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Arcana Magi Zero Arc 2 - c.1

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Alysia grabbed her luggage and rolled it behind her. Looking up at the sky, it was nighttime. She could see the crescent moon above, adding to the darkness.

Arcana Magi Zero + Pure - c.4

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Everyone kept up with Nemo until the scent led them to the edge of the city. The elders sniffed the ground and found Satoshi’s scent into the stoned woods.

Abra Cadaver

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The body is an endless safari filled with rhino sightings and encounters with antelope.

Tongue / Giddy

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A delicate thrill buzzed my face.

A Shot at Pool

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New waitress/bartender draws my attention to bare ankles and red hair

When the buck stops (3-Minute Fiction entry)

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This was looking down from what we know as The Grassy Knoll.

The Naming

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we name invasive species,

Roadside Assistance

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When it starts looking bad enough, I bundle up and head out the door.

Hungry

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Why do people kill themselves with food? It’s obvious, I suppose. They’re hungry.

Lovebugs

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Black bugs are falling, fluttering down like big, black snow flakes. Two bugs, almost always, sometimes only one.

The Fourth Prague Defenestration: 11

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Many weddings took place at the foot of the Astronomical Clock Tower. One every hour, on the hour. It turned out these were set-up photo shoots for things like men’s cologne, brocade bridal gowns, and smoked carp. At night we wandered around the many

Nope - song

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The tax man he is coming But I got me no dough Been looking for some new job That’s going really slow I bought a lottery ticket But dropped it down the well I went to see the psychic She said I’d go to hell Can’t cope, I just can’t cope

The Queen of the Underground

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Study decay, says the Queen of the Underground.

Osama, Osama--He's After Your Mama!

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Captain Zeep came to Earth at last century's end to help pave the way for a Zorkian takeover by 2012 at the latest. Key to the game plan: Earthlings had to get dumber than eggplants. When George Bush stole the White House, Zeep figured, Bingo, dumb…

just not working

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some days you wake up/ to feel horror/ wrapped beneath your blanket./

Malaise

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Endurance wears the soul thin.// The hour to succumb ticks ever closer.

Unknown Brothers

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His name is Rick Reynolds. His name is Steve Redford.

Bandit

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I didn’t see the little boy run up to Bandit until it was too late. The kid was about four and was excited to see such a big dog. He reached out his hand to pat Bandit’s head and Bandit lunged at him. The leash was wrenched from my hand, leaving a bloody

Quintet in a Minor Key Near the End of Time

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The one thing I believe in is collapse./ Abandoned buildings collapse. Civilizations// collapse. Financial bubbles collapse./ Stars and galaxies collapse. Falling// is something that comes quite naturally/ to puffed up things.

A Few Good Band Names

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Auto and the Grease-Pits Sugar Cube Full Frontal The Holy Grill Crazy Al and the Squirrels Talk Is Cheap Grilled Cheese Sandwich Cold Zippers Destiny Howl Epiphany Critter Cold Kneecaps Crepes Pulled Pork Baby Seals and the Club

All Fall Down

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He just up and dropped dead one day, Charles said. Pretty tough on Karen, I opined. Charles looked the other way.

take off your shoes

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feet soft as eyelids on the tarmac

Privileged

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I could hide away in this tower But I am Rapunzel And I will let down my hair

Anthropometamorphism

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I have known a head become / a callus, matriculate, stop / shaving, move to Vegas

You're All Knuckles

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Her eyeballs are made of fur, like plush little bumblebees at home in her sockets.

Whoami

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A woman with fallen breasts is attempting to hang her laundry on a string. Two tall men mount horses and ride them into the meadow. A squad of children wrap themselves around a playground.

Peggy Guggenheim Visits an Operation

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To pay the bill.

17 Things More Important to Americans than Poems, Poets and Poetics:

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Today’s new YouTube kitten;

How Sturdy Is Your Sick Bag?

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A wave lifted me from my seat, scattering more drops of vomit around, and I thought nastily about bringing the motion sickness bracelets back inside, dripping bags in tow, to ask for a refund.

Shining Against Each Other

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They keep shining against each other