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Micro-fiction 076 – New Dimensions (Post-Apocalypse series)

A new plane of existence looms over planet Earth forcing humankind to struggle with identity, purpose and its own place in the universe… New Dimensions Since it arrived, hovering across the entire planet everyone’s lives have changed. The desire to strive, to forge new memories has gone, the urgency of any form of action was halted when the new reality, ...

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Micro-fiction 075 – Infinity Trap (Post-Apocalypse series)

There’s only one way to stop the robots in their tracks… Infinity Trap In the distant future, on a planet once called Kepler 62e long-colonised as part of by Earth’s original evacuation, and renamed Kane the forest covered surface had begun to resemble the decimated mother planet. Humanity quickly descended into the have’s and the have-nots, already defined by the ...

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Micro-fiction 074 – Cherry Blossom (Echoes series)

In the far future on Titan, Saturn’s resource-rich moon, comes a tale of a family feud, a cherry orchard, and the death of a father… Cherry Blossom The breeze flutters at the petals on the cherry blossom In a distant future in 3030 of the Common Era, on Titan, the most inhabited of all Saturn’s moons, Arturo sits within the ...

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Micro-fiction 073 – Tear (Echoes series)

A tear in the wallpaper brings the past and the present together as a man lies struggling with his last breath… The Tear A rip in the bright, floral wallpaper, a fold that once fell listlessly, is now suspended in time, its animus halted by a lack of motivation. But its inaction reveals what lies behind, with layers of older ...

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Micro-fiction 072 – Shepherd (Echoes series)

In the far future, the robot shepherd of the last server farm on Planet Earth begins to question his existence… Shepherd It is 3880 of the Common Era and I am the last Robot Shepherd on Earth. There have been others, but they either left with the Star Wanderers of the last hundred years, the Great Escape, or shut themselves ...

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Micro-fiction 071 – The Code (Echoes series)

In the far future the trade in body parts, multiple body parts, is a way of life for those who live by The Code. The Code New Year’s Day, 3050 of the Common Era. Everyone’s having a party, but the world economy is run by rival gangs from the conglomerated nations and big media corps who suck data, money and ...

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Micro-fiction 070 – Beloved (Echoes series)

(continued from Faith). Kia is close to the end of her journal from the archeological dig in Aksum, finally reaching the star system of Wolf 359, with the relic and its mysterious markings urging her onwards. Fourth and Final Part – Beloved I’m close to the end of a long journey that’s taken me from the archeological dig at Aksum, ...

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Micro-fiction 069 – Faith (Echoes series)

(continued from To the Stars). Kia travels through the stars, working her passage, then hides as a stowaway, a ghost on the supply ship to Wolf Station… Three – Faith I travel on the great Star freighter The Empress Zewditu, waiting for my moment to connect with another service outside the solar system, to Wolf 359 where the markings on ...

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Micro-fiction 068 – To the Stars (Echoes series)

(continued from Relic). Kia travels from Aksum to the Spaceport in Djibouti, then off to the stars with the relic in her rucksack, to find the secrets of the skull… Two – To the Stars It is 3045 in the Common Era on Earth, and I’m about to fly from my home in the Protectorate of Ethiopia, to another star ...

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Micro-fiction 067 – Relic (Echoes series)

An archeological dig in Ethiopia reveals a relic and an age-old secret that leads to the stars… Relic It is 3045 in the Common Era on Earth, in the Protectorate of Ethiopia. I blink back the tears as I speed away from my father and my life in Aksum, heading for the spaceport in nearby Djibouti. I cannot allow my ...

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