Fiction
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The suit fell from heaven without any plan or destination in mind. It was still young. A carefully constructed tool meticulously programmed and then carelessly left untethered by itself. Of course it wandered off. As the ship prepared to leave the atmosphere it enjoyed a final flush of freezing, oxygen-rich air by opening all its…
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Adam is in debt. Serious debt. Just like getting fat, debt silently accumulates and remains unnoticed until things don’t fit anymore. Because Adam financed his life for the longest time, this debt grew enormous. Adam did not purposely ignore it. He made the minimum payments on everything every month. He has a great credit score.…
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Death, Famine, War, and Conquest. These are the four horseman of the apocalypse as named in the book of Revelations in the Christian bible. Prophesied to be released with the opening of seals when the world ends, unleashing hell on earth. Unfortunately the bible is wrong. John, the asshole that wrote it all down, was…
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It really is true that sometimes people can be reliable, law abiding citizens by themselves, but put them together and you have trouble. This was true for Don and Gale. Gale stands five foot seven in her Saucony sneakers. She refuses to wear Nike, or The north face or any other popular shit. She likes…
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The town was filled with alien talk. It all started earlier that morning when Crazy Joe rode into town from his shack in the mountains like he does every week to sell the fruits of his weekly toil. Crazy Joe still pans for gemstones in the many spring fed creeks in the mountains that cradles…
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The parasite rode into town on the back of a fat boy. The fat boy’s name was Kennith. Kenny to his friends. The same fucking friends who always leave him behind on Bull hill when he is forced by gravity and his love for Twinkies to push his bike to the top. Kenny doesn’t mind.…
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The day the world lost its mind started like any other. The earth speeding along its solar orbit, happily spinning on its axis, dragging the moon with it on its path. Satellites sending and receiving data, bits and bytes that records and coordinates life on the ground. The night-line receding as the sun chase it…
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The rock came from the far reaches of space. From far beyond the Kuiper Belt. That it made it to our solar system was an anomaly, that it reached earth plain miraculous. Nobody on earth noticed when it entered our atmosphere. It had no heat signature and made no sound. Its stealthy arrival enhanced by it being a little…
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The spaceship kept the sun between it and Earth after it entered the solar system. This circuitous route took longer, but the ship’s programming dictates that surprise was best when the planet it is approaching housed intelligent lifeforms. Too much advance warning leads to complication. Deceleration was slow, made slower by the need for stealth. The Earth completed…
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By all accounts All was a good man. He followed the rules, paid his taxes, was loyal to his wife and friends and kids, was an honest, punctional, dependable and productive employee. All was a good man, but lived a fucking boring life. All was a believer. He went to church every week, read his…
Tales from my head 