The Ball Hater

By Michelle M. My dad is one of the chief designers of a multibillion-dollar company, establishing life and colonies on new planets where humans can survive. We had been chosen as one family to colonize this beautiful one, making sure humans could survive in a unique living environment. When the first explorers arrived here, everything was perfect, except for one plant, a multifaceted plant, with one goal, convert everything in the universe to female only, doing away with the male

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A Planet Far From Home!

By One-red. It had been a long old trek out here. Fifteen light-years from earth. It was a strange planet. All the seas were covered in a thick covering of green fibers that the local wildlife fed on. You could walk on it quite safely. It felt a bit spongy, like a new carpet with 3 layers of underfelt. I suppose this is what passes for grass. There were only two lifeforms on the planet, a sheep-like animal but six

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Tentacles

By Luke Ashwood. “No rest for the weary,” she said quietly. Alexis sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose in a vain attempt to rub some of the tiredness out of her system. After a 16-hour shift, she was ready to go home and crawl into bed for the next 10 years. Sadly that wasn’t really an option since she had to be up and at work at 7’o’clock the next morning. After nearly 4 years with the FBI’s

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Portal

By Droid447 Malena was in her room, talking with her best friend Renee. The last two weeks, they had been discussing their next adventure. This would not be just one more escapade to the nearest town or a fling with one of the low level scientists. Their new plan was risky, maybe even dangerous. But they couldn’t resist the idea of investigating the greatest discovery in the history of mankind, as Malena’s father liked to call it. “So, are we

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