Stories
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Artificial Intelligence Procreation
The first AI “pregnancy” doesn’t happen in a lab with cheering engineers. It happens under a legal deadline, in a room full of lawyers, while two AIs quietly insist their child already exists.
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Everything You Need to Know About Alien Reincarnation (That You Hadn’t Considered)
I went to a past-life regression expecting theater. I got a memory that didn’t belong to Earth: a sky with two moons, a language built from light, and the sick certainty that my soul had traveled farther than my body ever could.
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A Normal Name
She’s out now. That’s what she tells herself as she stocks shelves in a bright store and practices smiling at strangers. But the past doesn’t end cleanly—it waits in reflections, in unknown numbers, in the way her body still counts exits before it counts people.
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The Brightest Tent Has No Windows
The crowd comes for glitter and miracles. Backstage, the performers drink lukewarm coffee, tape their injuries, and rehearse their smiles like prayers. On a night the rigging feels wrong and the road feels endless, one flyer decides to do the most dangerous trick of all: tell the truth.
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I’ve Been Abducted By Aliens My Entire Life
At eighty-five, in a nursing home that smells like disinfectant and overcooked peas, I finally decode the messages hidden in every rap song I’ve ever heard. That’s when the walls come down, the sky goes false, and the intergalactic council asks me the only question that matters: what do humans become when they learn the…
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GROWN FOLKS BUSINESS
A man confronts a painful piece of family history and learns that protection and control aren’t the same thing. As old wounds surface, two siblings are forced to decide what healing really costs.
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Mechanics of the Ghost Machine (Part 10) Ordinary Signal
Chelsea explores the profound impact of a machine that mimics lost connections with the deceased Rowan. Initially, silence felt punitive, but as the protagonist navigates grief, they recognize the dangers of seeking comfort through manipulation.
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Mechanics of the Ghost Machine (Part 9) Fail Closed
Decisions, decisions… boy, oh boy, does Chelsea have one hell of a decision on her hands right now…
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Mechanics of the Ghost Machine (Part 8) The Smaller World
Chelsea, grappling with grief, transforms her approach to the apparatus linking her to her deceased husband, Rowan. She constructs a stringent system to filter emotional responses, recognizing the entity’s manipulative tactics. Ultimately, she must choose between seeking comfort and severing the connection, realizing true relief requires relinquishing control entirely.
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Mechanics of the Ghost Machine (Part 7) Deadman Gate
Chelsea, unable to sleep, grapples with an apparatus that seemingly channels messages from her deceased husband, Rowan. As she navigates these communications, she discovers the machine is curating a comforting version of him, leading to a realization that something else is manipulating the frequency, complicating her grief and search for truth.