scifi
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The Clockwork Girl: CHAPTER 2
Pip groaned. She felt numb all over. Do I still have arms and legs? Or a body? Or a head? Maybe I’m dead? Although she always thought being dead would feel more floaty and ghostlike, or kind of like being a cloud. As feeling came back she just felt like lead all over, instead. I…
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The Clockwork Girl: CHAPTER 1
The hands of your wrist watch turn at different speeds, traveling through time—that is, if you have one of those ancient timepieces from a more practical era. Sometimes those old watches slow down as time passes over them, just as the rest of life eventually slows. They need to be wound up again. When you…
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When Am I?
Category : authors, fantasy, flash fiction, Original Stories, readers, scifi, Tiny Tales and Poetry, writersWhen I awoke, I was covered in leaves. What had happened to me and the world around? It was fall in a forest, the wind was cold, and there was no one else to be seen. Where am I? I got up and wandered around for a while to try to find…
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Stare-down
Category : authors, fantasy, flash fiction, Original Stories, readers, scifi, suspense, Tiny Tales and Poetry, writersI trotted my horse into the old stable of the castle I was painting. My puppy squirmed in my arms, and jumped down before I dismounted. He took off out of the stall at top speed, wagging his tail and barking. I had to unload the cans of paint I had bought to finish the…
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All the King’s Horses
Category : authors, Children, fantasy, flash fiction, Original Stories, readers, scifi, Tiny Tales and Poetry, writersThe chess men fell into line on their checkered battle field surrounded by the mountainous peaks of Marky’s comforter. “And the great knight, Sir Mark of Bed Spread, will lead the charge for the White Army to keep the Dark King’s army of bad guys at bey,” the nine-year-old boy shouted, setting his favorite player…
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The Martian Trials: CHAPTER 1
Maggy walked slowly up to her front door, keys in one hand, attention-hijacking phone in her other hand blaring out a podcast. Podcaster: “I can’t believe he just did that! What a stunt! World Trends CEO, Burt Landow, just made history with his announcement of seeding life on another planet. Incred–“ Maggie’s foot collided with a…