Oliver & Co._Twenty Below_What the gene dreads_Planet NFW
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Oliver & Co.
It was all coming together. His mother and father had left for a weekend holiday to Spain. And his brother was going to be at his girlfriend’s place for the entire weekend. His sister had been on a hippie road-trip for however long now. He had forgotten. All of this meant one thing. Without his family homewww.onedoor.cc for a while, Oliver had a long list of things that he would get up to.Most people were excited for social events and going out to sleepovers, but Oliver was excited for binging TV shows, cooking his own food, and waking up whenever he liked. Even if it was only until Monday. The Friday start...
Twenty Below
12Aug2021Word Count 2,340Twenty BelowbyKnox WhitneyOne “We could go snow camping.” He eyes her over his paper, over his reading glasses, over the round oak breakfast table he’d built just for her. “Where are you thinking?” “Haven’t thought. We’ll know it when we see it.” “It’ll take me a day to get the RV in shape.” “That’s not exactly what I have in mind.” She sips her latte and tries not to smile too big. “How about a real snow-camping experience? Stephen waits. Says nothing. Fixes her in the warmth of his gaze.He always does that: Just waits. Makes himself into a still, quie...
What the gene dreads
The sign near the hospital read, "Environment is nothing compared to the gene." As the patient was leaving the hospital, he was eager to see the sign. His greatest fear after leaving the hospital was the gene's power over him. He was shaky when it came to the concept. A man on the street with a tattoo "Will work. In any case, I have an allele.” He asked me for money as I left the hospital. I had no money either. The “gene” is a new tool in the hierarchy of capital. Hereditary screenings that no one comprehended were unavoidable and required for everything. The gene is the supreme ruler! With n...
Planet NFW
“Son of a,” I said out loud as I tripped and fell on my face again. I had no idea what was happening on this planet. According to all the readings, this world should have had a similar gravity to earth. The last instrument reading I took before landing my tattered ship showed the g-force would be just ten percent greater than that of my home world. I had experienced much worse conditions and was not worried when I decided to land here for some much-needed repairs.As with all terra landings I was required to recon a boundary around my landing zone. Walking a five-kilometer perimeter every time ...