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Once upon a time, there lived a poor alchemist. Alchemists are always poor unless they could convince a rich man to pay them for the promise of
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This story originally appeared in the Superhero Monster Hunter Anthology Today I would kill the demon, or he would kill me; but one of
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Megan flipped through glossy gossip magazine pages as the TV buzzed inanities behind her. She really should have unsubscribed from
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This story originally appeared in the Fall 2014 edition of Blight Digest. Mary took the disinfectant wipe from the smiling server with a reflexive
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(This Article first Appeared in the December 2375 issue of Mad Science Monthly and is reprinted with permission. Mad Science Monthly accepts no
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March 22, 2009
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The hairs on the back of Travis’ neck stood on end. He listened. He waited. He fidgeted about, hopped from foot to foot the black plastic