Lorenzo Fusini

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2023

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3 Stories

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“Creation 2.0” by Lorenzo Fusini

Submitted to Contest #186

‘Will it happen soon?’‘Keep watching, keep watching.’‘… while the Ukrainian forces regroup just outside of Kyiv. As we’ve heard, the president has…’‘Are you ready?’‘Cool! I’ve never seen it!’‘… which is more probable now than it was—Oh! We see…’‘There!’‘Woah! So much fire! Red and orange!’‘… some explosions near the centre! The sky’s very bright now! We can see the flames resulting…’‘These booms and bangs are pretty awesome.’‘Spectacular! It would be nice to see them for real.’‘… and judging from the distance, they were not far from the pres...

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“Doctors?” by Lorenzo Fusini

Submitted to Contest #185

‘73… 74… and…’ I’m so excited! I’ve never reached this point! I begin to place plate number 75 atop the stack. I hold it, stare at it, trying to convince it with my non-existing mental powers that everything will be fine, that it can peacefully lie on top of plate number 74. Then I feel the draught… I follow the stack with my eyes as it begins to bend, slowly at first, then faster and faster, until it crashes on the ground with a deafening clangour. I still hold plate 75, just above where plate 74 once was; I close my eyes and sigh. Bug has ...

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“Escape from the dark” by Lorenzo Fusini

Submitted to Contest #184

‘This is a public announcement. All non-essential services are shutting down in five minutes. Expected blackout duration: forty minutes. Smoking is strictly forbidden throughout the Moon.’A crowd of around three hundred people had gathered under the Edge City Station Dome. Some were standing by the glass wall, others were sitting under the trees. A news reporter was talking on camera, her voice higher than usual.‘This is Kelly again, speaking from the Edge City Dome. As you’ve just heard from the PA, the Moon-wide blackout will start in just...

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Author bio

I like learning, writing, reading, freediving, rugby, tennis, volleyball, video games, RPGs, board games, languages, cultures, sci-fi, fantasy, weird fiction, omg please stop me pleeease! I'm also a data scientist with a PhD in cybernetics, but that's another story..