The letter made its instructions clear. Parents are to drop their children off at X location at Y time, in order to make Z as easy as possible for all of ϴ. “You should consider yourself very lucky,” they said. “We pulled a lot of strings to get you into this high school, and you… Continue reading Admissions
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Although her girlfriend was about to break up with her, Nancy smiled over the table. As long as they could maintain this expression, everything would be fine. “I really like what you’ve done with your hair tonight,” she said. “Thanks, I like yours, too.” The resulting silence prompted them both to take sips of wine.… Continue reading Mirror
Agreeable
As he sank to his knee, she felt sickness take over the rest of her personality. She’d known this was coming, as he had been giving hints all week. She’d hoped hers had been even less subtle, but he had gone on using future tenses, musing what their child would look like. He had asked… Continue reading Agreeable
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By the time she regained consciousness, she was already dead. She was sure of it. The transfer seemed to be a success, and as they had explained, the old mind would die as its last synapses copied over. Now she was new. She thought through her name, the date, the president, all of the amnesiac… Continue reading Edit
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