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  • 2/22/35

    2/22/35

    by: Gene Lewis Perry. It is Thursday, February 22nd, 2035, the last remaining pristine temporal preserve. For today only, time still goes like it used to, second by…

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  • The First Time I Grew Wings

    The First Time I Grew Wings

    by: Leyelle. The first time I grew wings, they called me a demon. They never considered it might be “okay” to call me human too—as if they hadn’t…

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  • Just Don’t

    Just Don’t

    by: Kit Gadgitar. Don’t even think about inventing time travel. Studying physics? Switch majors. Simulating parallel universes on a quantum computer? Mine Bitcoin instead. Screwed up that date…

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  • x=3/2

    x=3/2

    by: Ariya Bandy. And that’s the last answer. Always a pleasure doing your homework. Being your little secret magical printer who fills in all the answers. A secluded…

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  • Executive Dysfunction

    Executive Dysfunction

    by: Robin Rose Graves. God makes no mistakes, but do scientists? The engineers who put me together? (Are they my God?) Why do my tasks fail at random,…

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  • Traveling the Seed Migrations

    Traveling the Seed Migrations

    by: Daniel Ausema. During spring migration, an errant wind blew my seed-house aside. I fought to regain control, frantic to not lose the others, the route, my home…

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