Tag: scifi
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Fifty-seven
Two hundred years ago, I discovered something as our sun lay dying in the sky. A signal from far beyond, pulsing like the beat of an ancient heart. Calling to me. Beckoning me towards it. It brought with it the promise of salvation, of a new home for all of us. I shouldn’t have told…
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Fifty one
“Sadie? What’s going on?” Sadie turned to face Charles, the confusion on her face clear even through her helmet. The red LED on the top of the small device she held in her hand was flashing in time with its erratic beeping as she waved it around in all directions. “I’m… I’m not sure, Charles.”…
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Forty-six
Ever since the crash, something has been leaving tattoos on my arm. That’s the only way I can describe it, at least. I don’t think it’s made of ink, and I certainly never felt the needle pierce my skin, but they appear regardless. It’s not an intricate tattoo, or anything artistic or unique. It’s just…
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Thirty-five
I knew that seventy percent of the Earth was covered in water, but it wasn’t until I saw it from the station that I truly understood how much that was. The entire planet looked like it was just blue. A few specks that marked land here and there, some rolling wisps of white in the…
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Nineteen
I awoke with a jolt, the blaring alarm only serving to worsen my already-splitting headache. Groaning, I lifted my hand, pushing it against the glass of the sleep pod and watching it slide open, the stale air of the ship flooding in and making me cough. I forced myself into a sitting position, but as…
A Forsworn Fantasy 