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The Walls of Flemington

Their only dream is to turn back Adelene’s world is one of tranquility, luxury, beauty and youth. Yet beyond the manicured lawns, the ponds and trees, there stand the rigid Walls that lock out the ...

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For The Love of Your Hollow Body

Warning: contains graphic depictions of sexual activity, drug use and rock n’ roll. May cause consumerist guilty conscious, existential crisis and/or questioning the nature of reality. Reader discr...

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Stained Steel

Dissentia: society of silent sinful sisters, daughters of delectable destruction, roses of wrath and ruin. In our dilemmas we are beautiful. In our agony we seethe passion...but today may be our la...

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Off The Pages

Everyone fantasizes about having superpowers. Nobody imagines how ill-prepared society's power structures are to handle it. Manny is a working stiff who escapes from the everyday grind by reading ...

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De Profundis Clamavi Ad Meipsum: A Treatise on the Darkness

This treatise is a philosophical analysis on the value of sadness, including personal reflections, social commentary, and cultural behaviors that marginalize sadness in the pursuit of happiness. Ev...

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The Silent Saints

In the Holy State of Zion, formerly Utah, Emmaline Kimball navigates a treacherous path between outward conformity and secret resistance. As a neuropsychologist working in the regime's Repentance P...

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SoulSucker

In a neon-soaked cyberpunk dystopia where identity is the ultimate currency, your soul is no longer your own. SoulSucker follows Dean, a struggling author trapped in the cold grip of the SoulTek C...

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God's Country

The UK in 2019 is a mess. A group of fundamentalist Christian's believe it is time for change and take their message to the people. This is the story of how the country was reclaimed for God.

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Mama

In sunshot Neon Palms, Edith McAllen struggles with the trials of an empty nest, a broken marriage, and learning to share her daughter with a man who may not be what he seems. But then, maybe Edith...

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Poetry from The Future

Looks a lot better on the paperback now on Amazon for $7,77 http://bit.ly/ThatNew The paperback edition of our little coffee-table book is now published on Amazon! Copy and paste this link for a l...

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The Replica Night

Set in near-future Japan, 2034. Human memory has been successfully archived—and sold. What began as a miracle cure for dementia and a shortcut to perfect education quickly transformed into a new ...

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Calendar of False Names

Each month carries a meaning older than its name. Calendar of False Names is a dystopian anthology that reimagines the origins of the calendar through futures shaped by control, distortion, and su...

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Haute Cuisine

5 minutes into the dystopian future, two women down on their luck go on a double date to a very special restaurant. They meet rich guys holding secrets, food that manages to be sassy without saying...

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Skinny Little Things

A woman must journey back to her upbringing in the rural Ozarks because of a recent tragedy. An exploration of childhood and individual history, unravelled by both past and present tense.

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Conformism & Conviction

Sebastian was born left-handed. Turns out, that's not exactly normal in his society. A social commentary about how the general public views Autism Spectrum Disorder, this quick story follows Sebast...

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Satire of Society

In this lackluster world with mediocre human beigns that care only bout what breakfast some rich-face posted. We find ourselfs following steps of a fine young lady on her quest for greatness! Or no...

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In Her Majesty's Wake

Clara and Marie's interracial friendship in 1816 Louisiana is put to the test with the help of a flower, a voodoo world, and too many unspoken issues. Clara is a rich planter’s daughter. Marie is a...

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You Can Leave When You Don't Want to Kill Them

The Artificial Intelligence boom swallowed Linus' job industry whole. Elderly, out of work, and with no skills to change careers, Linus rioted against the tin skins, angered that they had robbed hi...

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Pardon Me!

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's reign changed Canada's political and social landscape. Some of his policies and Bills, such as the Safe Streets and Communities Act Bill C-10, hurt Canada in ways t...

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The Last Moral Man

This flash fiction piece sets a world where the truth is not. Crime is a hobby and the line between right and wrong isn’t a wall. There is one moral man left. One man still remembers what’s right.

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