“Billions and Billions” demonstrates why you should always ask about the fine details. Also, the importance of remembering that not everything’s a nihilist. Many fictional nihilists make this mistake, honestly.
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“One Small Lurch For Man” is a little weird, but… OK, it’s very weird. But, when you think about it: what’s the biggest problem when it comes to manned interstellar exploration, in an universe without faster-than-light travel? Exactly. Wouldn’t they honestly be better choices when it comes to making the trip?
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“A Rocky Start” is, in its way, hopeful. Why is it that we assume that Good is the only one that can screw things up, after all? Evil is just as capable of producing embarrassing congenital screw-ups, after all.
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“Open for Armageddon” was inspired by this:
This is the only good eclipse picture please delete all your other ones. pic.twitter.com/0uv3PKO4cw
— MC (@ThulsaGloom) August 25, 2017
…and I don’t think that the Tweet oversells it. I dunno who took that photo, but he or she was a goram artist.
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I suppose that literary situations like “This Is Too Easy” aren’t common because they’re not very dramatic, are they? How do you get an entire book out of people realizing in time that they’re being messed with? Honestly, 100 words seems to be about right for that sort of thing.
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‘The Adventure of the Tekeli-li Graveyard‘ was written partially because of a little Fiction Friday challenge over at Phantom Sway — but mostly because I gotta push the Patreon again this month to get the total above $150 a month, again. So I figure that it’s worth it as, hey, an investment or something. So, hey, tell your friends. It’s a great time to get in on the ground floor!
“Merely A Stone” is, admittedly, a little disturbing. I mean, what if the stone is lying? I mean, if it can magically talk it can magically lie.
Something to think about.
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Maybe this is the answer. Maybe. Maybe not. Probably not. Anyway: “AI.” Enjoy!
I am so amazingly lazy this week. But the Patreon remains:
“One-Ring Circus:” Pretentious? Horrifying? You make the call!
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Save a Penny, Save The World exists almost entirely for the last line. Which is funny, because I thought that I didn’t really know how to end it, at first. Apparently, I had — I just hadn’t told myself yet. …Well, that explanation makes sense to me.
