Fiction
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It sometimes happens that exceptional people are born to ordinary parents, and into ordinary families. Daniel is one of these people. His parents were good honest folk, but not exceptional. Dad was a mechanic and worked for the same car dealership his whole life. He did not have any hobbies, he did not play any…
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The New York subway used to have many small shops catering to travelers. Tiny and narrow, but long, these shops were not only convenient but charming. Small business owners put their own spin on what the layout should be, and many sold interesting trinkets and things with ‘I ❤️NY’ printed on it. Tourists loved this…
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Ben is a kind and well liked 27-year-old heterosexual male. He does not suffer from toxic masculinity. He always votes for the Democrats. He cares that the homeless and drug addicted suffer daily and volunteers at soup kitchens. Ben proudly wears his rainbow bandana and obliges folk’s preferred pronouns. He never raises his voice and…
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Jenny loves her grandma, but she absolutely adores her new grandpa. Grandpa Ren is her grandma’s fourth husband, and he’s the best one by far. Ren is a tall man with dark skin and snow-white hair. He has dark eyes and eyebrows, a deeply lined face and the most radiant smile she has ever seen.…
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Work on the farm never stops. Up at 4AM to fight for warm water in the shower, then run to breakfast before it’s gone and you have to settle for the burnt bottoms in the pots. On the truck at 4:45 to go work the fields until the water break at 9, the break to…
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The last human baby on planet earth was conceived in the ladies bathroom of a nightclub in Tijuana, Mexico, on October 17th 2024. The young couple lost to the world in their fiery passion did not know this. The rest of the world learned about them, and their baby that they named Jesus, much later,…
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Jordan loves building things. When she was younger a family member gifted her a Meccano erector set. With this set you could build many different construction equipment models. She built everything that had plans supplied with the kit. After she built the various cranes, dozers, and dump trucks something clicked in her brain and she…
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Bob is cheap. If Bob could buy used floss he will. He did not grow up poor, and as a kid he never went hungry. Bob’s frugality started when he was given a piggy bank as a child. The first time he dropped a few coins into that piggy bank, and he heard the sound coins make…
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For as long as Manny can remember, the robot has always been there. It was sitting under the remains of an interstate overpass with its back against the concrete pylons, its knees drawn up and its massive arms slack by its side. Its chin was resting on its chest. Manny runs a bootleg software and…
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Sheriff Sanders is troubled. A few months ago dogs started disappearing. At first one or two a month, then one a week. Recently it happens almost every night. Some townsfolk now keep their dogs indoors at night, while others stubbornly believe that this kind of shit only happens to other people. This difference in how…
Tales from my head 