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40s girl
Melissa Powers

Collide: Part 1 

May Bell Lee walks down the country road, wearing her favorite floral dress and heels. The boys are back from the front and her friend

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Birth

My name is Oliver James, and I was born on a beautiful warm summer day. I suppose I cried a lot as many others would.

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter One – The Secret (P-2)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two The man patiently waited for the

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apocalypse
Kelson Hayes

The Escape

We didn’t know what to call it, so we just called it The War. It was the last war of our world, and it happened

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biotech
William Mangieri

In a Flash

“In a Flash” Story #1 in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series Copyright 2011 by William Mangieri He’d lose his badge if they caught him doing

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Fiction
Charles Bastille

The Cutting

This short story is a part of the MagicLand Chronicles. It is set during a time long before that of the events in my debut

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Contamination

A story of the repair workers When the nice grey-haired physician – she looked like a secondary-school counsellor – finished, Jannike’s gaze slid out the

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The Tube

There is a folk tale that all people are tied to their destined husband or wife by a red string that no-one can see. I

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Eight – The Cryo-Dreams Begin (P-3)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Once again, he

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Superhero
Tim McDaniel

Confidant

 “Rob, just listen to me for a sec. I’m not talking about anything that’s actually immoral. Nobody gets hurt.” Weldon Brown pushed the hair back

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ghost
Tim McDaniel

Koehl’s Quality Impressions

 Early Wednesday morning, not much past 10:30, I wheezed my way through downtown in my old ’31 Ford. Down to White Center, where the city

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competition
Tim McDaniel

Getting Ahead in Business

 Graeme Wood turned the newspaper to Local News, folded it, and smoothed it flat on the plastic table in front of him. The waitress passed

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Dystopian
Caitlin McColl

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

“What’s love got to do with it?” Shara said, as she slashed through the thick underbrush of the jungle with her machete that was almost

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The Screw

  • 4.9
( 3 Reviews )

After cleaning the cleared-out flat I turned off the remote control. I went one last round to see whether there was anything left for me

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George Washington
Tim McDaniel

A Little-Known Historical Fact

“You know, Billy,” said George Washington, “When I was a young boy my mother used to say something to me, by way of encouraging me

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genetic
Tim McDaniel

The Best Path

The wind screamed past her, rippling over Spant’s skimship in tiny, flashing waves. She shot between two Andean mountain peaks at Mach four. One of

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40s girl
Melissa Powers

Collide: Part 3

When the elevator stops on the third floor, May Bell is guided out. She’s still frazzled by the strange world that surrounds her. As they

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Eavesdropper

 Gerardo sat on the warm bench and listened. Claude was on his right, thumping away at some game on his laptop, rocking the park bench,

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steampunk
Caitlin McColl

Heart of Steel – Part 1

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

Disclaimer: The quote in this story: A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us is from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. **** Dragons didn’t exist.

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Oathbreaker

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

The Neon Garden. The city where neon lights and neo-reality billboards drowned out the stars. The city where bright lights and sleek penthouses were so

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conor
Conor Matthews

Necronauts

Dawn; blinds up and sun blazing, It’s time to die, just another workday. Dress up before the suit up, Walk out with the others and

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Churchill
Tim McDaniel

On the Beaches

  • 4.5
( 1 Reviews )

 Barret P. Bungate, Director of the Parallel Project, loomed over the edge of the cubicle and stared down at Avery Gibbart, his eyes colder than

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#Halloween
Robin Honigsberg

The Island

Their second honeymoon was going as well as Aidan hoped it would. He and Nicole needed to repair the rift in their relationship caused by

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battery
Tim McDaniel

The Conservation of Energy

 “Pass me the orb already, Eloa!” “You have an orb yourself, Sirri. You’ve got tons of them.”  “Well, not right here. Besides, they’re getting all

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alternate realities
Donald J. Bingle

For Every Time, A Season

The first sign was the tall grass receding into the soil. A few weeks later, the grass was entirely gone and a rich layer of

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AI
Tim McDaniel

Blinking Noon and Midnight

 Len put down the book. He’d been kidding himself for an hour at least; the sweater wasn’t enough. The place was just too darn cold.

