365 TIMES 365

Every day a short story. Every short story 365 words.

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  • Day 46 – The Superheroes

    Jakeson sprinted to the evil lair’s entrance, firing off a tornado from Blue Wind Watch to take out the half on the left, while Rocket Snake launched a hissing missile for each villain who remained.

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    July 28, 2014
    The Rim
    caves, cyclones, daydreaming, dinosaurs, jetpacks, kids, mad scientists, superheroes, tornadoes, villains, watches
  • Day 45 – The Monkey Mailman

    No sooner had he pried a corner open than a monkey flew out, screaming as he leapt about the room, trailing fur and filth.

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    July 25, 2014
    The County, The Pound
    bellhops, deliveries, funerals, hotels, mail, monkeys, packages, pets, training, uniforms
  • Day 44 – The Death Of A Hero

    STRANGLE: We have to strike back while we can. APEXIATE: Temper leads down a path that burns.

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    July 24, 2014
    The Rim
    angels, apocalypse, death, funerals, magic, martial arts, recordings, robots, schisms, superheroes, teams, teleportation
  • Day 43 – The Secret Keeper

    There are secrets of transgression held in boxes made of heartstrings and smoke, unlocked as a confession is whispered out of guilt or fear.

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    July 23, 2014
    The Kingdom, The Rim
    boxes, elementals, jobs, keys, knowledge, locks, rumors, secrets, space, truth
  • Day 42 – The Dentist

    As a dental professional, he was torn between warring impulses. To pull a tooth to inspect its intricacies more closely, or to leave it in its natural housing to preserve its intended beauty?

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    July 22, 2014
    The Phantasmagoria
    braces, dentists, fetishes, laughing gas, masturbation, surgery, teeth
  • Day 41 – The Taxidermy Fad

    Mme. Beaurenoise quickly thereafter demanded her household staff not dispose of the bodies of any pests they found, rather taking them to the taxidermist, so that he could prepare them to be displayed on her own headwear.

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    July 22, 2014
    The County
    birds, clothes, fads, fashion, fruit, hats, mice, rats, taxidermy, upper class
  • Day 40 – The End Of Privacy

    “No, you complained in pathetic digital haikus, and the politicians legalized it to make you like them, and then everyone realized it was a terrible idea, and they struck it down. Twenty years ago.”

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    July 22, 2014
    The Rim
    beards, earrings, families, fathers, future, hipsters, iphones, marijuana, online, pot, privacy, scanners, sons, spacers, tattoos
  • Day 39 – The Farmer

    It wasn’t a practice that many farmers put into place, but this one was happy to stoop down to the ground and whisper sweet things and sing a song his mama taught him that came from somewhere far away and a long time since.

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    July 19, 2014
    The Phantasmagoria
    excercise, farmers, jogging, murder, privacy, serial killers, systems
  • Day 38 – The Pull

    It wasn’t just data that came back from deep space.

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    July 18, 2014
    The Rim
    aliens, brainwashing, computers, files, logs, memories, Nobel, psychics, radiation, recordings, technology, transmissions
  • Day 37 – The Elder Cat

    “I don’t see what all the fuss is for,” growled Mouse Rapier between bared teeth, tugging at the pillow’s edge. “Just some codger who’s managed to avoid a dogfight for longer than the rest of us.”

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    July 18, 2014
    The Pound
    advice, cats, dogcatcher, immaturity, immortals, milk, pillows, stubbornness, unity
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