• Dead Silent

  by Stovohobo 10 days ago

  It was three days after the Overload. That was my name for it, at least, since there seemed to be no one else who could call …

• Stuck on You

  by Stovohobo 12 days ago

  Jonathan’s eyelids flickered open. It was still nighttime, with the hollow sound of wind tumbling through the valley – and so…