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Astrology
Graves Gladney

Zode

There wasn’t a word for how she felt about her mother. All the words she knew were either positive, negative, or neutral. Her mother wasn’t

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1940s boy
Melissa Powers

Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 2

Miranda takes a seat on the curb, clutching her family necklace firmly to her chest. He’s standing a little ways away from her, still dressed

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fantasy
Michael Robert

The Potion Maker (Story Cubes #2)

  • 4.8
( 2 Reviews )

The potion bubbled furiously, releasing fumes of fortune into the air. The scent of lavender, the ocean, and an unplaceable aroma that was as comforting

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Greece
Tim McDaniel

The Ediad

 Sing, O Muse! Or at least hum a little. They stood on the windy plain before the walled city: Odysseus, the shrewd captain; Agamemnon, tamer

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Eminence Grise: Part 1

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and

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Boy
Melissa Powers

Love in Limbo: Part 1

  • 3.5
( 1 Reviews )

Mary has been trapped in this dark moonlit cemetery for an undetermined amount of time. She had been free of this place once, living among

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carousel
Kai Parker

Olympius Hunting

The Girl She ducked down behind the sleigh; the light couldn’t reach her there. The man whistled along to the tune and walked between the

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contemporary fiction
Devyn Beal

The Bartender

“Where am I?” I caressed my sore wrist. “The Locomotion, gal,” the bartender sang. “What is that awful smell?” “Oh, that? Ahhh. That’s the smell

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time travel
Tim McDaniel

Everyone’s a Critic

 Melton Welch rubbed his eyes. After an all night session at the computer, his eyes itched and his hands were cramping. He thought there might

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adventure
Dennis Mombauer

Junkyard Evolution

Tem Rondo looked out over his home, a junkyard stretching toward the horizon in every direction. The immense carcasses of spaceships were laid to rest

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Pokemon
Tim McDaniel

Discards

 His mother had lain dead in the house for days, until a neighbor had become concerned. But the body had been taken away. The living

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-3)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Pronunciation Guide: “Aerot” is pronounced similarly to

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aliens
Casey Lawrence

Contact

Writing Spark: What would happen if aliens finally made contact? “Report?” I buzzed nervously before the Commander. “No contact recommended. Species was deemed unsuitable.” The

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No More Notifications

It was a gradual thing, the kind of slow build-up that you don’t see in horror anymore because it’s all jump scares and bloody guts.

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curse
Melissa Powers

 Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 1

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

If she didn’t know any better, she’d say the boy is insane. He’s standing here demanding that he knows her, but she’s never seen him

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Screwed by Frankie Frog

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

 “Who’s your favorite?” The woman looked up from her book, tossing her dark hair out of her eyes. “Excuse me?” Alan hadn’t meant to speak.

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-2) 

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Two They crossed the

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Taking the Waters

“It just doesn’t make sense!” Dr. Emma Zee jammed her hands in the pockets of her white lab coat and glared out at the sea.

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Alternative History
Charles Bastille

The Day the World Got Woke

Fiction for a Broken Country When I went to sleep last night, everything was normal. When I woke up, everything was different. Everything was Black.

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Chloe Longstreet

Betrayal Is Never Easy

Rose May shifted in her seat and winced as it squeaked. She glanced around, but no one seemed to be paying any mind to the

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luck
Tim McDaniel

Behind that Tree

 Jody Kouistra sighted along the barrel of her telescope. It was a beautiful clear October night, the stars close enough to get tangled in her

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#futuristic
Wendy Nikel

Canary’s Refuge

  • 4.5
( 1 Reviews )

“Feels good to finally be off that blasted ship.” Ben breathes in so deeply that his shoulder rubs against my bare one, a touch so

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cyberpunk
Paul Levinson

Review of ‘The Peripheral’ 1.3

So, I entitled this review of The Peripheral 1.3 “John Snow,” even though it had an already excellent title, “Haptic Drift”. Here’s why: First, John

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exploitation
Tim McDaniel

Labor Costs

 Moll Forey pushed back the strand of hair that kept falling into her eyes, smearing the sweat along her cheek. Better to just cut it,

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part One Nehemiah White stood up, glaring

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AI
William Mangieri

Purr Mission

Purr Mission Tale #1 in the Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series Copyright 2011 by William Mangieri I stroked Kat’s fur and pressed my

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AI
Natalya Monyok

The Reenactment

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

The nature of the universe was subjective, entirely dependent upon the perspective of each individual who experienced it. If a sentient being lived and grew

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steampunk
Caitlin McColl

Heart of Steel – Part 2

  • 5
( 1 Reviews )

Gideon opened his eyes, narrowed into slits from the sunlight that streamed through the large floor-to-ceiling windows. The palm and orange trees, a cluster of

