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  1. The Night I Escaped From The Zoo: 1 / 5

    “But-- but-- I don’t want her body!” I told him. “What difference does it make?” he asked. “You look the same as before! It’s a well known fact that humans can’t tell each other apart.” “Of course we can tell!” I shouted. “Believe me, we can tell!” ...

    - 2020/10/28 - 10:34am - 11 comments

  2. The Night I Escaped From The Zoo: 2 / 5

    Personally, I’ve never found “watch out!” to be a particularly useful warning, mainly because it’s so lacking in details. In the present case, it was no help whatsoever. ...

    - 2020/10/28 - 11:58am - 12 comments

  3. The Night I Escaped From The Zoo: 3 / 5

    I held the dress up in front of me, and looked in the mirror. Mayda gazed back at me. Of course she looked wonderful. Of course the dress would look lovely on her. It was weird as hell to know that the girl in the mirror was me. ...

    - 2020/10/28 - 12:22pm - 9 comments

  4. The Night I Escaped From The Zoo: 4 / 5

    When she finished describing her imaginary relationship with the man I used to be, she took a deep breath and looked at the woman I am now. ...

    - 2020/10/28 - 1:04pm - 3 comments

  5. The Night I Escaped From The Zoo: 5 / 5

    There was no sign of the rowboat in the river. No trace of the bathtub in the sky. I was back in my town, back in the normal world. Everything was right again, except that I was someone else, and had a month to learn a new language and a new sport. Perfec ...

    - 2020/10/28 - 1:32pm - 21 comments

  6. When Life Hands You Uranus: 7 / 9

    “Uhh, okay,” Linnea agreed, not without grave misgivings. She felt that she’d already opened Pandora’s Box. Now, she found that the box was full of smaller boxes, all of them belonging to Pandora, and each one more portentious and potentially dangerous th ...

    - 2020/11/05 - 12:16pm - 8 comments

  7. When Life Hands You Uranus: 8 / 9

    The night before the teleport cycle, they switched back. Linnea found it a bit disorienting, being back in her own body again. She saw what Darlene meant by a mess of weird sensations. She caught herself wondering whether living in a synth body was the be ...

    - 2020/11/06 - 1:53pm - 18 comments

  8. When Life Hands You Uranus: 9 / 9

    Instinctively, she lay on the floor and put her hands over her heart. She tried to calm herself, but waves of fear kept washing over her. Everything is wrong, she told herself. I’m alone at the butt-end of the universe, and I don’t know what to do. ...

    - 2020/11/09 - 2:28pm - 18 comments

  9. Charlotte Had A Boyfriend: 5

      "Charlotte didn't say much, but she did ask me why my name is Mason." "What kind of stupid question is that?" Carly began, her face registering annoyance, puzzlement, and curiosity all at once. "That's — uh — actually ...

    - 2024/06/14 - 8:49am - 4 comments