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And Abel

Submitted to Contest #312

I will keep this introduction short, as I fear that is the least important part of all else that will shortly be presented–my current year’s world is in a condition worse than ruins, worse than whatever dystopian novel you have read in school (save for I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream if by some strange twist of fate that was a schoolbook). My current year’s world, as some had predicted, had been taken over by artificially intelligent machines, and since that title had become colloquial, they are also referred to as AIMs. Though many AIMs a...

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Voracious and Unquenchable

Submitted to Contest #310

I had been trapped in this body and this boat for an impossible number of human years, though I remained vulnerable to said time–my body abbreviated to a simple and pathetic sack of organs, my legs purely for decoration (standing was just as useless as sitting here), and my fingers shaky from the years of writing and writing only. Since you people–and most people, and myself–are always so interested in humans finding a purpose (notice how I do not use “their” or “the” purpose, readers) in their impetus-less lives, I will tell you that I am n...

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Valerya

Submitted to Contest #297

Dedicated to my mom, and my husband.I was so jealous that Lyna's name started with an L, and mine with a V, because that meant she got to graduate first. No matter how superior I was, I still had to go second over something I couldn’t change. Second to Lyna. That helpless, wet dog whom I bothered to keep around because of boredom.“Lyna, I think you’re next. I’ve been counting the names, and they’re already on K,” my voice quiet, yet somehow still emphasizing more excitement than I meant. I shook her half-awake. When they called her name, she...

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Blues

Submitted to Contest #292

My death, as I assume is the same for many other ghosts, is not a pleasant subject. Yet, I will still tell you, since you seem so curious. For the 14 years being the prologue to my death, I served as a marine–as you probably guessed it, yes, that is how I died. Though I have no doubt numberless years have passed since then, my memory still bedevils me as a poltergeist does with that day as if it remained the present. Also, and excuse me for being selfish, but I find it hard to express my thoughts and situation in the presence of nobody but ...

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A Short Dialogue Between a Student and a Professor, Inspired by Plato

Submitted to Contest #280

Note: Thank you to Anonymous H. and Anonymous M. Student: Professor, I come to you with an urgent matter. Professor: Pallans, what troubles you? You never come to me with any urgent matters. Student: Professor, I know You of all people have no doubt about my skills on the battlefield. I have fought many wars and have finished many with solely my fists. This is greatness in its pure form, is it not? That someone of noble descent who uses their strength to defeat their enemies for the greater good of all people residing in their nation is but ...

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