Short Stories
Flash Fiction
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Merchant Marine Mitch
An episode of the classic TV show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is playing on a terminal in a darkened office room. The room is empty, except for the cleaning bot who is using one of its utility arms to vacuum dust from a bookshelf. The terminal desk is at standing height, in the corner […]
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Mars Colony 001: Part I
Day 5 The last wave of settlers is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, 200 more inhabitants. The settlement seems crowded already, but I guess another couple hundred won’t make a difference. They say almost five thousand are here already. My father has worked for Steinmetz since before I was born. He was one of the first […]
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Chuck Makes a Mistake
I had found a mistake the day before. Not a major mistake, just a little one, but one that would cause major headaches down the road. I’m an indie game developer, in other words I’m unemployed, really. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have a steady stream of income from YouTube videos and I just […]