Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 September 2020

Dr. Kangles And Professor Interspion

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The two of them had been thrown out of almost every scientific group in the world, given their slightly different but basically similar theo...
Friday, 11 September 2020

Prophecy Problems

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There were two problems with the prophecy. One was that for all its detail about the name, appearance, and skills of the one destined to ove...
Saturday, 11 July 2020

Projecting An Image

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The Princess had been locked in the tower for a week, but she was still polite to the servants. On the 8th day, the maid quietly had a wor...
Monday, 22 June 2020

Symbolism

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The arrow was the one that killed King Brek. It was pulled out of his neck, and given it had maintained its shape but was blood soaked, it m...
Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Shapeshifter Collector

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It was a machine that appeared in various places, at various times, with various brightly colored signage. Sometimes it offered a free bev...
Saturday, 2 May 2020

A Boondoggle

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The Otherplane Emperor turned his many eyes to the mortal standing on the outcrop of rock above the unending void the Pretender To His Thron...
Thursday, 16 April 2020

Power People

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The problem with power is people. Not so much that there will inevitably be an uprising and evil will be vanquished and all those other st...
Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Lucky End

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Luckily for historians, the end of his reign was dramatic, which always makes for good analysis in books. Luckily for theologians, the end...
Thursday, 12 March 2020

Let Them Eat This

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The mob, once riled, needed something to sate them. Obviously, if you could ask them collectively, and get a comprehendable response, you ...
Monday, 24 February 2020

Humanity's Ego

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The first Human to break lightspeed stood on the observation deck of the Galactic Government Central Station, awaiting to be called. When ...
Saturday, 22 February 2020

Dead Man's Curve

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It could have been avoided. Everyone knew that corner was dangerous, it had the nickname of Dead Man's Curve after all. It could hav...
Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Regime Change

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The new Leader of the Free World had only just finished redecorating their office when the riots kicked off in the region of the world that ...
Saturday, 15 February 2020

Left Over

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I stared at the old-fashioned oil lamp in my hands as the, well, Genie, I guess, laid out the rules. "Ok, so no bringing people back ...
Friday, 31 January 2020

Judgement Calls

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Being a palace guard is all about making judgement calls. There's all the usual ones any solider has to deal with, judging the wind wh...
Monday, 27 January 2020

The Queen And The Chosen One

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The Chosen One returned to the palace after he'd  defeated the Dragon, a crowd of the citizens following behind him cheering his name. ...
Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Selling War

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Leaders always sell war as being quick, easy, profitable. You have to, for those who remember previous wars will remember how it was long, h...
Monday, 13 January 2020

A Father's Pride

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The Queen knelt before the King's tomb, the Royal Priest a few steps behind her. "Father, it has been six months since you passed...
Sunday, 12 January 2020

Cheating Death

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He ruled the galaxy with a black hole fist, subjugating systems with his seemingly endless waves of robotic supersoldiers. He demanded tribu...
Saturday, 14 December 2019

Golden Ending

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It has taken us a week to traverse through the dungeon. Along the way we had lost two pack mules, a servant, multiple magical items, and mos...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Dislike His Peers

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Finding a suitable woman to marry my son is proving to be most vexing. After all, like any future peer of the realm, he cannot marry anyone ...