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Third Heaven (One-Shots) – 2 – The Herald
“Welcome to Heaven!” the man on the dock said enthusiastically. He was thin and seemed much taller than he was, and he was impeccably dressed in fancy clothing that was appropriate for a beach. There was a line of attractive muscular men and athletic women in bathing suits along the dock and as the guests…
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The Divine Essence – 8 – The Rise of the Aerphim
from the Manual and Reference of the Fonlands Fonlanders exist throughout universe Prime 5, though the greatest concentration of Fonlanders in Prime 5 is on Earth—this despite the planet Endla of the Soulaxar galaxy, that is home to the planets Druont, Xaxax, and Wiis that are all inhabited by sentient beings. Endla shares the same…
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Blackberry Molasses (Mista) – Shuffle – Playlist 2
The city of Lenoir, North Carolina hosts the Blackberry Festival every year in the month of July. Locally, it is noteworthy and draws large crowds in the thousands over the course of the two-day event. One year, Sarah faced a real conundrum. She lived in Lenoir and looked forward to the festival every year, and…
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Third Heaven (One-Shots) – 1 – The Ferry of Love and Sacrifice
“I can’t believe you got tickets to this thing,” Kel said. He had two colorful drinks and he handed over the one that was full. “I’m really good at my job,” Rose said. They were on the deck of a large ferry where a party was in full swing. The boat was covered in lights…
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The Divine Essence – 7 – A New Angel
After a long shift at the fancy restaurant in Manhattan, New York where she waits tables, serves drinks, and sometimes fills in on the mainstage when the musical act can’t go on, Ariel Baxter’s big eyes are usually half cocked, and her dark brown skin shines with sweat that beads on her forehead and glistens…
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The Divine Essence – 6 – Freedom
An Earther in the Fonlands – 5 As she stood in the lush forest of the disc of Agê, Coffey felt a feeling she had never known before. She felt calm. Before her death, Coffey’s mother, Alita, had taught her how to survive in the world of white men, and the lesson that she had…
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The Divine Essence – 5 – Enter Lêgba
An Earther in the Fonlands – 2 “Tiriq?” Sene asked as she stood with Lofet, Coffey, Tiriq, and an Earther called Zacchaeus who had splashed down in the swamp earlier in the evening and had been telling them about the strange technology that allowed for his travel. Zacchaeus had told them about the Earth that…
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Rebel Max in the 21st and a Half Century (2022 Annual) – Issue 1 –
The Rebel got the name at the end of the 20th Century. Then, the world was familiar. It was human civilization as humans had become accustomed, the realization of thousands of years of evolution both physical and emotional. Technology made the modern day convenient for those with money to afford it, and the great disparities…
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The Divine Essence (2022 Annual) – Issue 1 –
“I can’t believe this stuff you telling me,” Coffey said. She lay on a blade of grass, her wings extended at her back gently wafting in the passing breeze. Lofet also lay on a blade of grass and they both stared up at the sky that was visible through the canopy of the treetops. There…
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The Divine Essence – 4 – For Hive and Swamp
“I can’t do this,” Lofet said as he paced the grass. Sene and a group of Umbatia sat at what seemed to be a large table, but it was made from a mound of Earth. Lofet’s seat, which was a small sprout of grass that Umbatia could encourage to grow in a matter of seconds…