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It was a diamond day. Sunlight cascaded from an achingly blue sky, and a faint, sweet smell of honeysuckle floated in the air. Sara, a young woman in

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If the boss said the new guy’s name, Hempel can’t remember it. No matter. New Guy will do. The kid seems to know his way around a chainsaw, but

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My tab beeps and vibrates. There is a message from my Fotobot, the subject: “New Slideshow: Good Times!” 

The Fotobot is, according

By A J Dalton

… we’re expanding
outwards
we’ve known for ages
the from
getting back there’s the trick
building the craft to:
cheating

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Charlotte remained silent as her fellow sisters chatted among themselves at dinner. Every now and then, another sister would give Charlotte a

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Robert Bruce looked out the Genetics Testing Station window in panic. His last co-worker lay a metre from the door, with some genetically-modified

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Michelle’s positioning and repositioning a large, black vinyl box, aluminum framed, like a microphone case, in our living room. When she asked to

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Let’s just finish with this thought: it was all Pire’s fault. He knew it, the townspeople knew it, and if his father were alive, even

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Every audience reacted with the same fervour though not always in the same way. Some cooed, some clapped or cried or became frenzied. The

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It was prime real estate, coveted ground. The stairwell was a perfect place to go up or down, with doors at every landing, no dead ends. It was a

By H.R. Parker

Part I

You create me from melancholy. 

Your loneliness constructs me in a dark place, unknown to other humans. My face, like

By William Miller

I stepped into the chilly hallway, a blue glow reflecting off the wall opposite me. I picked up yesterday's newspaper and looked to the left and