science fiction
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My Dearest, NewEarth is the color of despair. I remember your dad’s postcards of the space station resorts and I thought everything would be bright cartoon. The walls are dingy, the floors dark with grease and neglect. I’m surrounded by other soldiers and I’m completely alone. I’m light years from Mars. But your arms are
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White as freshly laid snow the sky kissed the ice with a thin blue line. Silver pipelines carrying water snaked above the ice. Scarred orange hovertrains carrying workers and elements crisscrossed the pipes. On Harleys, Security Chief TwoAxes and Detective Hatchett waited at The Piper Junction entrance.“You good Axe?”“Why, we’ve worked with the Bureau on
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With warm cream walls nestled into a granite cliff, the condo overlooked a sun-drenched emerald valley. Inside, the curated interior of the condo was lavishly minimalistic. The couple oohed and Ahmed at the new surrounds. Finally they stopped at the floor to ceiling window to admire the panoramic view.“See I told you there was nothing
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Pretending to check her purse, Myrtle surveyed the lay of the land. Hatchet came up beside her and rested his hand on the small of her back.“Detective don’t carry this cover too far,” Myrtle whispered close to Hatchet’s ear. “Needs must,” Hatchet said with a wicked grin and kissed her quick.They walked across the restaurant.
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It’s not the fall that kills you….“Hey, Lisl I got a weird reading here?” Bernie asked.“Just bag it and tag it Bernie. We got three of these old dogs to break down,” Lisl answered without looking up.Bernie shrugged and went back to wiping the ship hard drive.Space Cruiser Endurance, nicknamed Dorie by her many crews,
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“You do know what a weekend is?” Myrtle said through her screen door.The android detective tossed her a comical confused look. “Does not compute,” Hacthet said. Then he started do the Funky Robot dance on Myrtle’s front porch. Myrtle opened the door and pulled him through.“I have neighbors.”“You wouldn’t think so from that outfit,” Hatchet
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“Hold on, hold on get this then the sailor said, ‘I should have never,” the officer started guffawing at his own joke.“Officer.” Myrtle’s voice was a whip the group of police froze and melted away. She approached the jokester. Myrtle focused on the thin aquamarine horizon line that marked the cool blue white of the
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There were hands to shake and smiles to be given. Myrtle greeted her staff and tour the Law Enforcement wing of Enceladus’ Security Complex. She appeared interested, calm, and completely collected but inside Myrtle reeled. For four years, Myrtle had rehearsed what she would say if she ever saw Hatchet again. She would rage on
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Queen of Hearts on King of Spades then Jack, the cursor moved quickly flipping electronic cards covered in dancing pineapples. Ring, ring.“Southern Pennsylvania Association of Superheroes and Paranormal Entities, this is Claudine.”“The world is going to end tonight….” The voice trailed off into hysterical laughter.“Okay is this Alien Technology or General Supervillain,” Claudine asked her
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