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“In regards to your column...” by Stella Bee

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To Joseph L. Mundigler, I recently came across your incredibly scathing opinion piece regarding the creation of THOUGHT and it’s negative impact on a global scale. The statistics you referenced were accurate enough, and your collection of firsthand testimonials from former THOUGHT users was a nice touch. I agree with your perspective (though, not wholly), which may come as a surprise to you, considering I’m the creator of the drug you criticize so vehemently. There is, however, one thing you got wrong and I feel it is imperative that th...

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“Nanochaos” by David Hampton

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Brilliant beyond measure, thought Clark Webb, yet dumb as a box of rocks. Double clichès seemed to please him as he grinned into his coffee cup. The focus of this observation was Melinda Kinsey, fellow scientist at Keil Laboratories. The plump woman with an Einstein-like coiffure was sitting directly across the conference table and chewing on a honey bun like a starved rabbit, oblivious to the chunk of sugar clinging to her upper lip. Those mustache hairs must be like velcro, he mused. “We’re done here folks,” announced...

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“Time to Choose” by Leslie Medberry

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I can’t culture these cells right. God, I’m so stupid! Why can’t I recognize the sequence. A failed batch and I need every drop of lastinium that I could find in the local supply depots. I, I mean, she, and they, will die. I won’t be able to stand a world without humans. They’re so ..colorful. When I first came on line this planet was so lively, so colorful. The sky was light, people walked around without masks and surget pills. I heard Nancy start to cry in pain in the infirmary. “I’m sorry, I’m coming!” If I could cry, it mig...

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“Time for One Last Drink” by Ian Gonzales

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The first thing I notice about the man who walks into my bar is his watch. It’s a model I’ve never seen before, a lot larger than usual. Curiously, it doesn’t show the time. The numbers on its face are counting down, and there are only a few minutes left. He slips onto a stool with a sigh. “Hit me again, Jim.” I frown, confused. I know I get a lot of regulars in here, but I don’t recognize this guy. How does he know my name? But, hey, he’s a customer, my first of the young day. “What can I get you?” I ask, setting a bowl of nuts and a cock...

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“More Scientist than Woman” by Niovi Tupay

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“I really like this tune,” said Marilyn“Me too, it just has a certain something doesn’t it?” replied Joanna.Chopin’s Waltz No.1 in A Minor (Op. Posth. 69) echoed through the small bedroom while the pair sat on opposite sides of Joanna’s bed. The only light source was her desk lamp which illuminated them softly and made their grey shadows on the wall overlap. The atmosphere was weirdly tense, the air full of uncertainty.“Who is it by?” asked Marilyn“Chopin. He is my favourite. He just has a way with harmonies that is, well, genius.”“I get wha...

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“A Day in the Life of a Scientist” by Aaron Falk

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A Day in the Life of a Scientist R. Aaron Falk The brakes squeaked as Thomas eased his fifteen-year-old Datsun pickup into an empty stall at his apartment complex. The engine stuttered and shook for half a minute after he turned off the key. He grabbed his daypack and slammed the door shut without bothering to lock up. Maybe someone would steal the rust bucket and force him to buy a new car. Then again, how would he get to work in the morning? He walked back and locked the door. His nose wrinkled as he entered his one-bedroom apart...

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“How I won the highest award but might have doomed the human race.” by David Adams

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Memoirs of a Scientist – Chapter 6There have been many significant points in my life and some memorable highs but it would be dishonest if I were not to record the most important failing, an incident that still gives me nightmares over what might have happened due to my unreasoning reaction to a new PhD student, if she had not reacted as she did.Despite that it is appropriate to start this chapter over twenty years later.“Professor Sokolov, congratulations on being awarded the Nobel Prize. How does it feel?”I smiled a little. “It is a great ...

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“Lead the Way” by Allie Weiss

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Lead the Way Allie Weiss I stumble into my apartment with bleary eyes and someone else’s cigarette smoke in my hair. All I want now is an Aspirin, a hot bath, and a one-eyed ferret named Accordion. Unfortunately, my monocular roommate is nowhere to be found. After checking his usual haunts – the laundry basket, the kitchen sink, and the 10,000-milliliter beaker I keep for emergencies – I deduce that he must be off plotting his rev...

