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Butterbeans and tattered wings
Butterbeans and tattered wings Eons of time have passed since the arrival in this place. It is home. Once, there was another home. It was in a galaxy far removed from this one. It was lost. The remnants that survived the destruction, found this world, in the infancy of its formation. Furthermore, they were not…
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Temperance effect – A clean getaway
Temperance effect – A clean getaway “Lie to them.” This is the message he reads on the phone. This was more than casual. It was urgent. He is staring straight ahead. Something, maybe instinct, was telling him eye contact would be dangerous. The security guards only hesitate for a minute before repeating their demand. One…
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Butterbeans and the talking point
Butterbeans and the talking point As he approaches Butterbeans, Alex is contending with a sense of displacement. He is approaching. That is what his eyes tell him. However, he feels very little in the way of gravity. He isn’t falling. Also he doesn’t feel a sense of peril. He is approaching Butterbeans, and she is…
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The follow through with Butterbeans
The follow through with Butterbeans Alex starts after Butterbeans. Clearly he is in shock. He hadn’t expected anything like this. Furthermore, Butterbeans has vanished into the blue water glass.The special agent barks an order for everyone to halt. Alex stops out of reflex. He is watching the blue of the portal shimmer and waver where…
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The best of the temperance effect
The best of the temperance effect It has been a long day. And Jeremy isn’t near finished. There is still another thirty minutes worth of cargo to load on this truck. Then he has one truck remaining. He grimaces, resigning himself to this arduous task. It isn’t the extra work he minds so much as…
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Butterbeans and the double down
Butterbeans and the double down She paces back and forth. The water glass shimmers. She is aware, that it is aware. However, she doesn’t sense any sort of malice. She tries once again to catch any scent from the depths of the strange glowing circle. It is here, but has no scent that she can…
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Everything that Pedals knows
Everything that Pedals knows Jim Stanson has left the hospital. He has no car. So he calls a cab. Then decides to wait at the convenience store across the street from the hospital. He buys a pack of cigarettes, and a lighter, and steps back outside. He has begun to shake uncontrollably. The rain is…
