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In Between the Static
There it is! In between the static. It's faint at first, buried deep in the hiss, but after you hear it, after you know it's there it becomes so loud…
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They’re Not Coming, They’re Already Here
“THEY'RE NOT COMING, THEY'RE ALREADY HERE.” That’s all the email said. No subject, no name, and the email account was clearly a junk or throwaway account linked to AOL mail.…
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Project Omni
My eyes drifted without purpose; it took me a moment to retrieve my unending thoughts. Left to reflect on the boundless horrors, void of compromise. My fellow scientists were having…
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The Death Museum
“Welcome to the Memento Mori Museum, lovingly tour-guided by our docent EM(ily), who uploaded two short years ago! Come see caskets, coffins, wreaths and other not-so-ancient paraphernalia, along with an…
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I Found a Tree in my Backyard: The End May be Nigh
My name is Erica Bell, and my friends and I have been closely following a worldwide phenomenon that’s been taking place over the last 16 years, or so, and we…
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Slices of Life
The following happened to me seven years ago while I was a sophomore in college, and it was my first experience with any drug other than weed (great choice, right?).…
Read NowDon’t Look Forward
The tornado wasn’t the first thing I noticed. It was the silence. Every morning, I drove the same stretch of freeway just after sunrise. The traffic was predictable. Brake lights.…
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My Wife and I Die Daily
I'm lying in bed next to someone who I'll call my wife, but tomorrow, I know there will be someone different waking up next to me. My current wife will…
Read NowBitter Beings
When my mother was alive, she was quite the storyteller. My brothers and I were constantly told stories of her youth, how she met our father, what we were like…
Read NowThey Mostly Come at Night
'There are no such thing as monsters." That's what my mommy used to say. She would tuck me into bed, make sure that my favorite doll, Casey was in my…
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Missing Time
When I was a boy I used to live in this little town outside Casa Grande, Arizona. Well, when I say small town, what I actually mean is five houses…
Read NowProxima Centauri is not a Star
Proxima Centauri is a low mass star that is part of the southern Centaurus Constellation. The star is 4.24 light-years away from earth. If you had a powerful enough laser,…
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I Don’t Experience Thursdays
I’ve had this problem for as long as I can remember. In preschool, I remember being confused when they told us there were seven days in a week, because I…
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Old Hag Madness
When the leaves began to fall that first week in October so many years ago, I could not have been less prepared for what would ultimately alter the course of…
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If You See This Building, Your Timeline Might Be in Danger
There was once a small business in New England by the name of "Grovewood & Co.". It existed for roughly seven months; from April 27th to November 22nd, in the…
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The Terror From Beyond the Void
IT SKITTERED its way across the leaves, and I knelt down to get as close as I could. Eight legs, black body – it was one of the feared ones;…
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Frequency X.XX
The old radio crackled to life, the static a constant hiss against the silence of Alex's room. He'd been tinkering with the dials for hours, searching for the usual crackle…
Read NowThe Fermi Paradox
As astronomers began to dig deeper into the cosmos, a puzzling question arose. In a universe as vast and ancient as our own, why can't we find any signs of…
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Leo: Avraham’s Angel
Avraham looked about his new laboratory with both pride and trepidation. In the dim light, he could make out the shapes of tables, crates, and the special piece of equipment…
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Planting on Mars
The Clements Agricultural Space Crew, planting division, was ready for launch. Rex and Silas were strapped in tight. The weather was clear, and all systems go. The germ rate of…
Read NowAll Driven Into The Yearning Arms Of Amobolaa
Within The Carcass Of Lunar Rot I have been sending this distress call repeatedly, and I have been trapped on this moon for what I hope to have only been…
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Born Lucky
I bought it last Thursday from the gas station 5 minutes from my house. I’m not usually a lottery person, but I figured with the jackpot being as high as…
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