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Opportunity Lost
Kona Bali knew this would be an historic day as he climbed into his space suit.
Minutes later, he arrived from his decompression chamber and approached his landing craft. A colleague helped adjust his sensory instruments before opening the hatch to the vehicle. “You will make us all proud today.” Kona nodded and smiled...
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Close Encounters of the Strange Kind
The summer moon rose from the horizon, providing enough light to allow me to deviate from my usual route. Zoe, my Australian Cattle dog, always enjoyed walking deeper into the woods instead of the usual asphalt neighborhood. The scents of the forest heightened her senses as we strolled further away from civilization...
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An Un-Fairy Tale
Pain. My shoulder’s shattered. A deep, stabbing ache in my side. The dome light’s on, the horn blaring in an otherwise silent forest setting. Blood. My head’s pounding, my forehead’s warm. The airbag’s pressed against my chest, the windshield smashed, there’s a pungent smell of fuel, and the hiss of steam.
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The High Fructose Corn Syrup Debacle
“It worked!” I exclaimed, shocked at the outcome of my latest experiment. Now to crunch the numbers.
“What are you doing, Chase?” asked my wife. She always appears at the wrong time.
“You’re never going to believe what I just accomplished!” I beamed. “Want to go for a ride?”
Jaime tilted her head and pointed at the spherical machine. “In that thing?”
I gazed at my masterpiece and smiled. “Yes, in that.”
“What is it?” she asked, placing her hands on her hips, unamused.
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