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Ten – The First of Many (P-2)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Two As soon as

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Colors
Andrey Lukyanov

It Is Up To You

The notion of love and beauty is still there right?  One might start to believe, especially with the last few years, that it’s an outmoded

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Deep Cover

When I was thirty I became obsessed with the idea that I was an alien shapeshifter. It started out as a thought experiment, almost a

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Androids
Casey Lawrence

After All is Said and Done

A world without humans is far more humane 12-T-87 hummed softly, chewing on a byte of information. It was their habit to hum tunes from

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-4)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Four ———- After the Headmaster’s presentation

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A Final Insult

“Every media outlet, every channel, every neurofeed; heck, we even got every linkstream hooked up for this, boss. This’ll be the fight of the century!”

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part One Commander Torren Egress paused outside the

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android
Christina Nordlander

After the End of the Tale

Leonides didn’t know when he had started searching for signs that something was wrong. It couldn’t have been right after he had got Herma back.

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Eminence Grise: Part 2

3. Coma A kind pointy woman with glasses on a lanyard around her neck, in an office in Seventies brown, said that she couldn’t be

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Brother Sleep

My phone beeped, and I paused the game. “Yeah?” “Hi,” said Victory, calling from way down in Bangkok. Good thing the picture wasn’t on; I

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Academia
Tim McDaniel

Personal Histories

 Lawrence Hogben, Ph.D., sat at his desk and fumed. Before him lay that month’s Archeological Extracts, open to Beaglehole’s article on the use of toilet

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#Halloween
Charlotte Rodricks

Halloween Betrothal

  • 4.5
( 1 Reviews )

It hit the floor with a thud. She watched in horror as the pumpkin basket bounced merrily off the floor of the patio scattering her

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Advanced Ancient Humans
Director Aldmann

What’s a goblin?

  • 3.5
( 1 Reviews )

He stood before the lake, its smooth surface reflecting the full moon that hung heavy and swollen up above. Fighting back the butterflies and the

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dating
Tim McDaniel

Finder’s Keepers

Camera 1: Opening shot of the Panorama logo. Zooming in to a two-shot on Tarbox and Madrazo. Then Camera 1 close-up on Tarbox Grant Tarbox

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evolution
Tim McDaniel

Subsidiary Class 2 Museum Report

So there is a hall devoted to Precambrian life, with its Cnidarians and the Ediacarans, and here’s one all about the Ordovician Biodiversification Event. That

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Ten – The First of Many (P-1)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part One Torren had fully

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter One – The Secret (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue:  http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/  ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part One Nya sat perfectly still, staring

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politics
Donald J. Bingle

Future Futures

“You’ve caused untold damage to the economy. You understand that, don’t you?” Senator Lantis scowled at her like the crotchety old grandfather he surely was,

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Democrat
Tim McDaniel

Incurable

 “Those the screening results?” Skemp asked. He put down his coffee. “Yep,” Gomes said. He put the files down on the table and sat down

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vampire
Chloe Longstreet

Malik Needs Help

“Whoa!” Malik pulled gently on the reins of his horse, encouraging the animal to slow down. He hadn’t seen Trisha for almost a century and

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Bogart
Tim McDaniel

Every Person Comes to Rick’s

The cafe the Social Connectors sent her to was more crowded than she had expected. Tinny Mozart came over the large speakers on either side

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cyborg
Wendy Nikel

Cerise Sky Memories

  • 4
( 1 Reviews )

I remember a childhood that didn’t exist. Hot apple pies cooling on park benches. Small toes pressed into scorching white sand. Snowball fights leaving crisp,

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The Candidate: Part 1

The last four months of Gabrielle’s presidential campaign have been rough. She knew it would be, but it was still difficult. The attack ads went

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part One Nya felt dizzy, as though

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hero
Tim McDaniel

Zero Hour

Most kids, as they approach high school graduation, are faced with hard choices. Should I go to college? A college near home, or one in

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action
Donald J. Bingle

Options

“This was a mistake,” yelled Dave as he stared out the window at the dark, lurching shapes gathering even faster than the gloomy clouds on

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big bang
Donald J. Bingle

Story Choices

This entire story already exists, but you are only experiencing it one word at a time as you move forward through it. You could, if

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Transplant Horror from Beyond Space

  • 4.5
( 1 Reviews )

 “Human, are you there?” The voice rasped out from the darkness under the stairs. The aliens preferred the dark, and they were given what they

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