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Shut It Down
The lookalike glanced up from its tablet as Elon walked in. “Good news,” the lookalike said, “I think we can get humankind on the side of AI and Optimus robots if we keep pushing jobs becoming ‘optional.’ And they loved that roasting people at a party bit.”
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 months ago in Fiction
Symbiotic: Chapter 15
Sara pressed deeper into the Crystal Cavern Mine, her spores drifting outward in a thirty-foot halo of awareness. The main shaft stretched on, littered with broken carts and shattered crates, but now it was alive with danger.
By Canyon Cappola (TheNomad)2 months ago in Fiction
Neferzia
Backstory Blog ~ Neferzia Neferzia is the twin sister of Nefertius, intelligent and skilled siblings of King Arrin of Flarein.
By Mel E. Furnish2 months ago in Fiction
Symbiotic: Chapter 14
The air shifted as Sara crossed the threshold. The black tunnel swallowed her, and the moment her foot touched the stone floor inside. Suddenly The cavern ahead glowed faintly, crystalline veins pulsing in the walls before disappearing into blackness ahead. Then the System’s notifications continued to appear, clear and commanding:
By Canyon Cappola (TheNomad)2 months ago in Fiction
The Museum of a Lost Girls Life. Winner in The Forgotten Room Challenge. Top Story - November 2025.
Marie Wildapple spent the first ten summers of her life in the embrace of Veilwood Valley. She arrived there first in the house of Aunt Gabrielle as a toddler with chocolate smeared cheeks and grass-stained knees, trailing after a mother too young to properly belong to anyone, including her own daughter.
By Imola Tóth2 months ago in Fiction
Non-Humanized: Humans through Non-Human Eyes, Part I.
My human is a sizable being. The extent of their physical constitution is intimately known to me for it is I who makes sure that their blood reaches every single cell in their body.
By Lucia's Imaginaries2 months ago in Fiction
The Dossier
“Not the sharpest tool in the shed, am I?” Billie Eilish handed Elon a folder. “And don’t think about destroying it. It’s just a copy.”
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 months ago in Fiction
Symbiotic: Chapter 13
Sara tried to wrap her head around what was happening, but the incongruity of it all had her truly thrown. *Ping* [Regrowth Location 1 of 3: Life Fields Authorized.]
By Canyon Cappola (TheNomad)2 months ago in Fiction
Great Wishes- Chapter 2
Alenor's phone rang and it was her mother. "Yes, Mother, I will be there soon," she said, hanging up and looking at Nella. "Let's go. You shouldn't stay here–with them around."
By Pockets2 months ago in Fiction
Symbiotic: Chapter 12
Sara rolled back to her feet once she had regained her breath and gathered herself to push on. Behind her, the river was alive with movement. Her [Danger Sense] pulsed faintly, not in direct threat but in awareness as countless water-based creatures were already converging on the territory the now disposed of River Gnashers had left behind. She didn’t need to look back to know what was happening: a new dominance struggle was beginning, predators and scavengers rushing in to claim the territory now left vacant.
By Canyon Cappola (TheNomad)2 months ago in Fiction
Symbiotic: Chapter 11
The river was quiet. Stereotypically too quiet. Her [Danger Sense] told her it was a lie, a soft but constant drumbeat in her head. Something lived there. Something claimed the river as theirs. Something kept a jungle of predators from its waters.
By Canyon Cappola (TheNomad)2 months ago in Fiction
Symbiotic: Chapter 10
Sara leaned against the base of the tree, the mist of spores from her robes glowing faintly in the dim morning light. She had been turning the numbers over in her mind since checking her status, trying to understand why her Mycorrhizal Network felt different, stronger, yet still limited. What determined its growth. Its abilities?
By Canyon Cappola (TheNomad)2 months ago in Fiction