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Sylvester, Down
The Sylvester is being attacked by pirates on the far side of the Moon. Can the Sylvester make it back to the safety of Earth? Maybe, if the crew were professionals led by a seasoned captain. Instead, the Sylvester’s fate depends on the owner’s spoiled man-child of a son and his bickering friends.
Let’s call the odds even.
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Last Breath Day
Every day is the same: we get up, we work hard, one or two of us die. It’ll be my turn soon enough. We call it Last Breath Day.
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Death vs Taxes
The Grim Reaper has been summoned by many a foolish person over the course of history. But this summons, from the IRS, feels… different.
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Dee, for the Win
Sixteen and stuck living in a dead-end town, with a dead-end job, it’s easy to decide to play dangerous games. Generations come and generations go. No one really escapes. So why not play slaughter ball, an underwater race that’s likely to kill you?
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Graceful Degradation
In a world where memories are forced to fade, Jeremy just wants to honor his dead wife. Doing so will mean evading detection of a surveillance state.
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End of the Line
Joachim gave his employer 20 hard years of working the line. Now he’s being ‘retired’ by a robot. What should be a happy transition is anything but. Joachim’s future, and even his family may not survive this transition to ‘utopia.’
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The Portal
The hardest part of a sibling rivalry is where to hide the bodies.
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