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Category: Science Fiction

Good Morning Infinity (Story by Risa Peris)

July 20, 2019 Brian Coyle Leave a comment

The Wright Brothers, one with a mustache and thinning hair and one bald on top with an angular face, were…

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Posted in: Fiction, Futuristic, Science Fiction

Lucent (Story by Risa Peris)

May 29, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

Lucent was a dead town near a now-closed nuclear reactor. Ten years ago, the nuclear reactor had a meltdown and…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction

Doppelganger (Story by Risa Peris)

May 17, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

There was talk of her. First year. Freshman dorm. We all met with the Resident Assistant in the lounge who…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction

The Astronaut (Story by Risa Peris)

April 25, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

The parade was surprisingly long under the hot Illinois sun. Bethville was a small town and most people moved away…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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Tell Us a Story (bp coyle)

April 20, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

The last Friday of every mother was my parents ‘special night’, as they liked to call it. They would go…

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Posted in: Family, Science Fiction

The Seventh Day (Story by Risa Peris)

April 19, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

They paired is up without any care as to suitability. The Earth was nearly inhabitable and countries, those with money,…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Science Fiction

Where Life Can Thrive (Story by Risa Peris)

April 17, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

The ship was my home. Ma kept me close. If I wasn’t at school learning quantum mechanics, Brethern English, math,…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction

Da’s Are Bad (Story by Risa Peris)

April 15, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

Da brought home an alien killing machine. It had the length of a rifle but was curved at the end…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Science Fiction

Alien (Story by Risa Peris)

March 30, 2019 periswriter Leave a comment

I wintered in Antarctica. I was an electrician who specialized in radios and satellites. Most people who come to Antarctica…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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Migrants 3: History (bp coyle)

March 17, 2019 coylewriter Leave a comment

‘How was school?’ Dad asked at dinner, as he did every day. I used to find it tedious, predictable, but…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

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