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The New Transfer Protocol: A Story of the BRIDGE CHRONICLES

by Gary Ballard

April 12, 20286:32 p.m.The beetle-like black shell of the custom-pimped GlobalNet crèche split open down the middle to reveal a shriveled figure barely recognizable as human. The wizened humanoid slid forward out of a silk padded interior that eerily reminded Artemis Bridge of a coffin. Normally the crèche would be filled with a saline solution that aided the sensory deprivation required to jack ...

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My Eyes Fall Gently Shut

by Emmett Spain

It’s strange the things you think about in the end. I know the odds of survival for a young man in my position are considered to be quite high. The odds for a man my age? Considerably lower. Somewhere in the area of one in one million, I imagine. I can’t help but picture one million men—all decked out in the same preposterously bulky suits—stretched out alongside me, trailing out for mile...

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