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“How to build a time machine” by Nemira Alexis

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Ordinary people who lack imagination can't understand what a great idea is. They don't only can't think outside the box, they are trapped in a small, dusty box. And they expect the others to stay trapped as well. That's why geniuses were always considered crazy because no one believes something world-changing can be invented until that actually happens. I can't blame them though, some things seem so difficult to achieve you can only dream about it unless someone like me enters the game and prove fantasy can become our reality. But it's painf...

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“ A Man or god” by Lee-Anne Lenore Archibald

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I walked on a path of light and darkness. In front of me was a learning place. It told of all these different kinds of God's. Which one was right? Was I a God? Was God, God? Was a better man, than me, a God? Were there many God's, before? Was all of man his self, a God? Would this life time, be enough time, to learn all of these things? If God exists, surely he would make sure we knew of Him, before we left this place. Would He send us, to the next place, and let us know after, this life? Maybe, there would be many, many, places that we woul...

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“In The Clouds” by Kelly Porter

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Strange and unusual. My father once used those words to describe his career as a meteorologist. Some people are surprised to discover meteorology is regarded as a science, and for that, I blame The Weather Channel. Because, hey. Do smart scientific-minded people willingly go into places others have been told to evacuate? Crazy people perhaps, but scientists? Dad wasn’t a television personality broadcasting from a fancy studio or one of those aforementioned “crazies,” the ones who smile-talk while being hammered by hurricane-force wi...

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“The Perfect Candidate” by Helen Webster

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The Perfect Candidate It was only a smile, but even the most insignificant of gesture was everything to Alma Blackmore. She had never known kindness and quite often mistook simple polite interactions as being signs of keen interest from a possible suitor. Brazen as always, Alma wouldn’t waste a chance that he might be the one. She had nothing to lose, since her conception, life had been against her, a newborn dumped in the streets like trash. Her early years spent being mistreated at orphanages and then she found herself back on the ...

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“My Sweet Brother” by Christopher Vaughter

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My Sweet Brother Tomorrow is Sunday. Tomorrow I am scheduled to die. But, not today. Today is Saturday. Today, I will race. Today, I will be free for the first time in nearly twenty-three years. I am about to run in the biggest marathon in the country and I owe it all to my big brother, Albert. I love running. Since I was old enough to walk, all I did was run. I ran all over the house, from room to room. I ran to and from my school. Three blocks! I ran on the playground, the sidewalks, the old dirt road behind our church, and ...

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“Green Beans” by Julia Stratton

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“Alas, I have found the neural mechanism responsible for loneliness!” exclaims professor Salone. “Now we will be able to create a pill to cure people of the agony of their isolation.”Satisfied with the progress he had made for the day, professor Salone puts away his microscope, hangs up his lab coat, and packs up his things. With one last look at his antiseptically clean workspace, he leaves the lab and heads to his car.Professor Salone turns the key in the ignition and puts on the radio. “Why are all these songs about love?” he thinks to hi...

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“The Life's Work of a Botanist” by Madelyn Tomson

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There was nothing more unsettling than a quiet room, so the only logical way to solve that would be to blast sea shanties through the speakers of the greenhouse. That’s at least what Yolani thought as she swung her hips to the beat, writing quickly on her clipboard. Her newest pet project had just grown an identical twin out of its stem and they were now not only growing in tandem, they seemed to be locked in a competition. Whenever one would grow an inch, the other would grow two. When one began to sprout a new leaf, the other would change ...

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Write a story about a scientist.

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✍️ 40 stories

“In regards to your column...” by Stella Bee

“Nanochaos” by David Hampton

“Time to Choose” by Leslie Medberry

“Time for One Last Drink” by Ian Gonzales

“More Scientist than Woman” by Niovi Tupay

“A Day in the Life of a Scientist” by Aaron Falk

“How I won the highest award but might have doomed the human race.” by David Adams

“Lead the Way” by Allie Weiss

“How to build a time machine” by Nemira Alexis

“ A Man or god” by Lee-Anne Lenore Archibald

“In The Clouds” by Kelly Porter

“The Perfect Candidate” by Helen Webster

“My Sweet Brother” by Christopher Vaughter

“Green Beans” by Julia Stratton

“The Life's Work of a Botanist” by Madelyn Tomson

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Write about a character who gets called an Einstein ironically.

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Write a story about a character forced to give up something important to stand up for what they believe in.

Write a story about someone forced out of their home.

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