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First Rule: a short proclamation
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First Rule: a short proclamation by GF Willmetts on behalf of your new world (flash fiction).

Greetings. I have been selected to be your world leader. You may think you have voted for other nominees, but

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Myth Or Bust: a short story by GF Willmetts.
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Myth Or Bust: a short story by GF Willmetts.

You visit a new inhabited planet and you would think it was the second coming to the inhabitants. Then again,

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No Step Climb: a short story by GF Willmetts.
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No Step Climb: a short story by GF Willmetts.

The plan seemed straight forward enough. This was the third extra-solar long rock, Big M, passing near enough Earth to

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A.I. Handles Evolution: a short story by GF Willmetts (short fiction).

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Death Sentence: a Psi-Kicks story by GF Willmetts.
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Death Sentence: a Psi-Kicks story by GF Willmetts.

‘Hello Georgie, didn’t realise you were doing duty today.’ Georgire Rothane gave a wry smile. As if. This was the

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MindStep : a Psi-Kicks story by: GF Willmetts
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MindStep: a Psi-Kicks story by GF Willmetts.

The last place Sara Seeker, Sheena Ramone and Courtney Adams expected to turn up was a private hospital ward in

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MirrorStep: a Psi-Kicks story by: GF Willmetts.
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MirrorStep: a Psi-Kicks story by: GF Willmetts.

‘You didn’t give your name?’ ‘I didn’t. Call me Jones.’ ‘First name?’ ‘Mister.’ The detective looked at the light-haired man,

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Time Remembers Nothing: a short story by: GF Willmetts.
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Time Remembers Nothing: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

I can spot a scam. A long-term scam at that. Eventually. A few years ago, I was asked to finance

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Keeping Up With The Joneses, a story by: GF Willmetts.

Whoever said colonising another planet would be easy, even when the inhabitants were welcoming offworlders. The only problem was they

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A Shaggy Werewolf Story: a short story by: GF Willmetts.
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A Shaggy Werewolf Story: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

 You would think being a werewolf was a good deal. Four nights of the month with a full moon you

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