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The sunlight trickled through his window, and he groaned and rolled over onto his left shoulder, only to find that his left shoulder and arm were no longer there...

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The scene would strike most as appalling and horrific, but to Ben it was just Sunday. This time, however, it was clear he'd need a knife that could cut muscle - across the grain.

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Their conference room was sterile - glass walls and windows, grays and whites and blacks. The window shades were pulled halfway down to mitigate the afternoon sun. While Andrea prepared for the big meeting, her boss was railing Melissa 4 stories above.

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A true emerald wouldn't sparkle quite like that. No... this was new. Perhaps a geologic hybrid. Zachary tossed the object to Jen. "What do you think?"

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Somewhere about 15 miles south of town, where the train crosses, he came to. Again. This time he swerved off and came to a skidding halt in the gravel, hopped out, and made sure his boots were still in the back seat.

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His wine didn't taste the same after she left it open in the fridge

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It had been three years since The Weather had arrived. The city was desolate. All the businesses were up for sale, all the people were depressed, and there was no work. But were could you go? The Weather could happen anywhere, to anyone, at any time...

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"I don't know enough about killin' to kill 'im," he told Tony. Tony stayed silent. He juiced a fourth orange with a handheld device. Time was running short.

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In the last 20 seconds, the environment had completely inverted itself. From a vast sand-dune desert, deciduous second-stage forest had erupted. Water supply would be key. And for miles, the opportunity Kelsey could observe was endless. K-93 was rich.

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Angela was on her third night but was working on the same head of lettuce. Three days straight! "Fucking Romaine! Always too much," she uttered to the empty kitchen.

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"It's just too bad," folks would often say. At first, I thought it was just their way of coping; of merging their sickened condition into the general malaise of life. But what I know about this town now could kill.

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"I told him to keep his mouth shut! I swear!" Oscar shouted back at Anders with full-throated confidence. Anders and Everett shared a knowing glance, snapped their extendible batons into place, and approached.

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"It was true!" she thought. It just *had* to be. What else could cause the fabric to bulge in that shape?

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She'd always remember when her dad said "Son, if you insist on fuckin' her like that, she just gonna run away and cry soon as she can get away."

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The furniture in the abandoned house was missing, destroyed, or run-down... with one exception: a glass-topped coffee table in the living room. It gave off a brand-new otherworldly glow. Sarah approached it first.

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Back, before people really lived. Back, before the days of Noah...

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He was at the end of his rope. He took the knife, and cut deeply into his own arm, ready to die. But instead of blood and muscle, he saw sap, and wood...

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"Imagine having so little foresight as to pull out fewer chicken wings from the freezer than you needed," thought Tom. The restaurant business was wearing on him.

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In the small room, there were two jars: one of piss, and one of vinegar.

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The first stage of the industrial revolution lead to machines that were stronger than man; the second stage led to AI that was smarter than man. The third, and final stage, led to machines that were vastly more spiritual than man.

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Most people are too polite to do anything but laugh or ignore you throwing Romans at the clubs. "At least I gave them something to talk about," Frank mused.

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Only five pegs remained on the board. "Why me?" went his internal dialogue. The timer was down to 25 seconds.

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"It's too much," said Samantha. "I can't just take this from you - you have yourself to look after!" But Joey wouldn't be swayed. Unnoticed by either, the gift grew a fraction in size.

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