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Category: Science Fiction

Good Morning Infinity (Story by Risa Peris)

July 20, 2019 Brian Coyle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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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