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Launch Interrupted

Submitted to Contest #89

Three commercial astronauts sit ready in the simulator standing by for the final launch sequence one last time before tomorrow’s big show. They’re among the first who are supposed to be making regular trips to and from nearby asteroid mining space-rigs. They set the bar for all future efforts. The simulator is an exact replica of the real thing. Command can see the astronauts in their seats on a monitor, face shields down and ready to rumble. The rest of the essential crew of engineers, coders, traffic control and operators can hear the in...

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We All Have to Believe in Something, Don't We?

Submitted to Contest #89

      Never in my life did I ever expect to find myself in the state of Arizona, especially being a girl from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I've always had a kindred spirit and a yearning to travel, but little time or resources to do so. Therefore, I have not embarked much further from the City of Brotherly Love except for an impromptu trip to North Carolina a few years ago and my family adventures into New York City and the Jersey Shore when I was younger.  So when my fiance and I radically decided to jump o...

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The Fourth Race PT. 4

Submitted to Contest #89

When she woke up the next morning, Evangeline had a plan. She could feel it buzzing around in her brain like a bee. She shook Anwel and said “Anwel. Wake up! I have a plan!” Anwel, being an Elf, woke up immediately and was alert. “What?” “Well, remember where the Inugami came out of the hole? It’s not too far from here…” Anwel blinked. “You want to raid an Inugami stronghold?” “Yes.” “You are a piece of work. But let’s do it. It could be useful. We’d hopefully find their motive.” Evangeline nodded. She braided h...

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UNENDING FUTURE OF SOMEONE

Submitted to Contest #89

In the edges of an enormous city, underneath the gleam of a white moon, the cool breeze whistled through a break in Evan's window. He opened his eyes and watched the twilight on his floor, making a framework of four squares as it went through. There was a thumping right outside, in the forested areas, perhaps, or in his patio.  It wasn't the first occasion when he had woken up with the thumping, or the whistling, yet it was certifiably not a typical event all things considered. He had first heard it precisely one month prior. He didn'...

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A LEAP OF FAITH

Submitted to Contest #89

I could already disclose to it will be truly difficult to write in this scratch pad while this moronic transport is bobbing everywhere on the interstate, yet I must arrangement with it since I have effectively been riding this thing two or three days, and I must discover something to do with my hands, also my psyche, while these unlimited miles and unlimited hours continue to move by steadily. I am headed toward start an entirely different life in a totally different spot, so I figured it would be the ideal opportunity to begin composing a d...

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Naked truth: Here is the mansion of glory killers

Submitted to Contest #89

I should have been in this personal platform for months now, nothing cripples good luck, blessings and destiny like self doubt, procrastination and fear. For sure, there are all enemies of positive change and progress. Even reading most of the advice that the so call Gurus gives in some platforms were nothing but heading down ward to your ruins. Yes, I say it with authority, some of these self made gurus are destructive agents that have led many to their ruin.  They make you to start doubting yourself,  Point you toward wrong choic...

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Things Change

Submitted to Contest #88

Never did Nova presume that her loving owners would kick her out of her own home.She remembered being forced onto a truck, sealed up in a tiny cage, and her owners, Mike and Layla along with little Evelyn waving goodbye, tears in their eyes.Surely they're coming back, Nova had thought as she set off on the bumpy ride. I'm going to think of this as an adventure. As the door of the jeep slammed shut, she finally had time to register what was going on around her, as well as her companions. Well, not exactly companions, more like unfriendly acqu...

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An Heir of Shadow

Submitted to Contest #88

Long ago, in a kingdom that the sea had swallowed, there lived a girl named Carina. A princess of Mu, she was beloved by her people and all who met her, for she was gentle; a trait that the merfolk we not known for. Singing in a forest of kelp, she wondered what it would be like to ordinary, to not have everyone stare at her whenever she entered a room or opened her mouth. Surrounded by a bloom of jellyfish, she giggled softly to herself, watching them shrink away from her touch. In the bleak abyss of the forest, she lay sprawled on a rock, ...

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Dream Come True

Submitted to Contest #88

Ariel started singing with her gorgeous, golden voice and Ursula started pulling the voice into a glass case. “Huheheuheheh,” Ursula’s evil laugh filled the ocean and right then, Ariel glowed brightly and her mermaid fins got replaced with two legs.  Emma’s giant, glossy, hazel eyes were wide open, showing a little mix of confusion and anger. “Mother, why is Ariel trading her beautiful mermaid fins for ugly legs?” Emma stopped her mother from reading.  “Oh, Emma, it’s just a story. This is something that won’t ever happen. It...

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Mortality Makes Us

Submitted to Contest #88

   “You know the cost, you sign this, young prince, you give up your mortality and your throne. They’ll believe you dead, but you will never die. You will live amongst your people, a commoner, a beggar.”    “Anything for my kingdom. My sister can take the throne, she is just as capable as I, but I cannot bear to see my people die.”   “Very well.”   I remember the day I said those words and signed those papers as if it were yesterday, but it’s been nearly three hundred years now...

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Free

Submitted to Contest #88

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom ruled by a King and his loving and adoring Queen. Together, they birthed two children, the oldest was a Princess and the youngest was a Prince. The young royals were sheltered, having never stepped outside of the castle. Rumors say that the Princess was one of the fairest of them all, while her brother was one of the most well-behaved children in the land. Subjects of the kingdom adored the perfect image of the royal family but failed to realize that the perfect image was simply an image. If there was on...

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Sympathies For The Little Devil

Submitted to Contest #88

No one really knew what would be a good and quite seemingly random number to remember, except the old Devil, and that number was seventy million and forty one. As the Creators of the Underworld created the finality visions of all the realms - the big picture, if you would - the Devil contemplated all things precision, so he worked for Hell Office. He was in the detail after all; no other creatures but him put that out there. Millenia passed and he’d still got it. Filing tons of paperwork in no time flat. All marketing schemes, the plans, the...

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Little Princess

Submitted to Contest #88

( I accidentally posted this to the wrong prompt it meant to be for the “Write a fairy tale about an outsider trying to fit in” prompt)Her story lay gilt in goldHer eyes were as beautiful as a fresh cut roseShe had no heart with which to knowBut she knew with all her soul she hated the coldShe was a strange girlBorn of an age long agoA history of winds and curlsAnd a memory as faded as a photoThey say that once she shone like the starsThat her heart was kind and softThen the darkness cameAnd took her dreams aloftA war of blood and broke...

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Woman of the Night

Submitted to Contest #88

AN: Just a little disclaimer, there might be some discrepancies in my grammar and how everything plays out in this plot because I was running on a tight time crunch. But nevertheless, I worked hard on this piece and will take any criticism. Also, I will go back after this is read and fix any mistakes. Also if you were interested in my story called the Infinite Reigns of Time, I'm planning on extending the story and trying to make a book out of it since it did so well. But enjoy! The dull white saucer in the sky, commonly known as the moon,...

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The Trade

Submitted to Contest #88

She looks down into the portal, “I’m about to do it!’ Lilliana nervously yells as she grabs my hand. I then speak, “Just to think, you’ll finally be out of here and away from those evil people.” Then Lilliana starts to speak, ”I was just in there with them., hours ago.. and they scared me, but it’s so sad to be leaving them, why can’t I have both?” I sigh and again try to open her eyes to what’s happening.                        ...

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