Michael Scott Shappe - Mikey's Microfiction (Page 3)

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[Newer York, 248AS] And now, the news...

The headlines back on Earth at a time roughly equivalent to 248 After Starfall in the Newer York timeline...

Newer York Featured

[Newer York, 410AS] Overheard in Newer York 2: Coffee

A relatively new arrival from Earth learns some unexpected things about his new home.

metawriting

[Metawriting] Backstory day

#amwriting Much as I want to write something to post, I think today maybe another backstory/organizing day. This entire project is predicated on freewriting, but I've reached a point where I need to keep track of characters and get a handle on what they think their history

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Newer York Featured

[Newer York, 523AS] And you know it don't come easy

Another crisis. Another meeting. But there are more surprises in the room than outside it. #amwriting

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[Newer York, 523AS] I don't ask for much, I only want trust

It was already a headache kind of day. Then she read her mail...

thanan Featured

[Thanan] 4. Three impossible things before breakfast.

In which we learn something of the peril that caused Irinan to be summoned.

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[Newer York, 247AS] Planning for guests

A day after the Earth ship Lewis and Clark made contact with Newer York, the leaders of the Community meet to decide what to do about it...

Newer York

[Newer York, 3AS] Be it ever so humble...

Two years after Starfall, the community that would become Newer York experienced a rebellion that led to the the death of their last Rebbe, and the exile of thirty-one of the rebels. This story explores their side of the argument, on the day they began their exile.

space opera Featured

[Newer York, 523AS] I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning...

A long interview later, Anna is assigned to quarters, and makes a friend along the way. Hey, a new life has to start somewhere...

fantasy Featured

[Thanan] 3. Bad news, good news

In which we meet the people who sent the summons Irinan feels so compelled to answer...

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[Newer York, 250AS] Overheard in Newer York 1: Antelope

A snippet of conversation between two children living on a space station...

space opera

[Newer York, 523AS] People are strange when you're a stranger...

Faces. So many faces. So many different faces. That was the endless loop in Anna's head for probably the first fifteen minutes of her wait in the immigration queue.

fantasy Featured

[Thanan] 2. Not without me, you don't!

Having determined to answer the summons she received, Irinan discovers one of her other charges is not prepared to let her go alone...

space opera Featured

[Newer York, 247AS] Won't you be my neighbor?

Does it still qualify as a lost colony if nobody was looking for it?...

space opera Featured

[Newer York, 153AS] Why is this shift-cycle different from other shift-cycles?

A new community circling a new star would eventually have new traditions and even add new holidays, based on events relevant to their community...

fantasy Featured

[Thanan] 1. And here, I'd hoped they'd lost my address..

In which a young girl demonstrates an unusual use for imaginary friends, and her guardian receives an unwelcome correspondence...

space opera Featured

[Newer York, Starfall] Chop wood. Carry water. Kvetch.

"We are not required to finish the work; neither are we permitted to desist from it! Also, we can complain about it." -- Ethics of the Fathers

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I mean, Clarke warned us...

Inspired by a comment from a friend, a little story about why you might not want every subsystem controlled by a genuine Artificial Personality...