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Unrecognized
by: John K. Peck. The keyboard is ancient, with keys that require actual pressure. She’d brought it up from deep storage on deck B several days ago, hoping…
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To Be a Hunter
by: Kai Delmas. I basked in the morning sun. Mind at peace, eyes keen, I searched for prey. A rabbit scurried through the forest and I dove down.…
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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
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
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
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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