Five-Minute fiction - 23:51-23:56
Look, I dont exactly have time right now to deal with this. I just got home from work, and I havent even gotten dinner started, Thom said as he held the receiver between his head and shoulder and tried to flip through the mail.
The voice on the other end of the line was frantic, talking about overdraft, credit debt, Thom...
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Look, I dont exactly have time right now to deal with this. I just got home from work, and I havent even gotten dinner started, Thom said as he held the receiver between his head and shoulder and tried to flip through the mail.
The voice on the other end of the line was frantic, talking about overdraft, credit debt, Thom...
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:12-00:17
Come on, Dana, you need to pick up the pace! the voice said echoing down from the loudspeakers.
Dana Fosterwald tensed as she felt the floor beneath her shift and the immense treadmill increase its speed. She hadnt expected to be having such a hard time, but the sheer intensity of the physical tests was proving to be almost too much....
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Come on, Dana, you need to pick up the pace! the voice said echoing down from the loudspeakers.
Dana Fosterwald tensed as she felt the floor beneath her shift and the immense treadmill increase its speed. She hadnt expected to be having such a hard time, but the sheer intensity of the physical tests was proving to be almost too much....
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:30-00:35
I aint goin back in der, Hash said as he pulled himself up and out of the yawning chasm that was the sewer entrance.
Finchley, the Orc crew chief, gave him a once over taking in his muddied, and pock-marked overalls. What happened down there?
Ill tell ya what bloody happened down der! Hash said his pitch rising. Der was a...
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I aint goin back in der, Hash said as he pulled himself up and out of the yawning chasm that was the sewer entrance.
Finchley, the Orc crew chief, gave him a once over taking in his muddied, and pock-marked overalls. What happened down there?
Ill tell ya what bloody happened down der! Hash said his pitch rising. Der was a...
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Five-Minute fiction - 01:58-02:03
Patch felt there was a level of acceptable decorum, and none of these ruffians were living up to it. When a group of thugs jumped a solitary man leaving a public house one expected them to be well organized enough to at least get the lone man to the ground and deliver to him a sound thrashing. But these brutes, and...
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Patch felt there was a level of acceptable decorum, and none of these ruffians were living up to it. When a group of thugs jumped a solitary man leaving a public house one expected them to be well organized enough to at least get the lone man to the ground and deliver to him a sound thrashing. But these brutes, and...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:44-23:49
The roar of the crowd was deafening as it reached a fever pitch. High above the court pennants snapped taut as a blustery wind passed overhead.
The two knights circled the ends of the rail guiding their horses with the steadied practiced hand of veterans. Metal glinted in noonday sun, the tips of lances appearing to radiate like jewels held aloft....
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The roar of the crowd was deafening as it reached a fever pitch. High above the court pennants snapped taut as a blustery wind passed overhead.
The two knights circled the ends of the rail guiding their horses with the steadied practiced hand of veterans. Metal glinted in noonday sun, the tips of lances appearing to radiate like jewels held aloft....
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:40-23:45
Long amber waves of grass stretched to the horizon their tops swaying seductively in the soft breeze. It was a strange sight to look on as they blades of grass rolled in great waves. Cresa pushed the door of the automobile open and stepped down onto the dirt track that was a called a road in these parts. Small puffs of...
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Long amber waves of grass stretched to the horizon their tops swaying seductively in the soft breeze. It was a strange sight to look on as they blades of grass rolled in great waves. Cresa pushed the door of the automobile open and stepped down onto the dirt track that was a called a road in these parts. Small puffs of...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:41-23:46
Ripples crossed the surface of the pool of water as the pebble landed with a silent splash. They rolled on, silently, as they expended their energy against the banks that bordered the small pool. Light danced serenely from the tiny waves as they surged and rebounded casting strange images into the world.
But slowly, and ever so calmly, the ripples subsided...
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Ripples crossed the surface of the pool of water as the pebble landed with a silent splash. They rolled on, silently, as they expended their energy against the banks that bordered the small pool. Light danced serenely from the tiny waves as they surged and rebounded casting strange images into the world.
But slowly, and ever so calmly, the ripples subsided...
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:06-00:11
Hammers fell, clanging hard against the iron spikes embedded in the stone. Sweat glistened on the slaves brows as they worked their bodies under the baking sun. Men collapsed and died, some of thirst, some of hunger, many from sheer exhaustion. They worked, toiled, always under the watchful eyes of the Pentats, monolithic obelisks that saw all and heard all, and...
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Hammers fell, clanging hard against the iron spikes embedded in the stone. Sweat glistened on the slaves brows as they worked their bodies under the baking sun. Men collapsed and died, some of thirst, some of hunger, many from sheer exhaustion. They worked, toiled, always under the watchful eyes of the Pentats, monolithic obelisks that saw all and heard all, and...
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Five-Minute fiction - 21:48-21:53
I had expected some manner of delay in being granted access to the Crown, Cresa said as he sidestepped the line of men, women, and children all seeking an audience with the Unified Crown.
Yes, well, there would have been a delay. You would have needed to endure that line, the man, Dmitry, said as he gestured to the line they...
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I had expected some manner of delay in being granted access to the Crown, Cresa said as he sidestepped the line of men, women, and children all seeking an audience with the Unified Crown.
Yes, well, there would have been a delay. You would have needed to endure that line, the man, Dmitry, said as he gestured to the line they...
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Five-Minute fiction - 00:05-00:10
Cresa looked from the stack of papers as the door slid open. Three men stood framed in its opening, backlit by the soft DayGlow bulbs that illuminated the foyer. He knew two of them on sight, silhouette and all but the third man was unfamiliar. The height and body shape denoted someone of considerable stature, both physical and economic as the...
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Cresa looked from the stack of papers as the door slid open. Three men stood framed in its opening, backlit by the soft DayGlow bulbs that illuminated the foyer. He knew two of them on sight, silhouette and all but the third man was unfamiliar. The height and body shape denoted someone of considerable stature, both physical and economic as the...
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