Thor’s Tarts by Go Ducks! Thor opens the oven to reveal one single tiny tart. “Hmm, now that’s one tasty-looking tart. I don’t know if Miss Paula Dean can beat my signature recipe. But I guess she’ll sure try.” The studio audience claps. “You bet your ass I will.” Paula says as she struts onto [...]
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The Sun-flower by The Honest Liars It was yellow like the sun, and Charlie had never seen anything like it in his life. He got on one knee to look closer. He wondered if it was warm to the touch, or if it would burn him. “Maybe it’s a rose,” said Charlie. “You should get [...]
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The Mischief of Doppelgangers by Amanda Robinson Bobby wasn’t really crazy. Unfortunately, only a handful of people knew Bobby wasn’t crazy, and almost all of them were Bobby. Bobby’s only real problem was that he was an avid proponent of the works of Brian Greene, the theoretical physicist and string theorist. See, when you try [...]
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The Bridgetown Serpent by Nick Powell Of great age were the halls Paul strode. Not in four years had the feet of men tread within, but now there rang the clangor of steel and the roar of machines with cutting teeth. Strewn about were rags and boxes of caustic powders and buckets of hissing acids, [...]
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The Wyrd by Team Training Bra Tonight was the night. Ben smoothed his fingers over the outline of the key in his pocket, breathing slowly. He calculated every movement as he walked down the corridor into his room, ensuring to adhere to the list of rules written on the wall of the ward. 1. No [...]
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