The Paupers Who Saw the World It was fifty feet tall, and appeared to be made entirely out of smoke. When it spoke, it was with a voice of thunder. "You will bring me the Minotaurs of Doom," it said.

The two humans standing before it had heard this before. The smoke-creature had made the same demand earlier. "I already told you," shouted one of the humans. "One of the Minotaurs disappeared twenty-five years ago. The other one alone won't do you any good!"

"You two are time-travellers. Yes, I know these things. You will fetch both Minotaurs and bring them to me."

"What happens if we don't?"

"I have extended my... I do not know the word in English."

"Arms?" asked one o
Spring Forward The time-traveller set his destination for Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:30am, and was never seen again. A Curious Seduction Crockwell flipped through the thick stack of fan-fold computer paper. "DSX001..." she muttered. "DSX002... EBBIN. Where the heck is DSX003?"

"Just do a search," came a voice from behind her.

"I can't do a search. It's a printout."

"Why did you print it out?"

Crockwell turned to face her prisoner. She lived in a house that appeared normal from the outside, but the bedroom had steel bars running from floor to ceiling, dividing the room in half. Cynthia Rockwell, an ordinary human being, lived in one half of the room. Crockwell, who was from another planet, lived in the other half. "It helps me to think," said Crockwell. "Haven't you ever fo
Not Actually a Cure I traded one addiction for another. The Z Word (updated) We should have seen it coming.

Well. That's the worst part. We did see it coming.

Afterwards, after it was all over, nearly everyone admitted that they had seen a zombie at some point in their lives. Out of the corner of their eye. Down the street. A passing glimpse.

Some people admitted -- and it felt so wonderful to be able to finally speak freely -- that they had seen a zombie close-up, or had even fought with one, but had kept their mouths shut out of fear of being thought crazy.

There were a couple of news reports at first, too. But then the government cracked down. "There are no zombies," they said. "Zombies do not exist."

"Anyone

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