Willem Foss

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“THAT THING ON THE HILL” by Willem Foss

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #274

(Warning: Gore, bad words)Ya hear scientists and suchlike, -ologists of all stripes, they go say they’re reasonable. Ethical. Good. You show ‘em the whole history of their profession, how for every Carl Sagan or Marie Curie, there’s ten Unit 731’s and an electroshock clinic and an Ahnenerbe and a Tuskegee and every kind of secret pervert and sadist and psychopath under the sun, how the AIs they’ve built help our overlordly parasites in grey corporate Olympii suck up what’s left o’ our humanity, how their drugs work only for symptoms and prof...

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Red suns and new gazes Broken clowns and alien moonphases Dances that are not for us Empty loves and deathly trusts Towards a craft where new thoughtways are found abornin Towards the end of sad parabellums come mornin Towards the star and antlers and the redemption of yore Towards the new world where true love is possible once more

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #274
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