Unpaving Paradise_Don't go, father, don't go_Hard work and its rewards_No. 6
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Unpaving Paradise
Imagine how hard it is to break up asphalt with a pickaxe. Now imagine it's not even a very good pickaxe. And you've been doing it for days. The sun, hotter now, makes the sweat bead on your face, itchy like a bug landing on you. Sometimes enough water escapes your pores to form a little stream that carves a path down the black dust on your face. And it tortures you that your body is letting such a precious resource just drip onto the ground. Unretrievable.This has been my existence for almost a full moon. Me, my pickaxe, and the pavement. My hands have carved grooves into the handle as the ha...
Don't go, father, don't go
Atelic Dickerson is a scientist with an important mission. He's the head supervisor of the stasis process for the colony ship Indomitable that will be traveling to Trappist-1d, a planet almost 40 light-years away. But his mission today had nothing to do with science but family. He came home to say goodbye to his son and wife since they won't be traveling with him."Father, you're home!". Anselmo, a delicate features eight years old boy said with happiness flowing out of every pore in his lithe body. Suddenly, sadness hit him like a comet impacting a planet. "I don't want you to leave, father, I...
Hard work and its rewards
I had a good feeling about this one. All the tests so far had gone as they should. This might be it.As exhausted as I was after the long day of work, I couldn’t wait to tell my husband about my day. He was a biochemist too, but he focused mainly on bacterial diseases. Even if the clock was nearing 11 pm, I knew he would still be up watching breaking bad.“Frank!” I yelled as soon as I stepped in through the front door. “Geez, Lydia, my heart nearly jumped out of my throat!” he screamed in shock. “Sorry!” I yelled back as I took off my coat, “I’m just really excited. I think this might be the on...
No. 6
In the near future, the year 2035, the earth had been advanced byscientific technology. The world was separated into small-to-bigsocieties. And the most known was No. 6, a dystopian societywhich was known to had hidden secrets. No. 6 was supposed to bepeaceful but slowly mysterious things Started to happen.Meet Sion, a boy raised in the advanced elite society, No. 6, by hissingle mother, who was the member of the group which made No.6、 Sion is kind, polite and caring. His one and only friend is hischildhood friend, Safu. They both go to elementary schooltogether. On Sion's 12th birthday, safu'...