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  • Earth II

    Monday, 22 November 2100 That morning, Noordwijk residents, a small and quiet town in the Netherlands, woke up by the pandemonium caused by a large group of journalists gathered at the European Space Agency’s headquarter. They were shadowed by scads of uniformed police officers. News trucks, each bearing the logo of their agency, with their satellite dishes opened and ready to send their reports back to their head office, clotted the streets surrounding the space agency. Excluding sports and fashion news channels, there were representatives from almost all news agencies around the globe. No o...ls3one door

    The Person Problem

            Francisco never forgot the day of the rally. As a boy, he’d always enjoyed going to town; she always got him one of those ice cream sundaes with the mashed strawberries in the bottom - but his mother dragged him to the rally. Francisco had never really wanted to know what a man’s head looked like after repeated hits from a nightstick, but he’d found out that day. After, whenever he’d wanted an ice cream sundae, it was always the ones with the blueberries.He remembered his mother screaming at the men on the courthouse stairs even as the officer hit them again and again. She added her vo...ls3one door

    World Peace

    “This is Stuart Gibbons of WWXT with a major news event breaking right now. Sorry to interrupt your programming but this is gigantic! The United Nations just announced it has been working on a world peace treaty for many years now. As of an hour ago every nation in the world has signed the treaty. At five P.M. eastern standard time February 11, 2025 every nation on this Earth has agreed to lay down arms ending all wars as long as the treaty is not broken. Thank you to all in the United Nations who worked diligently on reaching this truce that has never before happened in the history of our wor...ls3one door

    Free Parking

    The young man running down the front steps of the apartment building towards Doug had trouble keeping his bathrobe closed. He was visibly angry and with every exaggerated step of his loafers the garment would fall out of his hands.  “Wait! Wait! I’m gonna move it”  The chunky black printer on Doug’s belt purred. He ripped the ticket from the teeth of the machine and slid it into a bright envelope that was then stuck underneath the windshield wiper of the Jetta.  “It’s too late.” Doug said while pointing a thick finger to a “resident's only” sign.The man’s eyes face reddened as if he was chokin...ls3one door

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