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The Trick Is-Part Five
Excerpted From Winfall’s Grand History. The time immediately after the great sundering was one of mass chaos. While countless people perished when the world shattered, even more died in the chaos that followed. Civilization, or even the notion of it … Continue reading →
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The Trick Is-Part Four
“Jae?” “Yes.” “What’s going on?” Kim could hear her breathing next to him in the lightlessness. “If I had to guess,” she said, “some sort of Prime nonsense.” “I already knew that,” he said. “Well, then we’re both on the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Airship, Atrifact, Automata, climbing, Discovery, Exploration, Explore, Fantasy, Floating, Floating Island, flying, Language, Leaping, machines, Mysterious, Posted in Fantasy, Prime, repair, Robot, Robots, Science Fiction, Siblings, Super Science, Surreal
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The Trick Is-Part Two
Kim made his way up the Tree Tower, which is what he had named it. While it wasn’t a challenging climb, there were a plethora of handholds. However it was tiring. While a breeze blew on the bottom, the air … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Airship, climbing, Exploration, Explore, Fantasy, Floating, Floating Island, flying, Language, Leaping, Leviathan, Mysterious, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Siblings, Surreal, Translate
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The Trick Is-Part One
The trick for leaping from one floating island to another is, of course, timing. That, and wearing the right shoes. It should be noted, most people use airships to travel between islands. It’s much more comfortable, you can order drinks … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Airship, Exploration, Explore, Fantasy, Floating, Floating Island, flying, Leaping, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Siblings, Surreal
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Maybe It Is
“May I be of assistance?” “No,” Martina said, returning to her book. “My records indicate that this is the seventh time you have read, ‘Franny and Zooey’ by J.D. Salinger. May I recommend some other works from mid-twentieth, American literature?” … Continue reading →
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Tagged Accident, AI, Artificial Intellgence, Books, Change, Companionship, Fear, Friendship, J. D. Salinger, Loneliness, Reading, Science Fiction, Short Story, Sorrow, Space, Space Ship, Space Travel, Survival, Understanding
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Letter By Letter
She lived in a castle made of words. It was built letter by letter, day by day. She didn’t know when the first word was placed what would happen, how could she? Nevertheless, she continued to place them, day after … Continue reading →
Inheritance-Part Four
The next morning found both Michelangelo and I dressed in shorts and tee-shirts that read, ‘Viva Italy’(for me) and ‘It’s a Buongiorno day’ (for Michelangelo). We accessorized these ensembles with ball caps, brightly colored sunglasses, a New York Jets backpack … Continue reading →
Posted in Horror, Mysterious, Short Stories
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Tagged Amalfi Coast, Ancient, arcane, Cooking, cults, danger, Family, Fathers, Food, gods, Horror, Inheritance, Italy, Mysterious, Mystery, Neptune, New Jersey, Olives, pasta, plan, Short Stories, Short Story, shrimp, Sons, Strange, Surreal, Temple, Tourists, vegetable, Wine
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Inheritance-Part Three
My father’s letter, continued: I do realize this sounds insane but the truth often does. There are things beyond human understanding that exist. Are they gods? That is the subject of debate amongst scholars. At the end of the day, … Continue reading →
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Tagged abandoned, Amalfi Coast, arcane, Chase, Church, Cooking, cults, danger, Fathers, Food, Horror, Inheritance, Italy, Mysterious, Mystery, pasta, plan, Posted in Horror, Short Stories, Short Story, shrimp, Sons, Surreal, vegetable, Wine
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Inheritance-Part Two
We sped across the bridge at what can only be described as desperate velocity. The Romans who built this made it to last but not to be traversed at nearly ninety miles an hour in a sports car. It felt … Continue reading →
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Inheritance-Part One
I was working on the Amalfi Coast when I learned that my father had died. This news came in the form of an email from his attorney, C.R. Higgins, informing me that the reading of the will would be in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amalfi Coast, danger, Fathers, Food, Inheritance, Italy, Mysterty, Short Story, Sons, Surreal
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The Writings of Leo Byrne Jenicek 