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Not for Sale
By: Gabriella Dolores Menezes “How much for the android?” 023 stops in his tracks. “Oh, he’s not for sale, just helping out,” Susan says. “Really? I’ll give you…
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Autohaunting
By: R. S. Mot. For my eighteenth birthday, I inherited $200,000 in debt. We’ve been preparing our whole lives for when we’d receive information on our pasts selves.…
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The Taste of Iron
By: C.E. O’Conaing. Alicja’s left fist bounced off the bag. She belted out another half dozen rabbit punches, swift, savage blows that almost punctured its surface. Sweat poured,…
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How to Train a Cyber Cat
By: LM Fontanes. I trained my cyber cat to purr upon touch and now, even when I simply stretch my fingers outward, it starts to rumble. I trained…
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We Are All of Us Atoms
By: Sam Allport. I felt woozy. A speaker filled the white room with rapturous applause. A wide-eyed camera stared at me, unblinking. I looked down at myself. Hands,…
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Stay Quiet. Smile Often.
By: Zachary Taylor. Mindy practiced smiling in the bathroom mirror, making sure her eyes “smiled” with her. She tried showing her teeth, then keeping her mouth closed. Her…
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