Fiction

  • Infantry In The Streets

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    The President told the nation that he was alarmed at violence in the nation’s cities—he decided to send new infantry to stop the crime.  (Coincidentally, all the cities were run by Mayors from the opposition party.)  True, the troops the President sent were new: infants, from the population tree—infantry.  The new infantry was well armed…

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  • Vaccination Doubts

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    Arnold had been subjected to vaccines his entire life and accepted needing them–but these days he questioned them.  Do they cause autism?  Impair children?  Seniors?  Create cancers?  Then a new Prime Minister appointed a new Health Secretary who promised (despite his public history) that he was not against vaccines—and then from the start he dismissed…

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  • One Minute Novels Autocracy

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    Citizens needed stronger leaders and their need led to governments becoming autocracies.  To explain: while lives were generally good, they always could be better.  Decades of voting for politicians they only saw on TV had deadened the hearts of citizens to democracy.  There was a huge disconnect between voters and the people courting them.  Citizens…

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  • Ivan’s Better Robots

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    Ivan worried the robots in his life were not better.  His dishwasher could be larger.  His robot vacuum had trouble with rugs.  His automatic interior house lighting confused very cloudy for evening, making the house lights too bright.  His sex doll made unpleasant noises when lubricating.  Ivan apparently had the best robots available.  If he…

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  • Levelling Down

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    Norman loved playing video games in his spare time.  He worked for a gaming company, helping design new games.  Norman became particular entranced by a beta version of a new game designed by a colleague, a young woman.  It was a role-playing adventure, set in current times in a big city, where Norman’s avatar was…

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  • How Does a Child See The World?

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    How Does A Child See The World? How does a child see the world?  As a place to play.  As a place of discoveries.  As a place of fun.  Then the child grows up.  Encounters bullies, criticism, stress.  But.  Before that.  Everything is a wonder.  A bouncing ball is a wonder.  An eagle floating in…

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  • My Inner Werewolf Chapters 51-End

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    Chapter Fifty-One My Solution I thought of transforming and ripping something.  Instead, I went to bed.  To ponder.  It was a long night.  Little sleep, only that from exhaustion.  I woke not wanting to.  Part of me wanted to stay in bed, but that was impossible.  Too much to do.   Today was the day to…

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  • My Inner Werewolf Chapters 44-50

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    Chapter Forty-Four The Ghost  I went into work the next morning apparently alone.  The guards watching saw no one walk to the car with me, no one sit next to me.  The guards in the car followed while others stayed behind, watching for Phyllis.  Sitting beside me, invisible, Phyllis giggled.  “This is so much better…

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  • My Inner Werewolf Chapters 31-43

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    Chapter Thirty-One Exploring My Inner Space  As I looked at Pinetree and Dr. Orwell, I did not really care about them but knew I should.  We met following yesterday’s meeting with the thick man and his associates.  I did care about the two of them–they were important to me.  That was sort of a start…

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  • My Inner Werewolf Chapters 16-30

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    Chapter Sixteen Death Row A few days later, Pinetree visited my lab while I was actually working on a project.  “Thought I would drop in,” she said. She never dropped in.  Did she know more than I hoped?  Or was she just checking up on me?  She looked around my lab, tense.  Her mind was…

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