Tag: Sci-fi
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Founder
Detective Galanos looked around the office waiting room and tried to distract herself from how long she’d been kept waiting. What is it with Nash Industries decor? Did they actually set out to make this place as bland as possible? After two weeks of being assigned to the recovery of the stolen Archetype samples,…
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Two Line Story #13 – Text
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Memory Box
“So what do you think, Detective?” Detective Sandra Galanos looked down at the bullet-riddled body lying in the wreckage of a small apartment. “Well, I think he’s dead, Jim.” “Oh har-har. How do you think it happened?” The detective’s eyes flicked back up at the uniformed officer leaning in the doorway. Jim Molan was a good cop; not the brightest lightbulb in the precinct,…
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Teleporter
“Alright everyone, listen up. We’ve got an emergency situation and I don’t have time to go through this twice.” Federal Officer Dawn Casey shifted in the shadows as she tried to find a comfortable position. Leaning up against the back wall of the crowded Control Room, the tall blonde woman rubbed her eyes in exasperation…
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Jacked
The man at the bar looks exhausted, but his hands twitch with that bitter kind of energy you see in psychos or speed freaks. As I look him over he catches my eyes- his are bloodshot, red-rimmed and bruised. “What’dya think your starin’ at, huh?” he snaps, his shoulders hunching up beneath the tattered overcoat. “You lookin’ for a shoulder to cry on, sport?…
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Two Line Story #5 – Tiger, Tiger
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R@tplague
“Hey, Detective Hallahan. This is the perp?” “Detective Ferguson. Yeah, I’ve been chasing this one for years now. We cornered him at the psychologist’s office. He was just sitting there, staring at the wall.” The detective turned his gaze from the small window into the interview room and looked worriedly at his partner. The older…