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Things were going well, until we got arrested.
By our own security.
No lawyer, no rights read, even our own boss turned on us.
Because now we were being studied like the very people we were studying before.
Or trying to.
You see, we couldn't find any trace of those people, except for faint traces of biological material that were old enough to be historical.
Everyone was starting to think they
..."JOHN, I JUST MET A ghost who's dying."
I raised one eyebrow, waiting for the punchline from my favorite time-bender.
"No, it's not what you think. I haven't gone off the deep end. The government made him into something they call a ghost."
"Figure if the government's involved, then it's going to be screwed up... But a ghost – dying?"
"Running out of juice, actually. Kept alive on some sort of weird
..."Well, this is curious - I've only got papers that say to take one of you."
My two latest deaths stood in front of me.
"The other is supposed to keep on living. But here you both are."
Neither spoke to volunteer which was which.
"So, you both intend to keep on living, in spite of my orders to take one of you."
Silence signaled assent.
"You know that no one has ever cheated Death. Just because
...Walking down the highway - barefoot, feverish, and in only a nightgown.
At least the storm had quit.
Now if I could get my chattering teeth to stop, it would help - maybe.
Up ahead, I see some stopped cars. Some have their lights on. Maybe I can get help. Too bad I can't travel any faster the way I am.
That's odd. Nobody in them. Lights on, but no one at home.
Except for a crying baby. And no one answers
...7) Harpy
I felt like a ghost.
I'd only met him once, but was drawn to him like a moth to flame.
And didn't know why.
It was this author I wanted to see, but I didn't know if he wanted to see me.
He left me an autographed book of his, with his number.
But then I lost that book before I could call.
So I found he came to this diner often, a regular. It was where we first met. And It didn't take much to get his schedule from
...Some satire is timeless. Others predict the near future with uncanny accuracy.
When you're faced with a violent, dangerous present - perhaps it's some relief to blow it all up into an exagerrated future history. Then you can tell yourself that it's all just entertainment.
...And hope it doesn't really turn out that way.
- - - -
She could still remember the look on his face when they closed the Riot Wall
...11) Doppel
Two twin boys were born one stormy night, while flying through the Bermuda Triangle.
One didn't belong to this universe, the other did.
An easier entrance was made in Washington, D. C.
Just a test appearance. Because this man wanted to find his own doppelganger. Somewhere in Congress.
Around his finger was a thin dark ring with two stones on it - one red, and one blue. The ring was carved into the shape
..."Well, this is curious - I've only got papers to take one of you."
My two latest deaths stood in front of me.
"The other is supposed to keep on living. But here you both are."
Neither spoke to volunteer which was which.
"So, you both intend to keep on living, in spite of my orders to take one of you."
Silence signaled assent.
"You know that no one has ever cheated Death. Just because you have
...13) Time Bent
14) Lilly Lee
16) Finding Grace
20) The Eye In Team
The black SUV's roared around them to a stop, boxing them in.
The only choice was to comply.
It looked like there were about five government-style SUV's that surrounded the family's pickup truck and it's older camping trailer.
"I thought we were done with these guys, Rosa."
"Must be a new department that didn't get the memo."
Their boy, sitting between them on the pickup's bench seat, just closed his
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