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No Good Alone

[NOTE: WP and I are having an argument. Please don’t be upset. It doesn’t mean we don’t love you. You’ll still see me every day, so long as I don’t have to ‘have a talk’ with WP any more.] “I … Continue reading

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Material components

Two creatures stood in the dim red-orange glow of the old-style lights casting strange shadows across the nearly-deserted boardwalk. “Sixteen hundred credits. And a half for the knight’s tax,” the merch-monkey hooted, his fuzzed lips peeled back to show steel … Continue reading

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The Crash

The crash wiped out everything from the past six months. When the crew discovered the error logs, they could only think of one reasonable solution: they cannibalized the alpha, pulling him out of his connection chair in a fit of … Continue reading

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Scars

How long had it been? Eighteen years? He should be in his fifties by now, but age hadn’t touched him in that way. Not physically, at least. With the effects of everything else, there weren’t any lines to define his … Continue reading

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Nazarene

Waking up is easy; the feel of good earth on my tongue, gritting against the white of my teeth is like a thousand stinging kisses, the scrape and rasp of it jarring through my bones, reminding me of my connection … Continue reading

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