Stories tagged with "sf"
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In Case of Disaster

Jenny and I sat on the forested hillside overlooking the valley that was the meteor’s predicted point of impact, waiting. “I’...
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Put Your Head Between Your Knees…

I opened my…headlights.
It had all gone according to plan. The schmuck running the body hadn’t noticed I had subverted his s…
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Loopholes

And then I found it: the emergency ejection code. If the physical body of these robots got too damaged, they were programmed …
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Hawking Wares
“Hey, hey, hey! You wann meest?”
Parcel in one hand, flash ball in the other I pick up the pace to about a seven. The Mog le…
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Things to Come
Little Cardeo sat in the sun. It warmed his fur as the sea breeze cooled his skin. He looked down on the birds from the cliff…
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Becoming
He itched. Like a thousand tiny creatures burrowing beneath his skin, moving around with no thought to the discomfort they ca…
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Small potatoes

The end of the world as they knew it came on a Tuesday afternoon.
Not with the apocalyptic imagery of their great-grandfathe…
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Diamond Rake
“We’ve lied to millions of people,” Biers said, elbow-deep in loops of purple guts.
“Billions, man,” said Kimberley. “Both p…
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A Godawful Small Affair
“I want to move to Mars, and open up a bar,” Gregor said.
Matti inhaled deeply, and let a cloud of pale blue smoke surround …
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Future of web
I am sitting at the Grove with Richard and Maya. We just ate some really good food.
Now we are learning about ficlets. We th…