Prose

Hinky Jenks

Hinky Jenks, Madelyn Argent, and me, we could’ve changed the world. Now I’m here alone with the envelope from Maddy’s father, and the priest with the click-clack heel on one of his shoes is walking the cellblock toward me. Damn you, Jenks. My death warrant expires in nine hours. No chance of a reprieve. But …

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A Brief History of Reality Programming

Lorna Harkonnen, director of the Red Sea Scroll division of Strang Research Center, announced the discovery of a several new scrolls in Cave 4 at Qumran at a press conference. According to Harkonnen, the find establishes that the current fascination with reality television is anything but a modern occurrence. “These newly translated texts,” Harkonnen said, …

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Moonshot

Clayton Bardell stared at the letter, cursing his good fortune. Five minutes peace they won’t leave me, he told himself. Five minutes—it might be enough, but they won’t give me even that. Already he could hear the creak of Elder Stinson’s buckboard approaching from the main road. Bardell returned to the letter, determined to afford …

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