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Category: Science Fiction

MS Arizona bp coyle

MS Arizona (bp coyle)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

In the year 2116 they didn’t bother holding a US Presidential election. The role had become meaningless decades before, what…

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Posted in: Satire, Science Fiction
Pen Pal - bp coyle

Pen Pal (bp coyle)

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My teacher said that we all have to write a letter to a kid on your planet seeing as how…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
The Bacteria - r c peris

The Bacteria (story by R.C. Peris)

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It was a rider on the astronauts when they left the space station. Scientists weren’t sure where it came from…

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Posted in: Science Fiction
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Holiday (story by Ainsley Arin)

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November 24 10AM Deirdre is driving. We left Albuquerque at 9AM. There air crackled and the clouds rolled. A storm…

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Posted in: Mystery, Relationships, Science Fiction

Adopt A Human (bp coyle)

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You are almost certainly aware of the plight of the Humans as their planet quickly dies. We at The Galactic…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
Danger Humans are Coming - bp coyle

Danger! Humans Are Coming (bp coyle)

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Most of the Galaxy has already fallen. The majority of The Peoples are either extinct or enslaved. We tried to…

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Posted in: Science Fiction

Trumpnet (bp coyle)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

I am old now, so old that I often forget who I am. Forget where I live. But I remember…

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Posted in: Humour, Satire, Science Fiction
peace is a disease - r c peris

Peace Is A Disease (story by R.C. Peris)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter

War, like most human behaviors, is a habit. The Republics of Gracen and Molor had been fighting each other for…

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Posted in: Satire, Science Fiction

Armed (story by Ainsley Arin)

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In 2024 the National Rifle Association stopped supporting Republican Party candidates and began to run their own. On March 17,…

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Posted in: Satire, Science Fiction
the queen - r c peris

The Queen (story by R.C. Peris)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

I am a Queen. I have given birth to four hundred and thirty-two children. There are only a few of…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Parenting, Relationships, Science Fiction

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