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Day Trip
“How does your ship keep up with the Sun if you never leave Earth’s atmosphere?” Cade immediately regretted his question. Within the thin line of people who stood in front of the carnival stage, faces turned and eyes cut in his direction. That he liked. The loud, angry, and in some cases elderly, adults acting like two-year-oldwww.onedoor.ccs were about to witness Cade’s smooth intellect.It was what was happening on stage that made Cade want to walk away. The older man on the platform lifted the tiny, multi-colored hat he held and placed it on the tip top of his mountain of gray hair. “Let me show you how.”...
Wouldn't Hurt A Fly
He was circling the cigarette between his fingers, watching the embers that slowly drizzled onto the pavement. In one swift swipe, the cigarette was hovering vertically in his palm like a candle, the smoke rising upwards slowly. Just as quickly, Devi flipped his palm down, and the cigarette danced above his knuckles before landing perfectly between his index and middle fingers. Lifting it up to his mouth, he let the skinny tobacco stick part his lips.“You know you’ve got to leave town.”It wasn’t a question. He took a long drag off the cigarette and then offered it to me.Before I could take it ...
Zombro
Nice day, isn’t it? Was what I meant to say, but it came out as, “angranhooo.” My neighbors replied in dull groans. I think they were saying hello back, but we can’t really understand each other. At the very least, their replies were groans like mine, not wails or jaw snapping that made their teeth clack. Being part of this crowd isn’t all that bad though. Everyone sways with each other, shuffling through the streets without a care in the world. Most of the time we like to stick to our own little areas. Unless something interesting, like music or fireworks, catches our attention. Then we all ...
Fortune Lost
Fortune Lost A Tale From The Silver Exodus Series Marcus Abear Copyright March 2022When the aliens announced the silver trading program my wife and I decided to play it safe and keep our trades quiet. In the weeks following the Yellowstone eruption, society had spiraled out of control and those with silver became targets. Intelligent people, like the two of us, didn’t advertise our ownership of silver or tell others about the technology we traded for.Even though the aliens explained how they could track stolen silver and prevent the trade, it didn’t stop the criminals. In the weeks after the t...