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12 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred
“Down to earth” is both a coming-of-age film and an alien invasion film. These two themes are not as worlds apart as we might think, because puberty, adolescence, coming -of-age is a sort of alien invasion. There are changes, alien things grow, alien...
10 Feb 2023 12 minute read 0 comments RTBreach
Vision darkening. Voices jibber-jabber. Hands clutch and grab. Grunting and speaking. Overwhelmed by the cold, it loses consciousness. The voice fades. Blackness engulfs the avatar. The craft wants to tip over. A burly man manages not to capsize it....
6 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
I was lucid again. There must have been a flaw in my chip, because this was not supposed to happen. Even in the few hours each day we appeared to be awake, to eat our food cubes and stretch and wash up, there were prompts and illusions and avata...
2 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments peerynt
[Cross-posting – the original post can be seen here.][For the grunge & alternative rock band please go here.] The Matrix deals with virtual reality, which people there, for the most part, are unaware of. It also has guns and martial arts action in it...
2 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk
He climbed the next sand dune in the hopes of spotting something green not too far away. His longing for water and human connection was blasting through his chest and begging for relief from his hyper active frontal lobe. The delirium was unbearable...
30 Jan 2023 6 minute read 0 comments RTBreach
“What the hell happened?” Keshav, the Divine and Holy One, leaned up on one elbow from the gel bed cradling his naked, dark brown body. “Magos. Hey, what’s going on?” Focused audio transducers beamed a reply straight at Keshav’s ears. “I’m not sure,...
26 Jan 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Krisz Rokk
She was floating through the air and touching the fluffy clouds when she realized there was something very familiar to this situation. She’s been here before. Her brain didn’t recall it but the feeling couldn’t be wiped out. It was engrained in every...
23 Jan 2023 6 minute read 0 comments RTBreach
Typically, in the beginning, there’s nothing except a lightless void-- not this time. Plenty of life teems across a world in a parallel universe. Liquid water swirls in huge oceans filled with countless sea creatures. Under the surface, near a North...
17 Jan 2023 3 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk
Rare Earth Elements (REE) Power the 21st Century Apologies, it has been just over two months since I have posted, I have been grinding on other projects. However, over the holiday season I was re-watching one of my favorite movies, one of the quote...
15 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments gianne
Zaelin was already in her bed when she woke up. She continued to stare aimlessly at the ceiling. After a few minutes, she began to examine her body, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly, wondering if the life-or-death situation she experienced wa...
