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When the amaNdukhanya impi finally brought the amaMatile captives and cattle—along with the four amaZungu, the New People—to their home territory, the outlanders could not have been faulted if
they believed they were entering a country of g
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The night-black lamellar armor was not much darker than its wearer, whose features looked chiseled from an obsidian block. Beneath Commander Garrick Lokk’s cool gaze burned the fire of purpose. His
heart thumped anticipation, even as his min
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It was she who reminded him to dream.
They named her Omi Sukari Kayin.
And she was something from the other world.
Zere considered her face a perfect sculpture, and her natural headdress of silky twists a wonderland waterfall. On o
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Kameelah adjusted the over-sized sunglasses cradled on the bridge of her nose before glancing down at herself once more. To put it bluntly, she felt absolutely ridiculous in this latest get-up. Designer
shades, a funky tee shirt, white runn
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I roll up my sleeves to prepare the body for transport and see Bob Kill making a beeline through the police officers, crime scene investigators, paramedics, reporters, injured graduates, and family members, straight for me.
“Bino! Bino Spec
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The last of the sunlight disappears from the sky and the street outside gets as dark as it’s gonna get. The damn clouds cleared out not twenty minutes ago, shooting my “easy” walk home to shit. Been sitting in this rotting car for…must be a
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Adam Kessler hated working graves, especially in this part of town. The people here seemed more dead than alive. And every other building was a burned-out husk, falling prey to time and
shadows. He couldn’t help but wonder why the Captain ha
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EXT – SPACE – DAY
Camera travels downward through the layers of Earth’s atmosphere and settles on a space observatory.
EXT – SPACE OBSERVATORY – DAY
Super up: United Sovereign State Space Agency Observatory
INT – SPACE OBSERVATORY H
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“As soon as you’re born, you go through crap. And there’re different categories of crap. There’s general crap, like working and paying bills, puttin’ up with bad bosses, and female crap, like
having men expect you to massage their ego. And I
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The soft melody of Thelonius Monk’s Ask Me Now played from the history archives, seeping through the sleep-gel bed molded around Ray. He pushed himself upright.
The gel mattress hardened to the consistency of a firm bed. Anika’s side of the
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Annabelle sat on her porch, watching them as they shuffled past. The weeping willows and bluish brown waters were a soothing backdrop to their passage. Shacks lined the main road, clusters of the little
wooden houses scattered behind it. To
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Carnival time come, and I was a single entry. I not in any troup or nothing. I just parading in me costume all by meself. Everybody asking me what song that is and where me music coming from? I tell them I write the song, which is true, and i
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