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The Mirror
By: William Shaw. I stumbled over to the bathroom mirror. Messy brown hair, blue eyes, pointed nose, crooked teeth. Yep, that was me alright. What the fuck? To…
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Coffee Additions
By: Alisa A. Gaston “What sort of things?” I clung to my stemless wine glass at the dinner party, the Malbec settling my nerves. “Sometimes raisins,” I said,…
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Bad Advertising
By: L. Alvarenga. A ballad about a magnificent coffee reached the ears of the King, a connoisseur of fine drinks: Roasted by dragon flames Crushed by satyr teeth…
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The Longest Sentence
By: A.P. Ritchey. Considering what we attempted, the punishment was elegant. Eternity in a penal satellite? We earned it. It took centuries, but humanity finally departed—a thousand ships…
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User 9
By: Leyelle M.G. I like my coffee like my men. It’s not really coffee, to be fair—we haven’t had real coffee since the reboot—but they aren’t really men…
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A Series of Prompts
By: William Shaw. Write an email to every worker in Facility 11 explaining that they will be replaced by AI. Write an email expressing sympathy and linking ex-employees…
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