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Lanterns of Dystopia – A Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Novella
What secrets lie buried in a world reclaimed by nature?In a future where civilization has crumbled under pollution, overpopulation, and reckless industrialization, humanity faces the consequences of its own collapse. Can human nature endure the fury of Mother Nature or has the species finally reached its end? Time is running out. A small group of…
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Bad Trip – Short Story (Horror)
The car sped like a bullet down the perfectly flat and mundane country road. Byron let the acceleration wash over him as the THC soothed him into a heady distortion. Jason was driving and looking just as heady. “Yo, you ever wonder if it’s scarier to know if there are aliens or know if we’re…
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Destroyers of Inhumanity – Short Story
Mars is quiet and empty. It’s my home now, away from the Earth that I once knew. It’s a screwed-up universe and we’re all just part of it. All I want to do is dance on its grave but the arrival of the Scorpions prevented that. The sky became dark on the 9th day of…
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Those That Hate the Self – Short Story
“I’m ugly. I’m powerless. I’m fat and gross. Everyone who looks at me only sees a worthless slob who has no self-esteem, no self-control, and no self-confidence with a habit of self-destruction and self-deception.” Carol looked at herself in the mirror and repeated the honest facts out loud. Self-actualization was important after all, at least…
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Unpresidented – Short Story
Mankind had a thirst for power that disallowed the liberty of its collective peoples. Individual exultation had afflicted those of lesser importance by the upper classes’ belief that the lower should be controlled and legislated. This philosophy on the laws of nature reached a breaking point when the classes became imbalanced. The people of the…
Karl Kirkpatrick 