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The Onion
By: Amanda Wisdom. Chopping carrots was easy. It was the onion that always needed guidance. Rolo, remind me the onion technique? My new limited-edition pastel pink RoloBot purred…
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Message 2939
By: Miles Efron. Ten years ago—on the most distant of our moons—a deep-space antenna picked up Message 2939. A missive from some forgotten civilization on an extinct planet.…
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Whoever You Need
By: Eric Fomley. Today I’m Li. I sit on my bed while mom talks to me about my brother and sister. She’s choking back tears. Today I’m Ebony.…
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Partaking in Old Traditions
By: A. L. LaForge. Unit-5445 wrapped their hands around the hot mug. “Am I doing this right?” “Yeah, just don’t burn yourself. Before you taste, take a deep…
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Shadow
By: Gargi Mehra. If I hadn’t birthed the little rock-goblin myself, I’d never have believed how annoying it could become. I’d looked past its wild spins, its teenage…
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Haunted Hair
By: Jennifer Sara Widelitz. Gran always said, “Give something more thought than it’s worth, it’ll have power over you.” My hair was a mess of wild copper curls—unruly,…
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