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• Fear of Robots

  by Mackizme 7 days ago

  First off, it was very clever to add a condition.

  Unfortunately, the rules have no impact at all on what I am about to write…

• --handcuffs--

  by band geek about 1 month ago

  “What does that even mean?” I asked the woman.

  “Technology has advanced.. it’s not completely absurd to think that it’s poss…

• Pure Fear

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 24 days ago

  I slunk through the dusty shadows, the image of that body still fresh in my mind. Every noise seem amplified to my ears: my s…

• Newmatter

  by Vonster 22 days ago

  Rob is a professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College, London. His thesis on “Time Folding” had figuratively and lite…

• Mapping Algorithms

  by Vonster 5 months ago

  The new “Replisuite” would have fooled him if he hadn’t been the one who installed the new tactic holo emitters. Since the ne…

• A New Craft

  by Lee Braiden 7 months ago

  Arhan sat down slowly, his slick dark robes flowing around him as he settled into his chair. He needed but a moment to study …

• Small Things

  by THX 0477 7 months ago

  Gordo’s scar, the one at the inner edge of his right eyebrow, was creeping toward the left eyebrow at an alarming pace. His b…

• Backlit - 3 - Swaying Reflections

  by Erik Chevalier 8 months ago

  Sitting alone at a table in the softly swaying lounge car, nursing a Dalwhinnie, Anja watched passing panoramics through the …

• Backlit - 1 - Barely Conscious

  by Erik Chevalier 8 months ago

• Happy Thoughts: Wave 3

  by uselessness 8 months ago

  “Harris, get in here!”

  “Sir?”

  “My contact at the NRA just informed me that the suicide rate among gun owners has nearly tri…