Category: fiction
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Which came First?
The Emperor and the Egg met through a hole in the stone wall that divided their kingdoms. Though they were neighbors, the two had never met, since all their treaties and trade agreements were conducted by emissaries. Thus, their meeting was a happy accident, as they instantly discovered they had…
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Count on it….
(A commercial sometime in the not-too-distant future) Are you tired of technology? Of apps and programs that keep changing on you? Devices that are designed to become obsolete and infuriatingly expensive and difficult to use? Do you long for simpler times and tools you can understand and operate easily? Cars…
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Nightmare
You’re trying a new restaurant for dinner. A waitress brings you water, a basket of rolls, and a menu and says she’ll be back soon to take your order. When she returns, you tell her you’d like the grilled salmon with lightly steamed asparagus. She makes notes on a pad,…
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Bling
No one could have been more surprised than Beatrice when her last offspring emerged from its shell covered in silver sequins. Neither she nor the little one’s father, Norbert, came from a family of glittery birds, yet there amongst her downy brood was a tiny, squawking sparkler. Norbert tried not…
