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This Story Might Kill You If You Read It: a deadly story by: GF Willmetts.

The legal department said I had to have a title name change. Originally, it was going to be called ‘This

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It Might Rain: a short story by: GF Willmetts.
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It Might Rain: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

People say things often happen in pairs. Looking at the bland sky overhead and thinking it couldn’t come at a

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Taxable Offence: a short story by: GF Willmetts (fiction).
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Taxable Offence: a short story by: GF Willmetts (fiction).

I blame Al Capone. For all the alleged crimes he did while in old Chicago and got away with, the

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It's all dead.
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Vacant Possession: a short story by GF Willmetts (fiction).

The drone, one of many, surveyed the first alien city. Unlike the ruins on Earth where nature ravaged its anger

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Happy Birthdie: a short story by GF Willmetts.
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Happy Birthdie: a short story by GF Willmetts.

‘Happy birthdie to you, happy birthdie to you, you have sixteen hours to live or die.’ I raised my eye

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The Future City: a short story by: GF Willmetts.
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The Future City: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

The city project was supposed to be a calming effect to sort out gun crime. If you can’t outlaw them,

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Decisions: a short story by: GF Willmetts: Snoisiced.
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Decisions: a short story by: GF Willmetts: Snoisiced.

Diaries are now the most important thing in the world now. Once upon a time they were used to note

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Parental Love And Other Terrors (a short story by: GF Willmetts).
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Parental Love And Other Terrors (a short story by: GF Willmetts).

I woke with a start. There were some vague memory of walking down the street and then…well…I was here. If

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All Done With Mirrors: a short story by: GF Willmetts.
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All Done With Mirrors: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

The sun broke through my curtains waking me with an accompaniment of the bird chorus outside. Realising I was late,

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Penalty Clause: Taken At Random: a short story by: GF Willmetts.
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Penalty Clause: Taken At Random: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

‘Who accepted this insurance?’ Gideon Snap asked, getting himself up-to-date as they wanted into the count building. ‘Someone somewhere is

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