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Anthony Savasta

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Awake

Weekly Contest #224

“I can’t sleep,” I said. “That must be really difficult for you. How does that make you feel?” the doctor replied.  “No doctor. I can’t sleep. Like ever.” “I’m not sure I understand.” “You don’t. I don’t even understand it. It affects me but not the way you’re thinking. I know in this day and age this is like everyone’s ultimate wish but let me assure you it isn’t how you think it is.” I paused. Not needing to sleep has afforded me a lot of free time. I’m used to taking things at an extremely slow pace to fill out the hours. You wo...

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You Can't Planet

It had been an unusually long day digging through the stacks at the university library. I jumped from genre to genre but no title took my fancy. What I was looking for I couldn’t say.  I had reached the science fiction section. It was probably the section I knew best. I had gone through some of the greats including Philip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, and Isaac Asimov among others. Admittedly it is my comfort genre and as much as I try to expand I find myself coming back to this section time and time again. I have a habit of only going after the...

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