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  • Try Luigi’s Pizza!

    Try Luigi’s Pizza!

    By: Rachel Henderson. Post-Encounter life got you down? Hungry for an escape? Try Luigi’s Pizza! Traditional shapes and colors! Three delicious options: chewable, drinkable, dissolvable! Pod-bound? Undergoing Mandatory…

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  • Here Be Mermaids

    Here Be Mermaids

    By: Alexa Donley. You can hear it, from the safety of your pod. The singing. Not from the tapes that they sent into space before they sent you,…

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  • The Price of Magic

    The Price of Magic

    By: Robin Rose Graves. In anticipation of my wand ceremony, I visited the flying book library and called out “wands!” Most of the flapping pages ignored me, but…

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  • Just a Suggestion

    Just a Suggestion

    By: Chaz Osburn. Bob folded his arms and said, “You honestly don’t believe ESP is real, do you?” Max looked up from his computer and answered, “What I…

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  • Nourish Her Mind

    Nourish Her Mind

    By: K.L. Marsh. My mother’s hunger was obvious. Her hands shook as she reached for the plate, which I assured her was low calorie. She couldn’t remember yesterday,…

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  • Feels Good

    Feels Good

    By: Lana Nizhehorodova. The bar’s called “Feels Good.” Plain and simple. It’s neither, though. Since instead of drinks, they serve you loaded drinks. Drink them, and you’ll experience…

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