Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Untitled story · 2018-12-25
"I'm taking a pizza!" Gloria yelled over her shoulder. She paused at the door to make sure her manager replied.
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Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Cora?" A disenchanted barista called the name while holding up a cup.
"Cora?" A disenchanted barista called the name while holding up a cup.
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Untitled story · 2018-12-27
"Not what I expected," Serena took in the sights around her and her best friend, Llina. The pair of young women stood on the tallest tower of a sprawling, neon cityscape at night. Llina shrugged.
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Untitled story · 2018-12-28
"I never told anyone the voice was female...," Jeff said. He glanced at the doctor with wary eyes and stepped back. Dr. Tate smiled broadly, then chuckle.
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Untitled story · 2018-12-29
Albert stretched a hand out from under the covers. He grabbed his node from the nightstand, then yanked his hand back to the warmth under the comforter. Winter so far was the second coldest on record and well on its way
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Untitled story · 2018-12-30
"Huh." Greg stared at the watch parts scattered on the concrete sidewalk. He looked at the stopped cars in the street; they were driving by at full-speed moments ago. Greg wanted to cross but did not want to wait for the
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Untitled story · 2018-12-31
"Nice to meet you, Mundo," Perry shook Mundo's hand. He distracted himself from the somber funeral march playing in his head by admiring her attractiveness. Over the years Perry learned to ignore music during the handsha
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Untitled story · 2019-01-01
"... and take Thumper with you," Chef Salty said. "He never gets to go out," The grizzly, greying cook tacked on a final instruction to the list of errands. Rook shifted on her hips and crossed her arms.
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Untitled story · 2019-01-02
Buck enjoyed the morning sun on his neck while he swept the shop's front porch. He heard a commotion up the street and leaned over the wooden railing to take a look. A heavily armored paladin clanked toward's Buck in bla
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Untitled story · 2019-01-03
"She's way O.P.," Rook complained. She walked into the common room with Thumper and Grace; the rest of the 20-person raid broke up to do other things. "Ms. Sharp should make the nanos lock her out or something." She tapp
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Untitled story · 2019-01-04
"Junior! Wake up!" His mom's voice penetrated the closed door. Junior was already awake; he heard her call the first time. This was the second call, but he always waited for the third one. He loved to make his mom come i
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Untitled story · 2019-01-05
"At last!" A gruff voice shouted. Stephen stepped out of his house to head to the store when the voice yelled. He turned to find the owner of the deep voice and saw his doppelganger striding towards him. The angry, shirt
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Untitled story · 2019-01-06
"It isn't what I expected," Emma said. The young woman stared at the rundown white mansion looming in the darkness before them. A bright flash of lightning highlighted dozens of cracks along the outer walls.
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Untitled story · 2019-01-07
"I bet you didn't expect me to have powers too, did you?" Mundo felt the strange thought in his head. The source of the smug statement, a scraggly-bearded man in an orange jump-suit, grinned at Mundo. The man massaged hi
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Untitled story · 2019-01-08
"Don't ask her how many," Joseph said. The clean-shaven Joseph on the computer screen explained. A red-bearded Joseph watched himself on the video intently. "You don't want to know. We," the Joseph on the screen pointed
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Untitled story · 2019-01-09
"Okay, I think I mostly understand all the 'Unique' stuff," Lucas said. He gestured at the wide open wheat field that surrounded him and the white, featureless mannequin that was explaining things. "But how can this be a
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Untitled story · 2019-01-10
Something was different. Bijou blinked her crystal pink eyes several times, then she looked around her dorm. Golden sunlight poured in through the windows and highlighted her mess. A mix of clean and dirty clothes covere
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Untitled story · 2019-01-11
"What's your name?" Bijou asked Agent Mundo. The two women sat in a red and gold booth in a Chinese restaurant. After placing their orders, Bijou decided to start the questioning. The federal agent promised her answers.
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A sharp knock at the door startled Eric. The sudden jump caused him to drop the phone from his hand.
A sharp knock at the door startled Eric. The sudden jump caused him to drop the phone from his hand.
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Untitled story · 2019-01-13
"We should've had these on before we got here," Alliane said. She struggled to secure the royal blue bowtie around her throat. The sweat pouring down her ruddy face and hands made the task more troublesome than it should
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Untitled story · 2019-01-14
"100k?" Sam asked. "I thought this was just training?" he took a single step back from the dealer's table. The other two gamblers, one on each side of Sam, fidgeted in place. They seemed to want to back away too but were
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Untitled story · 2019-01-15
Jasper's eyes shot open and he sat up in bed cradling his right hand. Burning pain on his wrist woke him up and he searched the room, from the bed, for any sign of the cause. He saw nothing threatening in his room and tu
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Untitled story · 2019-01-16
Robert's phone chimed for the first time in two years. The forgotten sound distracted him from his lunch and he stared at his phone in silence. After several seconds he reached for the phone with a shaking hand and check
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Untitled story · 2019-01-17
"What's your name, sweetheart?" Matron Silver asked. The officer that dropped off the scrawny, pink-haired 8 year old girl left in a hurry. The older woman closed the door and leaned against the edge of her desk to addre
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Untitled story · 2019-01-18
"Today? Impossible." Marcus Howzer said. He scoffed at Ms. Sharp from behind his large stone carved desk and shook his head. "This kind of technology needs too much approval to be rolled out in a day." The white-suited w
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Untitled story · 2019-01-19
"I didn't mean to hurt them!" Elsa Fuller yelled the moment Dr. Mundo opened the door. She pleaded from her shackled seat as the doctor stepped into the room.
