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Never Is A Good Time To Die: a short but long-lived story by: GF Willmetts

Once upon a time, a long time ago, our ancestors measured the passing of time by the change of seasons.

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Squatters’ Rights: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

Get out into the countryside away from all the streetlights and, at night, you can see a fraction of the

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It’s In The Water: a not bottled story by: GF Willmetts (story).

I doubt if anyone ever thought terrorists would sink so low. I mean, many of them come from Arab stock

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Brief Farewells (a Limbo City story) by: GF Willmetts (story).

Once upon a time when you were dead, you were dead. You still are until recently but allowed a brief

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Three Card Dragon Lady: a Psi-Kicks story by GF Willmetts.

Sushi. Raw meat. No wonder the Fey have a liking for Japan, decided Cameron McKensie. They don’t have to hide

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Crowd Funded War Needs You: a diatribe by: GF Willmetts (story).

Good evening citizens As you must be aware by now, wars aren’t always won by superior forces but more to

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Beware Aliens Bearing Gifts a short story by: GF Willmetts (short story)

They were coming. At long last. They were coming. Whatever they might be. Over the decades, we all imagined how

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May Contain Water : a short story by GF Willmetts (story).

I blame the health and safety crowd. It started with simple things like identifying dangerous ingredients for the sensitive palates.

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We Can 3D You: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

I never understood the intricacies of the new tech. Now my husband, the total geek, just lapped it up and

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All Of This And I Only Wanted Was To Teleport To Australia: a story of motion by: GF Willmetts.

Frankly, I didn’t want to teleport. I could tolerate the jet lag…except I was needed down under in Oz quickly

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