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Note: I had a hard time keeping this one straight. I think I got it right. Jon lost his phone. He is sure of that. He looked everywhere for it: in his car, yard, and house. He called it a few times from his landline, but the call went straight to voicemail. Like a fool,…
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The rain shower surprised everyone. It was the last few minutes of the fourth quarter in the annual football game between the cities of Gordonville and Richfield, and the score was tied. For the last few years Richfield has won every match, and tonight Gordonville is inside the twenty-five-yard line of their arch enemy, with…
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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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Mothership orbited on the far side of the moon. Contrary to popular belief, the far side of the moon is not dark, it gets plenty of light. Mothership basked in this sunlight, energizing her massive energy stores through her extended solar panels while observing earth. She studies the radio waves emanating from this noisy little blue planet. Earth…