The Sprawl: Speculative Fiction

The Sprawl: Speculative Fiction

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There Has to be More
The containment walls were fifty feet high and made from poured concrete reinforced by a network of interior steel webbing.
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The Blue Smoke
I first saw the blue smoke when I was seven years old.
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Much Too Fast
Borlan’s favorite light slanted across the rocklan priests and made their runes glow.
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Observation Impedes Change
The shuttle rumbles as it enters the atmosphere and I feel under dressed.
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You Don't Need Me Anymore
“This place is going to blow your mind.” I squeezed Bell’s hand as we walked along a rain-choked sidewalk past rundown shops and restaurants.
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Slake
The few people standing nearby looked bored as the attendant strapped the glyph box onto my forearm.
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The Other Coast
Pots bubbled on the stove.
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The First Hunt
Ster rode out from the mountain palace at the head of a twelve-man hunting party.
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When the Windows Showed
I pass the boarded-over window on the way to the office every morning and stop to peek through the slats.
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Layer Beneath the Underlayer
Jain left his pregnant wife behind to go scavenging in the sewers beneath Verash.
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There's No Such Thing As Ghosts
Kater believed in ghosts.
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Even Magic Has A Price
Every kid in the village is a frog catcher.
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