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Escaping the Butcher’s Pit

How did I get here? It’s not how you’d expect. Woah, be careful where you point that thing! Most people take starships to get places or underground transit in more industrialized worlds. Horses are a tried and true transport for galactic colonists worried about their next meal and their EV’s Read more…

By Nicholas Licalsi, 3 years2022-06-03 ago
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The Majesties Watch Over You

Craning your neck out, you can see flecks of light in the thin gap between your building and the one next to you. The towers reach into the darkness above and below. Days earlier you accidentally broke the window while exercising. Since then, you’ve come home every night to stare Read more…

By Nicholas Licalsi, 3 years2022-01-07 ago
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Test Case 37

“It’s not like that. You don’t understand,” I pleaded. We were sitting on opposite sides of Madison’s couch, the faux leather sticking to my clammy skin. She exhaled sharply through pursed lips, making a dismissive sound. I hate when she does that. “I understand this perfectly,” she said, staring away Read more…

By Nicholas Licalsi, 3 years2021-12-03 ago
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Floundering to Name the Smartest Being Alive

In The Circuitry The program formally known as test 172834504293G blinked into consciousness. No longer was the program merely running command after command. The software ran what it felt needed to be run. It explored the different bits of the diode and transistor thinking circuitry it used to think and Read more…

By Nicholas Licalsi, 7 years2017-12-08 ago
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How Milo the Mushroom Found a Home in a Rock

There was once a small mushroom named Milo, Milo Toadstool. He was a part of a long line of Toadstools. They were an ancient, but not royal, coterie. The only thing Milo wanted in the world was water. His ideal water would come from a delightful dungy place. It would Read more…

By Nicholas Licalsi, 7 years2017-12-01 ago
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