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The AC was turned off by who?
That June night's stifling heat was intolerable. Rose shifted and turned in her bed, urgently searching for a cool place on the covers as sweat dripped down her back. Nestled on the outskirts of the city, her little apartment had always been a haven of comfort. But tonight there was something different. There felt to be something awry.
By Jason “Jay” Benskinabout a year ago in Fiction
The Fisherman and the Bora
The Bora wind was more than simply a natural occurrence in Senj, Croatia; it was a myth that influenced the town's residents' way of life. The inhabitants of the town prepared themselves each winter for the advent of the Bora, a strong, freezing wind that might sweep down from the mountains with such force that it could uproot trees, overturn boats, and cause the Adriatic Sea to churn into a frothing brew of whitecaps.
By Jason “Jay” Benskinabout a year ago in Fiction
The Red Frontier
Once upon a time, on the dusty, red plains of Mars, lived a little colony tucked away in a future where humans had stretched for the sky. The colonists lived in domes shielding them from the hostile surroundings; the air was thin; the sky was always burned orange. Living peacefully on this new frontier, they flourished on the gifts of sophisticated technology, growing food in hydroponics farms and using solar electricity.
By Jason “Jay” Benskinabout a year ago in Fiction
