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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Published: 2025-09-19. 51,956 Words.

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Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a future where death is obsolete and wealth is reputation, a man lives in a utopian Disney World run by rival ad-hocracies. When a sinister plot threatens his cherished role in the park’s operations, he navigates betrayals and digital intrigue. This vibrant sci-fi tale probes identity, loyalty, and the cost of immortality in a world where dreams are coded and power is a vote.

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Makers

Published: 2024-09-19. 185,185 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a near-future world driven by innovation and technology, inventors push the boundaries of creation, sparking breakthroughs, rivalries, and unexpected consequences. Ambition, creativity, and ethical dilemmas collide as new ideas reshape society and challenge what it means to build, profit, and survive.

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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

Published: 2024-09-19. 116,758 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Urban

In a city where the ordinary collides with the strange, a mysterious man discovers hidden truths about his world—and himself. Magic, humor, and danger intertwine as secrets unravel, leading to a surreal journey through identity, belonging, and the extraordinary lurking beneath the everyday.

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Little Brother

Published: 2024-09-19. 119,612 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen

In a near-future city, a tech-savvy teenager becomes a target of government surveillance after a major attack. Using ingenuity, digital skills, and courage, he fights to reclaim freedom, challenge authority, and expose corruption in this gripping tale of resistance and empowerment.

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Super Man and the Bug Out

Published: 2024-09-19. 10,947 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A daring adventure unfolds as a young hero faces unexpected threats in a high-tech world. With wit, courage, and quick thinking, he navigates danger, uncovers secrets, and discovers the power—and responsibility—of extraordinary abilities in a modern landscape of intrigue.

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Home Again, Home Again

Published: 2024-09-19. 13,303 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A heartfelt story of return and rediscovery follows a character navigating the challenges of homecoming. Amid personal growth, unexpected connections, and the search for belonging, it explores family, identity, and the meaning of “home” in a changing world.

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Return to Pleasure Island

Published: 2024-09-19. 11,217 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

This story follows a group of children who revisit an amusement park or “Pleasure Island”, a place filled with wonder, technology, and peril.

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Eastern Standard Tribe

Published: 2024-09-19. 53,217 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a future split by time-zone tribes, a sharp consultant for the Eastern Standard Tribe spies in London, trading secrets to outwit rivals. Betrayed by his lover and colleague, he’s framed as mad and confined in an asylum. This witty sci-fi satire probes loyalty, identity, and tech’s divisive chaos, exposing the clash of tribal bonds and personal desires.

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Shadow of the Mothaship

Published: 2024-09-19. 11,117 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

The story follows a spacefaring adventure in which humans encounter remnants of a vast, ancient alien civilization.

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Craphound

Published: 2024-09-19. 9,724 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a near-future world, a scruffy collector and his alien pal hunt garage sales for quirky treasures like old cowboy trunks. Their thrilling bids spark cash and tension, as human nostalgia clashes with alien detachment. This witty sci-fi tale explores junk-hunting’s thrill and the ache of lost memories, probing what makes objects priceless in a universe of odd desires.

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A Place So Foreign

Published: 2024-09-19. 20,972 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A young boy in 1970s America is whisked to a futuristic world of time travel and alien tech when his inventor father vanishes. Navigating a dazzling, disorienting society, he uncovers secrets tying his family to cosmic conspiracies. This vibrant sci-fi tale blends wonder, rebellion, and the quest for belonging

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