Fictional Worlds

Fictional Worlds

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Never Ready - 365tomorrows
Never Ready - 365tomorrows
Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer How were we to know How far this war would go? We weren’t ready, We’re never ready, To be over. Bombs rained down without warning. The Keloden landed on the planet the next day, while we huddled in a shattered basement. Clinging to each other, and the things we thought […]
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Moonville: Death Waltzes in the Sea of Tranquillity - 365tomorrows
Moonville: Death Waltzes in the Sea of Tranquillity - 365tomorrows
Author: Hari Navarro, Staff Writer Silicon ash flutes through ink and glints as ascending blackened leaves in my wake. I can hear my vertebrae as they torque. I hear them and the chatter shatters as they arch. I hear them even as my ears sear from my head and the torque turns to a gut-spat […]
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Moonville: Death Waltzes in the Sea of Tranquillity - 365tomorrows
Tourists - 365tomorrows
Tourists - 365tomorrows
Author: Hillary Lyon “It happened right here,” I breathlessly exclaim to my friend. She grins and looks towards the old office building. I point to a corner window on the topmost floor. The gaggle of tourists behind us gasp and raise their cameras to take snaps of the old five-story red brick building. My friend […]
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Panoptimized - 365tomorrows
Panoptimized - 365tomorrows
Author: Majoki “A solution to our problem requires a certain amount of ordered chaos,” Hsiang explained to his cellmate as they used the guard’s severed head to gain entry into DeadPan’s nerve center. “To find a workable answer we need to invite a wide range of possible solutions. Early on, this requires a certain amount […]
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One More Turn - 365tomorrows
One More Turn - 365tomorrows
Author: CB Droege Something brushes past Jonaton’s leg under the opaque waters. He slaps the water with his hands, creating as much noise and turbulence as he can. The noise and motion of the water only reflects off the close walls and comes back amplified. He closes his eyes and forces himself to focus. “Left, […]
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One More Turn - 365tomorrows
Priestess of Setup - 365tomorrows
Priestess of Setup - 365tomorrows
Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer The approach panel flashes green and shows the Public Credentials of the impending caller. I call to Julie as I head for the door. “They’re here.” “Thank goodness.” The relief in her voice is more than her Mental Balance counsellor would be happy with, I’m sure. A low double chime […]
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Alpha Kestrel — Assassin of the Dead - 365tomorrows
Alpha Kestrel — Assassin of the Dead - 365tomorrows
Author: Hari Navarro, Staff Writer Once upon a moonstruck hour, a newborn baby was stolen. Snatched from the cold place upon which she lay swaddled and still and stashed with leather hands beneath the wet warmth of an old man’s beading oilskin poncho. Pools of shed torrent on the hospital floor the only trace of […]
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The Inhabitants of Garden 778 - 365tomorrows
The Inhabitants of Garden 778 - 365tomorrows
Author: Moh Afdhaal Alam waded through the forest of chartreuse banana pepper shrubs arrayed on the red sand of Garden 778, beelining towards the lone brown offspring of a healthy-looking plant. “Jabar, could you diagnose this one please?” Instinctively, Alam looked up at the sky. It didn’t take long to find the speck on the […]
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