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Bubbleator 2010 - 2044

This story fictionalizes Seattle of the year 2044, telling about an underground transit system laced with bubbleators, elevators that move up, down and sideways through a nework similar to modern underground Tokyo. A Jewish reporter and his daughter, who uses a hoverchair due to her disabilities, have an exciting underground adventure fighting white racial supremacits, finally getting rescued by a dear old Moslem

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Relative Merits

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Editors' Choice Winner

Julia had always felt that “you can choose your friends, but not your relatives.” So she tried to make nice, attend the gatherings of this really strange clan where her efforts to fit were in vain, and in general grin and bear it. Her brother James devoted his every

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Test Post - Please Rate

This is a test posting to help resolve issues and try new features.

Joseph perched precariously on the narrow concrete berm, staring at the pounding waves 100 feet below. He paused momentarily, then his decision became crystal clear. He noticed movement to his left, a young man was approaching. The young man smiled and waved a

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A Score in a Loaf

They walked through grey corridors and into silent and empty dungeon-like halls. Just when Saul opened his mouth to ask where they were going, the man stopped, turned, and pulled out a key. He put it into a small keyhole in what looked like more of the stone wall. He slid the concealed door into the crack of the wall and stepped inside a dimly lit room that smelled like fresh soil. The walls of the room were nothing more than caked dirt, nothing more than a well-concealed hole in the earth. Three lanterns hung from thin rope from the ceiling and crates of explosives lined the walls. Just in front of them was what looked like a black

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Deal with the Devil - A Short Story

Dry leaves float to the ground and crunch under his feet. He stares at them – shriveled patches of brown and yellow. The wheels of the chair squeak on the cobbled stones. He parks the chair by an old Oak tree, pushing it close to the painted wooden bench, pulling up the brake

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Just Like Home

Dear Cousin,

I wanted to fire off a few words to you, now that I’ve set up shop here above the South Carolina state line in North Carolina. Believe it or not, things are not so much different here, north of Rock Hill, north of Charleston, south of New York.

I rented a room, first-off, in what

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Hookmouth

Chapter 1

Jim Slade discovered the giant bass he called Hookmouth late one
evening in July. It was one of the long, hot summer days he loved. No school, chores all done by noon, and the rest of the day was his to do with as he liked. On rainy days he went over to his cousin

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Attacked by Sea Monster

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As the little Watkins sail boat, Rightwayup, pulled out of the marina, Brad – the marina owner – gave the crew a cheery wave. “Have a nice weekend,” he said through clenched teeth. It wasn’t that he didn’t like Jason and Ann, they were customers after all, it was just that they were not

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Pillow Talk

March, 2010

Editors' Choice Winner

Well, the fat lady has sung. I’m dead. Deader than a doornail. I’m not yet pushing up daisies, but that’s only because no one has gotten around to burying me.

I certainly didn’t see this coming when I got out of bed last Saturday. But I guess that’s just how it

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A Weekend with Max

The weekend with Max seemed to last a month. Max wasn’t just out-of-sorts and irritable; he was mean and grumpy. Max had several years on me and showed it. I thought he was mad that I came and was just grouchy because he was old. But I was wrong.

Maybe I should start at the beginning.

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