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Trading Stakes: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

Responsibility. I woke out of hibernation with that word in my head. To do this trip, I had submitted myself

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King Octopus: a story by: GF Willmetts.

The white light from space was approaching the Earth for a long time. Well, not really a white light as

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Smile And The World… : a Psi-Kicks short story by: GF Willmetts

<<Sara, we’re wearing masks as well.>> <<Scanning.>> Faster than vision, both Sara Seeker and Chris Lancier collected information from around

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The Schrödinger Answer: a Psi-Kicks story by; GF Willmetts.

‘This could have been worse,’ Sara Seeker said as she and Chris Lancier stalked down Covent Garden. ‘Max is extremely

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Judicial 101: a short story by GF Willmetts.

In any other situation, the Judge would have looked down at the two claimants from his dais seeing them on

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Eye Contact (short scifi movie: in full).

In short science fiction movie Eye Contact by Stuart Mannion, we find ourself in a harrowing near-future which poses the

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Take 6EQUJS-67 And Call It EQUip JeSus! : a short story by: GF Willmetts (WOW! not included)

I like the law of averages. If you keep looking long enough, something will show up. Like a bus, why

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Once Upon A Man : a short story by: GF Willmetts

What do you do if you’re the last of your species? Do you try to live as long as you

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Can Prototype Only Mean One?: a short story by: GF Willmetts.

An audacious plan to make the fastest ever spacecraft and how to learn from mistakes at the same time. Getting

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Small Little Things : a story by: GF Willmetts

The problem with space travel is it takes so long to do. A bit of a problem when people are

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