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Echo in the Mirror – Short Story
The door slammed behind her as Casey arrived home. She didn’t realize she was angry until she slammed her keys on the counter. Maybe she could get a second opinion. The tests they performed were extensive but with something so grave, so terminal, she couldn’t simply trust their diagnosis, not so early in the process.…
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Anxiety, Depression, and the Book of Lies – Short Story
“I’ve had enough!” Kyln dropped onto a fallen branch and crushed it under his weight. “We’ll be lost in this forest for the rest of our days, doomed to search for trinkets we’ll never find.” “Whose idea was it to venture into the Black Valley to begin with!? You promised we’d be swimming in gold…
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Food Stamps in Space – Short Story
The lines that formed in front of the Food Assistance Center were full of pitiful, haggard faces, their heads covered with hoodies and cerebral helmets even though the city was always warm. Transhumans, at least the ones who lived on the streets, were vilified as “scumbags” and “gangbangers” for their procurement of cheaper, less-stable implants.…
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Ghost-Witch – Short Story
A scratching, scraping sound crawled across the dirt towards Kosumi’s campfire. He couldn’t see through the darkness and rose on bended knee, drawing his tribal bow towards the empty wilderness. His heart raced and his arms ached with intensity. His village had abandoned the dry plains of Wuskama without him. He had to survive the…
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Dragonfire – Short Story
“Dragons are hereby abolished. All dragons and their dragonkin familiars are to be put to death immediately.” The red knight spoke through a closed visor, making the decree even more intimidating and threatening. Serona wondered how the knight read the crinkled parchment. “All artifacts and monuments shall be demolished. Draconian worship and such places that…
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Karl Kirkpatrick 