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Dan couldn't tell James the truth about the machine. It was a secret government weapon. No point in creating suspense there. Dan was an amateur engineer, but one of the most gifted in the world. He was so prodigious, he'd gained the attention of the government. The weapon, as they'd said, involved technology so revolutionary that it couldn't risk being documented in the records of an engineering firm or major contractor. No, the parts being manufactured by conventional means were done that way, split between several different companies for g...
Submitted to Contest #93
I do not have anything against parties. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with them. I know that people enjoy it and it brings people together. I just, personally, hate going to them, especially the kind with dancing and music. I like listening to music, but not the type of music they play at parties. The loud, pulsing music others like dancing to hurts my ears and brain and makes me increasingly anxious until I can't even think. When I was little I would get violent over it, but now I usually just bury by head in my arms and knees and ...
Submitted to Contest #91
Diane looked quizzically at the milky white covers of the book she'd found in the park. The cover had no words, only a black-bordered rhombus divided into a white and black half by an S-shaped terminator. She turned the book to the side, and on the spine, there was only a date: 2/22/2022."Yesterday," she observed. She was very observant, indeed, and very curious.Most children her age would've thrown the book out after a brief glance at its contents: endless tables, graphs and analysis of some experiment. Most people who could read would be a...
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