Duir Twenty Seven, Y. Forty One: Oh, Canta the Beneficent, please watch over my Sisters as they travel across the river to the Yards tomorrow. In my heart I know those living there...
2024-08-23 19:11:23 +0000 UTC
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Grace stared at the tablet in her hands, trying to ignore the quiet, steady sound of the angel's breathing. At first, she'd tried a set of earplugs, but the lack of sound nauseated her. She'd focus...
2024-08-23 15:30:14 +0000 UTC
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Jack settled himself slowly onto the broad back of the motionless giant polar bear. Stiff, slippery fur crunched under his feet. Long habit had him planting his feet at right angles without thinkin...
2024-08-23 15:20:32 +0000 UTC
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Grace walked through the halls of the headquarters. A few minutes earlier, she'd heard several doors open and close in rapid succession, far faster than she'd thought possible. She'd poked about th...
2024-08-08 16:19:33 +0000 UTC
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Walker stirred, the government issue cot beneath him creaking as he did. The smell of chili heavy with meat assaulted his nostrils and eyes, making both runny. Giving up on sleeping, he swung himse...
2024-08-08 16:12:07 +0000 UTC
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Grace sat listening to the whisper of air through the ventilation ducts, the only sound this deep in the headquarters complex. In front of her chair lay the woman she'd seen on waking, her chest ri...
2024-07-27 08:14:12 +0000 UTC
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"I know why we're doing it, but I still think we're..."
A key turning in the lock on the door stopped Katrina midsentence. A moment later a distinguished older gentleman stepped into the cell...
2024-07-21 06:13:59 +0000 UTC
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A syncopated rhythm rattled Grace's skull, pulled her step by shuddering step back to consciousness. Waking up surprised her in and of itself. The last she remembered, the ocean dragged her down in...
2024-07-06 05:34:11 +0000 UTC
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"Kill the alien bitch!"
Drew had had enough of the guy shouting from the top of the trailer. Before the guys on the ground got their guns loaded up, she leapt up the side of the truck. Her fi...
2024-06-28 03:52:53 +0000 UTC
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Drew rolled her car along the street, engine nearly silent, lights off. The anonymous tip they'd gotten about suspicious activity at the strip mall hadn't specified how many. With no backup, she in...
2024-06-24 02:41:14 +0000 UTC
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A light blinked on Angela's leftmost screen. She slipped her ear bud in, clicked the light, and spoke. "Hello, this is Doctor Merilyn."
"Hi, Doc. This is Andy down at the ER."
She click...
2024-06-14 04:48:01 +0000 UTC
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Angela slipped both vials into her chromatograph. They clicked into place, the cover slid shut, and the machine hummed into action. She stepped over to her computer, logged in, and typed as she wai...
2024-06-10 05:30:13 +0000 UTC
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A huge fabric sign hung over the entrance to the warehouse. The ropes on the bottom, intended to hold it stretched out so passerby could read it, flopped around fitfully in the breeze. Damien tried...
2024-06-03 07:23:27 +0000 UTC
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Addendum M4-7: I’ve just finished analysis of a deceased Model Four in particularly bad condition. To clarify, every exposed surface, including every wound ent...
2024-05-30 12:30:54 +0000 UTC
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May Cause Cancer
May Cause Cancer
2024-05-30 12:28:41 +0000 UTC
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Right at the beginning of the century we won a huge victory against governments impeding our mandate by inserting the concept of government ‘death panels’, denying care to terminal patients...
2024-05-30 12:27:04 +0000 UTC
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Jesse looked around the room where she'd spent most of her waking hours for the past five years. The walls bore the pale rectangular scars of posters removed, stacked in a neat pile on the left sid...
2024-05-25 03:41:16 +0000 UTC
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Jesse stepped into the clearing in the junkyard, and the world exploded into light. When her eyes adjusted, four pillars of light drew them like magnets, beckoning her. She took several steps forwa...
2024-05-18 07:49:08 +0000 UTC
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Walker stared down at the world he'd left behind. Since the wind rushed through, he'd walked the surface of the station, carefully checking each of the antennae, each solar panel, each station keep...
2024-05-11 06:15:25 +0000 UTC
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"...so, what I'd really like you three to do is make your unique skills sets available to the Bureau as deputized outside contractors. If the Rain hadn't cut into our available manpower so badly, I...
2024-05-05 04:56:19 +0000 UTC
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Angela ignored Steve's maniac driving and concentrated on her samples. She had to talk with Charlie about setting up a proper lab at the Hospital. Sure, they could do simple blood counts, and the n...
2024-04-26 20:44:01 +0000 UTC
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Charlie lay on his cot, the blanket neatly tucked beneath him. A slight breeze wafted across the room, chilling him awake. He opened his eyes to slits; his office had no drafts. The door stood open...
2024-04-22 01:39:51 +0000 UTC
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Long before Steve followed Angela through the ER doors, he caught the scent of metal in the air. Walking into the room, the smell overwhelmed him, and he stood there until the door thumped against ...
2024-04-12 08:21:12 +0000 UTC
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Sorry it's taken so long. My original intent was to put up one of these a month. Right now I'm not sure how frequently I'll be able to do them, but a lot of background prep work I needed for them i...
2024-04-10 18:38:52 +0000 UTC
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Tenth of Gort, Year Three Hundred Forty One After Founding: Hero Potami arrived today carrying two letters to me. The first, a missive from William noting that several of his scouts in the directio...
2024-04-10 18:36:21 +0000 UTC
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Angela lifted the damp rag from her face and stared across the break room at Steve. "What did you say?"
"You back?" Steve glanced up from the pile of rubble which used to be a door. Before sh...
2024-04-05 03:58:45 +0000 UTC
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"We need to stop for some water. I'm parched."
Drew glanced over her shoulder. Jesse lay curled across the back seat, her shoes off, her eyes squeezed shut against the light. A look in the re...
2024-04-05 03:50:52 +0000 UTC
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Katrina folded her arms beneath her breasts, looking at Damien through lowered lashes.
"I am not taking my shirt off, and that's final."
He quirked an eyebrow at her and wiped down the ...
2024-03-23 07:25:00 +0000 UTC
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Angela's mouth dropped open, and Drew smirked at her.
Yeah, I've got useful powers, like being pretty, and she's got useless ones, like summoning anything she wants, any time she wants.
2024-03-15 22:59:24 +0000 UTC
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The Raven looked down from on high, silently observing her Champion and her Lady in Waiting. They had served her well and deserved the island vacation they had taken. It surprised her that neither ...
2024-03-15 22:36:28 +0000 UTC
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