The SST AlterNet
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Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Here's the master bedroom." Jesse heard a woman's voice coming from the hall. He glanced around the empty room and realized he had nowhere to hide in the empty room. He moved toward the master bath, but the voice echoed
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Welcome to-," Jack's introduction to the two women was interrupted by the one in a white suit.
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"MAGUS!" the boy's scream echoed through the halls as he ran. "MAGUS!!!!" His hurried footsteps on the marble floor combined with the echoes from his shout to fill the empty hallway with a ruckus. He reached the door to
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Mrs. Walker?!" The cloud of yellowy, stinky sulfur dissipated enough for Murray to identify the figure in the pentagram. She locked eyes with him and sighed.
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"We're the first ones here!" The paladin in black armor lifted his visor to peer out across the wide open meadow. The golden sun hanging in the clear, blue sky sparkled on the giant dragon's emerald hide. "It's huuuuuuge
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Greg sat on the aluminum park bench on a bright, sunny Saturday as he finalized his itinerary for his next trip. It would be his first time around in a new city. The first time he time traveled he decided to get the most
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Billy tossed his canoe out of the black portal, then stepped into it. The lean, navy-suited man floated in the middle of an endless ocean on a bright day. The only other craft on the water was a single, simple 10' x 10'
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"I have enough," Grace nodded at her mother. "But I'm not sure if I'm ready yet." The two women sat in the kitchen of their small home during their weekly visit. Grace lived with her parents, but work kept her busy. The
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"83 years, not bad, but it isn't the record," the young Ellis said. The elderly man nodded and grinned.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"You didn't need to close," Flutter said. The giant red-headed woman bowed respectfully in front of the frail, elderly woman a quarter of her size. "But, I appreciate it. It'll be nice to eat in peace for once." Donna Ch
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"Thanks for the company, Dana! See you tomorrow night," The pale, blonde woman waved at Dana Sharp then faded away. Her ghostly form gave way to rays of golden sunlight. Despite not sleeping a wink, Ms. Sharp got ready f
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"What about that one?" Roger pointed at a sleek, white cube by the door. It appeared to be made of translucent crystal, but the material was so dense the inside could not be seen. The gnomish shopkeeper shrugged. He sat
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Could this be a hoax?" The gathered men and women sitting around the long boardroom table all shook their heads.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Thanks for letting me get my stuff," Red said. The portly, white-haired man tugged at his neon green suspenders. He let them slap against his black t-shirt then reached into the small desk again. "Feels good to be mysel
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"It's gotta be somewhere," Mark stuck close to the wall as he shuffled down the narrow, bright hallway. White marble floors and whiles reflected sunlight throughout the hall. Mark needed to squint to avoid the bright pai
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Your Earth is pretty," Jessie said. The pink-haired woman stared up at the glittering stars in the night sky. She and Mark sat on the lonely park bench at two in the morning.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"... and you can find those here in the library," Jessie said. The pink-haired woman's tour of the academy grounds ended inside the largest library Mark had ever seen. He looked upward to and realized there were several
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Welcome to the AlterNet!" Mark heard a woman's voice behind him and turned around. He stood outside in a golden field of grains under a darkening purple sky. A black, featureless mannequin hovered inches off the ground
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"We're living in a simulation!" Jaime said suddenly. He stared at his best friend, Martin, sitting across from him. Jaime offered him lunch in the park and Martin never turned down free food. The curly-haired young man r
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Double or nothing!" Travis shouted, angrily, then dropped several $20 bills on the bar in front of Keith. "You can't hit it again. No one's that good." Keith shook his head.
