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Submitted to Contest #255
We never anticipated the difficulties we would face in encountering the Human race. Of course, we had been monitoring them for many of their Earthen centuries. They were first discovered in CY4545 of the Alobian calendar, which we tend to use for systems so far out from our own Morgon Prime System. We landed on their only moon, Luna, in that time and set up a base of operations. Initially it was to be a fuelling station and mining colony to enable further exploration into the deeper reaches of the universe. Their planet was unattractive to u...
Submitted to Contest #115
CW: Lost Child, Police Brutality, COVID *The following story was inspired by recent events in Melbourne, Australia and mixes events from my own life with dramatisation inspired by the story of former Acting Senior Sergeant Krystle Mitchell* For the desk of the Chief Commissioner, When I was a young girl, my father took me into the city. There was a parade on and he wanted to see the marching band. He and I got separated in the crowd and I couldn’t find him. I don’t remember how old I was. When Mum tells the story I was six, but when Da...
Submitted to Contest #114
CW: Casual/Thinly Veiled Bigotry “You wanna do something fun?” Duke dipped his head low, pulling down the brim of his hat to conceal his eyes a little more. Tiny beads of sweat dripped down the side of his face and along his chiselled jaw as he spoke, dampening the bandana around his neck. It was hot as the third layer of hell out here, even this late at night. Just how he liked it. “You gonna stick around when it ain’t?” Replied Travers sincerely, as he had done a hundred times before. The age difference between him and Duke was enough ...
Submitted to Contest #113
"Do you trust us, Sofie?" "Of course." "Then we need to know more about these dreams. Have they continued this last week?" "…" "Please Sofie, the cameras may not pick up every slight nod or shake of your head. Verbally, if you can." "Yes, they have." "And Daren. Has he been a recurring element again?" "Yes." "Are you still having conversations with the boy?" ".." "Verbally, Sofie." "Yes, we talk." "What do you talk about?" "I mean, they're just dreams. Does it matter?" "Yes…it does." "We just talk about life. Life here in the Straights. Life...
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