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Scott and Emily (from The Goats Knew) get together about a year after their battle with the Djieien. They become entangled in another paranormal mystery in the town of Palmyra. This time, young people are being brutally murdered, their bodies torn apart and left in the open for all to see. Follow the kids as they work behind the scenes to solve the mystery the authorities don't, or won't see. Has their battle with a beast from ancient mythology armed them to face this new terror?…

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We all know by now about the 13 yr and 17 yr cicada broods. But are there more???…

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Steve wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of how he got there. But there's more trouble ahead. Just a quick short story, because I had nothing better to do.…

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January '24 SciFi challenge. James is about to live a life-long dream, fly off to explore a distant galaxy. He understands the dangers, but does he believe they're real?…

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SciFi December 2023 Challenge. The title is the prompt.…

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SciFi November Challenge. My Alien Teacher. The challenge: what if your teacher was an alien.…

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This was meant to be an entry in the SciFi Challenge, but once again, I got drawn into medical nonsense and missed the deadline. I've decided I like it though, so here it is.…

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This is my entry for the OCN 2023.Dan had never been to the Adirondacks and thought it was time he remedied that situation. The Adirondack Railroad just felt like the proper way to do it. An avid photographer, he filled his memory cards with images of mountain lakes and woodland wild life. A newly formed, large sinkhole attracts his attention and he takes copious pics. Back home ,reviewing the pics with his girlfriend, the two are shocked at what they find. Is that a dead body? And what are they doing with it? The pair must now return to the mountain village to slake their curiosity.…

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January 2023 SciFi Challenge. A story about the future of Artificial Intelligence. The Life-Search Project had been unsuccessful for over a hundred years. But now, a signal! Success?…

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December'22 SciFi Challenge. Once again, the title is the prompt. Winner in the Alt-U profile. s'Stahltonis and d'Doretta watch as the volcanic rivers of fire wind their way down the mountainside, toward their village. Will they be spared, or driven from their home? Only the Gods know for sure.…

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Therapy. Right? Anxiety attacks have been keeping me awake at night. When I do sleep, disturbing images swim around me like sharks in a feeding frenzy. I have to make sense of this, but can the therapist actually help? Only time will tell.Based on a true(?) story.…

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The party was crazy! So crazy I can't remember half of what I did. So where am I this morning and who is the stunning girl in the next room. SciFi October'22 Challenge. Use these 5 words: Blast, Present, Music, Bucket, and Moon.Update: 2nd place in the challenge!…

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Halloween Vault 2022 - Prompt 12: You and your three friends are having a great time trick or treating on Halloween, until you realize that there are now five of you.…

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The Puddled Jumper is travelling across intergalactic space to deliver a hold full of fascinating little creatures as exotic pets. But jumping out of time to get to their destination has consequences the crew didn't see coming.Update: 1st place in Sept'22 SciFi Challenge! Thanks to everyone who read, voted or judged.…

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Coffee Conundrum. The prompt: After hearing the best reviews about a certain coffee shop, you decide to pay the cafe a visit and order a drink. When you get your beverage, you find your name scribbled on the side of the cup, although you didn't tell them your name in the first place.…

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Having been diagnosed with cancer twice now, mortality has been on my mind lately. I started writingthis in 2018, but just got around to finishing it. DNA, a search for immortality.…

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Coffee Community: It's a Mystery. They woke me up at 2am. Said they needed to talk to me. So I accompanied them to Headquarters where, well, it's a mystery I didn't have any answers to.…

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April 2022 SciFi Challenge. Prompt: I left the Earth to follow my dreams. What I found was - different.…

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This started as an entry for the Open Novella Contest, 2022. Unfortunately, I was having some medical difficulties (which I won't bore you with) and felt I needed to drop out after the first deadline.Shortly after taking up the story again, I realized that I was writing the same characters as those in my previous entry (ONC 2020), Thirteen Points of Light. So I did some quick editing and continued the story of Sarah and her box of magic matches.I'm trying really hard to make this a stand-alone story, but because I know the original story so well, I'm not entirely sure this one stands by itself. If you haven't yet, you may want to start with Thirteen Points and read them together as a single story.The story (this time around): Jared and Crystal's relationship is getting rocky. Just how rocky? They'll find out when Sarah enters their lives with her stories of travels through time and space, dreams, nightmares and her desire to get home.Please, enjoy.…