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Untitled story · 2019-01-20
A tall, black hole opened at street level in the air in front of the towering concrete building. A brown-haired teenage girl stepped out of the black hole. As she crossed the portal's threshold she changed into a pale, p
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Untitled story · 2019-01-21
Emily woke up feeling wrong. She remained still in her cot and kept her eyes closed; but, she strained to listen. She heard a handful of the other apprentices snoring and almost dismissed the uneasy feeling as a nightmar
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Untitled story · 2019-01-22
"Tomorrow?" Margaret asked. She shot her husband a concerned look. "7 doesn't even have his class picked out yet." It was a flimsy excuse that she hoped would slow the boy's excitement, but Frederick nodded his head.
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Untitled story · 2019-01-23
Grace drummed her fingers on the counter-top while she waited. The Mason's clerk had been looking for her order for almost five minutes and she was beginning to lose patience.
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Untitled story · 2019-01-24
Greg shut his eyes when he heard the brakes screeching. He felt a light impact on the door next to him and heard the crack of shattering glass. Then nothing; the world went silent. He waited for a moment for something, a
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Untitled story · 2019-01-25
"I feel great!" Greg smiled at his youthful, brown-haired reflection in the mirror. An hour ago he was offered a new job in the middle of a fatal car crash. Minutes ago he was a balding, grey-haired old man. Now he stood
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Untitled story · 2019-01-26
Sam felt ready for anything. He sat at a small round table with Herbie next to him on one side and Lira on his other side. A tall, well-dressed gentleman sat across from them and eyed the trio. Shadows covered most of th
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Untitled story · 2019-01-27
"Which one d'ya think he'll like more?" Emma asked. She held up a pair of very different piggy banks, one in each hand, for Thomas to compare. The pair stood in the back corner of a thrift shop trying to avoid being seen
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Untitled story · 2019-01-28
Billy stared at the door and sighed quietly. He chose this Earth because it was empty, but somehow that didn't stop random Uniques from showing up on his doorstep. Another sharp knock came from the door and he decided th
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Untitled story · 2019-01-29
Jana stared at the magnified picture on her phone with wide eyes. On her way out of work she accidentally knocked over a box of sinister looking files. She caught glimpses of anatomy diagrams and a few different descript
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Untitled story · 2019-01-30
Blake stared at the crying, blindfolded and bound young man seated in the middle of the dim room. The only light in the room was a pillar of white light that highlighted the prisoner; his hands were cuffed behind the ric
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Untitled story · 2019-01-31
"Congratulations!" the small crowd of construction workers cheered for Jerry. The middle-aged man in soiled denim overalls smiled at his crew.
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Untitled story · 2019-02-01
Pete blinked his eyes several times as he woke up to try and adjust to the bright fluorescent lights. After enough blinks, he looked around through slitted eyes. He spotted a young man in a dark suit staring at him.
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Untitled story · 2019-02-02
"Did we know my Zero could control fire?" Dana Sharp asked her assistant, Melody, the moment the elevator doors closed. Ms. Sharp sat at her desk in the third-floor office while Melody stood close by. The woman that left
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Untitled story · 2019-02-03
"This doesn't creep you out?" Jonah asked Alliane. The couple walked through a thick forest of towering red-leaf redwoods. The red leaves filtered the sunlight pouring in through the canopy; by the time the sunlight reac
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Untitled story · 2019-02-04
"Ms. Sharp!" Howard Boseman jumped when he stepped into his office. He walked in and discovered the company's owner sitting behind his desk.
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Untitled story · 2019-02-05
Lenny turned the burner off, grabbed his plate of flapjacks, then sat down at the table. After a moment, he sighed and stood up again; he forgot the syrup. Before he made it to the pantry a tall black portal opened in fr
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Untitled story · 2019-02-06
"Good morning, Walter," Erica smiled at the only person in the elevator. A well-dressed man in a black suit with a full head of neatly combed blond hair. They'd worked in the same building for years but this was the firs
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Untitled story · 2019-02-07
Alice woke up in a small, familiar office. She lay on a brown leather lounge and took a moment to look around. Then she sighed. "Damnit." She mumbled to herself then relaxed. She rested her head against the chair and clo
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Untitled story · 2019-02-08
"I don't like your show, Mr. Sero," Dana Sharp said. She talked to the bald, suited man sitting on the other side of her desk. He smiled broadly.
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Untitled story · 2019-02-09
"I just got here. Did I do something wrong?" Morgan asked. He made himself comfortable in his favorite booth moments before a teenage waitress appeared to ask him to leave. She shifted her eyes to the kitchen then back t
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Untitled story · 2019-02-10
"She already knows," Donna Chang smiled. Thomas Moon handed her a messy, store-bought bouquet of roses with a small box of candy hearts taped to the green wrapping. The short, ancient woman turned her nose up slightly. S
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