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Fiction

Mia; Fermenting a Future

Cindy Hua -
Once upon a time, on the outskirt of a European country, there was a moderately-sized town. Its dwellers had been living on the export of beer for centuries and there was a prestigious family who had taken a monopoly...
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Running on Empty; The Marathon Guide to Homicide

Bobbie Ali -
What had happened was…”, Troy began, betraying his Georgia country boy roots. Milla cringed. She was so sick of his antics, excuses, and the way he stressed the accent thinking that it made him seem cute to her.  He was...
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The Mimics Turning Tattoos into Implants

Morgan Gallup Zhu -
As Miranda's eyes fixated on the blinking red lights of the Level 5 Vernacular Lock, a surge of adrenaline coursed through her veins. The cold, unyielding metal of a gun pressed against the back of her scalp. Glancing at the...
Fiction

The Velda Delivery; House 9, 1st Av., Unity St., Torrent City

Rhoda -
Stephanie read the address out loud, hoping that this time, it would ring a bell. Sadly, just like every time before now, she came up blank. In her almost fifteen years of being a delivery person, she had never...
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Looking for a Home… “I am Lost. Can You Help Me?”

Bobbie Ali -
Leaving Pakistan, she smiled back at the no-nonsense woman at the security checkpoint who waved her through, “Mashallah, your outfit is beautiful, sister!”, she exclaimed. “I hope you come back soon.” She thought how 10 years ago, she didn’t...
Fiction

The Rider; When a Mysterious Stranger Takes to the Silk Road…

Marc Belisle -
The porter opened the caravanserai gates reluctantly. The rider was unusual. Caravans rode on a relay. They loaded priceless porcelains and sensuous silks in crates, onto the humps of Bactrian camels, rode west for days or weeks to the nearest...
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The Builders of Churches; A Love Measured in Mozzarella

Mathijs -
Credo in unam sanctam et pathologicam ecclesiam The church was coming along nicely, we all thought it was. The town of Ferington had its own opinions but we always let it. It were never our business to judge no one's...
Fiction

Bears Breaking & Entering; Community Born to Dance a Deep Fake?

Morgan Gallup Zhu -
“Cap, you got a minute?”, Officer Draves asked as he poked his head in the Captain's office.  “Come in, come in”, the grey-bearded captain said. He waved them in and gestured to the two dark blue chairs in front of...
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