Tag: short stories
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Short Story: Criticality
Criticalityby Richard Holliday The corridor hummed eerily as the young man paced it nervously. The sign on the wall indicated it to be an experiment chamber, and as he approached the bulb-like pods that were the experiment came into focus. Stasis, or suspended animation, seemed more than plausible. It seemed like wizardry, yet before the…
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Short Story: Medusa Dawn
Medusa Dawnby Richard Holliday The sight of the rocket terminal grew to dominate Jessie’s eyes as the transit car erred ever closer. With a deep breath, partly of excitement and partly of trepidation, the young girl prepared herself for blastoff. It wouldn’t be long. Clouds of dust, refracted by the heat of the atmosphere, billowed…
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Short Story: Awaiting Instructions
Awaiting Instructions by Richard Holliday A finger pushed gently on a plastic button in the depths of a control room. A millisecond passed before electrical contact was made, and the whirring began in an instant. This wasn’t conception of a robot; that has been done in the design labs long ago, where the ideas and…
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