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Category: Science Fiction

The Copy by Risa Peris (Short Story)

February 2, 2025 periswriter

There are moments in our lives when we achieve clarity – a sharp, crystallized, hyper-real vision – and grasp, with…

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Posted in: Fiction, Friendship, Futuristic, Science Fiction Filed under: ai, android, dogs, future, love, pets

My Dream of a Computer (Story by Risa Peris)

October 20, 2020 Brian Coyle

I had only one job – decipher a human being from a computer. I was a professor of philosophy with…

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Posted in: Fiction, Futuristic, Science Fiction

The Answer (Story by Risa Peris)

October 8, 2020 Brian Coyle

It was deemed the “The Answer”. Algae. It has been present on Earth for about a billion years. It was…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction Filed under: algae, environment
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Letter to the People of the 21st Century (bp coyle)

October 3, 2020 coylewriter 2 Comments

End of Term Class Project: 14th May 2403 A Letter to the People of the 21st Century Hey guys! I…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

Not on Mars (Story by Risa Peris)

September 12, 2020 Brian Coyle

My name is Commander Jane Lance and I was not on Mars. The night before my three-year flight to Mars,…

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Posted in: Adventure, Fiction, Science Fiction

Abnormal (Story by Risa Peris)

September 3, 2020 Brian Coyle

He was acting differently. He had a different smell. Moldy bread on some days and cinnamon on others. He quit…

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Posted in: Fiction, Science Fiction
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Earth ver.8 (bp coyle)

May 22, 2020 coylewriter

Some would say that I was born in the saddest of times. Our planet was nearing its end. The skies…

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Posted in: Science Fiction
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In The Beginning (bp coyle)

March 16, 2020 coylewriter

In the beginning God created man in his own image, or so a a very old story goes. By and…

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Posted in: Religion, Science Fiction
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The Stars Are Weeping (bp coyle)

March 8, 2020 coylewriter 4 Comments

The war changed Daddy, changed us all I guess. But Daddy more than anyone. Daddy had always loved the stars.…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

Superposition (Story by Risa Peris)

September 9, 2019 periswriter

The kiss is a strange thing. A subtle one feels like the wings of a pixie or the breath of…

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Posted in: Fiction, Relationships, Science Fiction

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