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Harmony shivered; she felt intense chills course down her spine. She stopped walking and leaned against the kitchen counter for support. The pale, dark-haired woman closed her eyes to try and hide from the spinning room,
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"It's so beautiful," Harmony gazed out at the park in front of the hospital. "I almost don't believe it." She sat on a stone-carved bench next to her husband, John. Their bench rested atop a hill overlooking a lush green
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Daryl stepped out of the small, dim room and sighed. He closed his eyes and slowly counted to ten taking a breath at each number. He thought of the ritual as his last bit of humanity. He allowed himself a few seconds of
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
“Are you sure it’s okay?” Margo asked. Her green eyes clouded with doubt and she bit her bottom lip in nervous hesitation. She did not know whether she wanted it to be okay or not. Her new friend, Rana, walked next to he
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"In or not?" A grumpy old man in a suit asked Andy. The young, blonde man, barely 18, took too long to enter the elevator making the old man grumpier by the second. He sighed and let the man's impatience pressure him int
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Go show Margo around," the short, burly man said. He supported an unconscious man hanging over one shoulder and an unconscious woman on the other. "I'll get her parents a dorm and get them caught up. Then I need to tell
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"The sooner the better," Adlay said. He smiled at his grandmother on the other side of the small, square table. They sat in the kitchen of his small single-bedroom house sharing breakfast. "It takes about a month for you
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
If it were any other day, Chris would not have given the ragged man in rags a first look. As long as he did not see them, he didn't feel bad. On that crisp, Fall morning he happened to have a $5 bill in his pocket. The s
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Kyle considered the small, rectangular package with his name on it. It was a white box with a red logo that resembled a pair of scissors and the name Sharp Development on the side.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Any questions before we go in?" Jessie asked. The pink-haired monk and her group, a ninja, wizard, and chef, stood near the large mouth of a cave. The cave burrowed into the side of a jagged black mountain that they cou
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Look at me!" Red growled. "Isn't that proof enough?" His obvious anger only made the situation funnier to Billy. Red's stringy, elastic blue hair vibrated as his body trembled with frustration. He tugged at his neon-gre
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"IT'S TRUE, I HAVE IT!" Danny yelled. The lanky teenager presented the two approaching suited men with the small, glassy rectangle he found the previous day. He had been walking home through the forest when an errant gli
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Dr. Jackson!?" Clark was astonished when the grey-haired man walked into his room. "You look just like I remember. So, what year is it? Am I cured?" The lean doctor smiled and shook his head as he approached the hospita
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Father Ellos jumped back after sliding open the confessional partition. The priest did not expect to see a red-skinned demon with three horns growing out of his head on the other side. The demon looked through the screen
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Wait here," Billy said. He nervously adjusted his tie. He felt somewhat out of place in a navy business suit. His partner, Red, was a burly five-foot clown with blue rubbery strands for hair. "I'll negotiate, you'll onl
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Billy strolled through the mall wondering what he felt like doing that day. The lean high school senior should have been in school but as far as anyone was concerned he was in the restroom. Though he had no idea how to s
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Billy stepped out of the tall black portal and looked around to get his bearings. The crowded shopping mall he left behind was a stark contrast to this new setting. He, and the white-haired stranger he followed, were now
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"Now, I shouldn't be showing you this, Ms. Bowman. It's only for our more well-to-do clients." Gus smiled at the young immigrant woman seated on the other side of his cluttered, wooden desk. She wore her greasy, stringy
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Daniel started time again as he stepped out of the public restroom and back into the crowded mall.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Hey, Vanilla?" Billy asked the white-haired woman walking next to him. The pair navigated their way through a bustling outdoor market on a cool, sunny morning. They walked and talked while avoiding the other patrons wal
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Taking the visor off," Eury advised the room by habit. The 14 year-old-girl in pajamas sat on the edge of her bed and looked down at the floor. She removed her violet-crystal visor and placed it on the nightstand next t
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Billy stepped out of a black portal and into a large, messy, active kitchen. One mountainous cook danced between three different stoves. Multiple pots and pans sat on lit burners on each stove. The giant chef moved betwe
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"I wish I stayed with the Magus," Kirk complained to his friend as he shuffled through the crowded school hall.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Weaknesses?" Harry asked. The pale, frail woman bit her lip with hesitation. Then she gave a faint head-nod as if making up her mind about something.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Mrs. Houston?" Erica heard her name and whirled around. She stood at the entrance to her small, single-office in the run down strip mall at 7:50 a.m. about to enter and start her day. The area's residents did not stir m
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"What I wouldn't give to go back in time," Percy crumpled the useless lottery ticket in his hand and shook his head. He tossed the tiny paper ball into the nearest garbage can and continued his way through the park.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
"Sorry about your Earth, Metro," Roger said. The cyborg stepped out of a tall black portal and joined the other two in the garage.
Read the moment ↗Before Stellar Tour · unassigned stories
Jim channeled more heat than he could handle. He fired a beam of bright blue, almost white, plasma from his hands at the tall, pale woman with white horns. Jim focused on channeling heat, not protecting his hands; he fel
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