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Lightfoot
At the crook of the meandering river, where the dying sun christens the water’s edge with a golden sheen, a quaint café hums softly with life. In that quiet nook of the world, two souls, entangled by the threads of a forgotten love story, converge. The specters of their past selves, an old flame that…
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Ignition Detection
The clock reads 4 AM, Pacific Time. The usually bustling headquarters of the National Security Agency is eerily quiet, save for a small team of dedicated analysts and technicians known as the Quantum Whisper group. Their eyes are fixated on their screens, reading an unusual blip in the power consumption data and an encrypted electronic…
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From Crawford To Quant Vegas
Chess’s weariness was palpable as his car rolled down the dusty road to Crawford, Texas. The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy was still ringing in his ears, and now this. A summon from former President George W. Bush? It couldn’t be good. His job was a constant parade of messes left behind by the Bush administration, and…
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The Astral And The Quantum
Lost in the heart of Joshua Tree, perched upon a titanic boulder, she gazes into the inky cosmic ocean stretching infinitely above. A casual observer might view her as just another stargazer, but the psilocybin coursing through her bloodstream has catapulted her consciousness into an alien landscape. Tonight, her reality is the fabric of the…
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Funky Way
Matt was nestled on the edge of the yard, under the dappled shade of an aging pomegranate tree. In this familiar, warm cocoon of nature, he couldn’t help but be pulled back into a distant memory, one of him lying amidst the scent-laden pine needles, under the watchful eye of his childhood home’s pine tree,…
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Rooftop
When I see you, I see the echo of every man that has come to this town. You’re a walking headshot, cocksure, full of product, properly manscaped. They put too much into you to be an actor. You walk like a man with something behind you, even if it’s just mommy’s money. At a certain…
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Trumps
They let you smoke in here, that is if you’re Korean or there’s a table full of Koreans also smoking in the room. It’s a fine line if you don’t speak the language. This is their place in their part of town. They aren’t rude about it, but they aren’t looking for hipsters to discover…
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Lighthouse Of The Abyss
In the bleak coastal town of Grimmsport, the whispers of old legends were ever-present, and the townsfolk lived in the shadows of a towering lighthouse. The ancient structure, crafted of blackened stone, pierced the sky like a malignant thorn. Its oppressive presence, both awe-inspiring and dreadful, was a constant reminder of the town’s cursed history.…
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New Years 2003
Virgo Legacy found himself in a world that seemed increasingly absurd. It was just after dawn, and he was watching the silhouette of a Pakistani destroyer as it made its way west. Once, he could have identified the class of the ship and the yard it was built in, but those days were long gone.…
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The Stoner Rationalizes Time
Looking back, those hot Santa Barbara days in 2002 now feel like an age ago, a time capsule of a life once lived, as if someone else bore my name and carried my memories. I was still a transplant back then, a young Midwesterner caught in the allure of a coastal paradise, or so it…