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From XXX Road Metro Station

Found taped to a life insurance advertisement adjacent to the escalators of exit 1B, XXX Road Metro Station, 13 October, 20:32. If you are the man, height 170-175 cm, full head of hair but some strands of gray, who takes...

The Martian with the Robot Dog; NASA Does Charity?

I spun around and made a beeline straight for the blue man. My excitement bubbled up as I neared him and envisioned the stream of likes I’d get if I managed to snap a picture with him, right here,...

The String is Severed; End of the Valdragon Dynasty

Liya followed her father nervously down the corridor. Six guards marched awkwardly behind her. “Daddy, I … I’m not allowed down here”, she said, half peering with curiosity, half trying to avert her eyes which she imagined might keep her...

The Princess in the Tower (Wrong Princess, Right Tower)

There was once a princess locked away in a tall tower. Kept away from all who might claim her beauty, covet her loveliness, take her virtue. And then one day there was a prince, fair and tall and from...

My Double “E”; A Story of Surnames, Identity & Formula 1 “Pilots”

Surnames stick to you. Like skin, you can’t actually change them. You get tanned or bitten by insects, but cells are always there to remind you that this is your shape for ever and ever. Surnames just stay with you,...

Recharge; On Low Battery-Life in a High Energy World

They say the ones who seek constant crowds are but nothing alone. Their souls lie in the masses, existing only as a part of something bigger. An organism of its own, born from an unspecified quantity that despite broken...

The Pasta Aquarium (Slurp, Smack, Slurp, Smack; I Need Goggles!)

Perhaps if I had chosen a different restaurant, I pondered to myself, this would have turned out differently.  This particular Italian restaurant had seemed like the ideal spot for a first date. The room was candle lit and elegantly topped...

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