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Quince sells death. No wonder he likes his job.
- Length: 17 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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by Saki
Revealing the dangers of giving previously dumb animals the power of speech. Especially cats.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Suddenly red ink flows from my pen. Startled, I assume it is blood, but then realize it is the color of the moon...
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.
- Length: 27 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Jimmy's life changes for ever when the soldiers come to the door.
- Length: 26 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Revealing the sinister hidden agenda behind the apparently pointless behaviour of a particular type of tiny green insect.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
2 Stars
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I deliberately shot to death Laurence Connaught. So they mean to execute me. Especially because Laurence Connaught had saved my life.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Jonte has spent his whole life in a radiation shelter, but the arrival of eight strangers is the start of an adventure that will change his life forever.
- Length: 20 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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The end of the world tends to have a negative impact on the motivation to complete one’s daily chores.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Quince returns to the life-selling business, but this time he's got competition
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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I would be staring past the characters at the painted background. Faraway hills and tall summer trees against a wide horizon. What was there?
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
You won't find me on any map either. I, too, have been buried, not by Tarmac and sand, but by time and indifference.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: U
5 Stars
Through clouds of smoke, his blue eyes examined the ladies and gentlemen in front of him. They all looked hard at work, and he smiled at their naiveness, then chuckled, which turned into a coughing fit.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
With her degrees in neuroscience and engineering, and her specializations in prosthetics and robotics, she was more than capable of producing a pair of mechanical ears that would replicate the abilities of true human ones.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
If we had any hope of returning with even a shred of sanity, we’d need to try as best we could to keep a solid sleep schedule.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
When Yoana Hernandez decided to become a psychiatrist she never imagined one day her patients would be artificial intelligence.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
And the last time he’d feel his heart thumping, which it was doing in spades. From dread? Excitement? Both, he supposed. Like a bungee jumper. Yes, the ultimate jump. Down, down, down, then up forever. A phoenix from the ashes.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
“I know.” He gently brushed the hair from her face. “It’s a nice dream, but it’s not me.”
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
They wanted to believe. And they certainly weren’t going to deny their son every advantage for his future.
- Length: 17 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
Ed slammed through the front door and looked wildly around the tavern. “Quick! What year is this?”
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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