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61 To the Royal Academy of Farting by Benjamin Franklin

Franklin wrote this humorous response to a call for scientific papers from the Royal Academy of Brussels while United States ambassador to France around 1781. He was also a respected scientist at the time. It was never sent (so as not to raise a stink) but was included in a letter to a friend.
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Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Humor
Downloads: 904 | Votes: 39 | Score: 7.26
Size: 5KB | 1,001 words | Posted:

62 The Loser by Wendell Jackson

Head of family must solve murders of own members.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Western, Detective
Downloads: 3382 | Votes: 218 | Score: 7.20
Size: 85KB | 16,811 words | Posted:

63 Ophir by JOHNNY SACHU

An android and a human vie for dominance in worlds at war.
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Age Rating: Older than 17
Tags: Science Fiction
Downloads: 899 | Votes: 54 | Score: 7.20
Size: 15KB | 2,756 words | Posted:

64 Feraway by JOHNNY SACHU

Desperate for a job, a small frieghter pilot takes on a passenger that is different beyond her wildest imaginings.
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Age Rating: Older than 17
Tags: Science Fiction
Downloads: 2434 | Votes: 204 | Score: 7.19
Size: 23KB | 4,552 words | Posted:

65 Pondhopper by Scriptorius

Meet Cyril Potts, a Briton working as a private eye in the USA. He gets some strange clients, which is all right because he is a strange investigator. We first encounter Cyril during one of his reveries, but he soon shows that when the need arises, he can lurch into action - in a way.
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Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Crime, Humor, Detective
Downloads: 4171 | Votes: 48 | Score: 7.18
Size: 367KB | 70,268 words | Posted: Concluded:

66 Relatively Related‏ by Pars001

Another stand alone short I did that was written from another story. Not sure how to place it. I hope all enjoy it as well as I did writing it.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Supernatural
Tags: Romance, Drama, Violence, Religion, Detective, Supernatural, Ghosts
Downloads: 568 | Votes: 51 | Score: 7.15
Size: 7KB | 1,419 words | Posted:

67 Ghost by Robert McKay

The world of Darvin Carpenter, a PI in Albuquerque, NM
Darvin Carpenter's first love appears out of the blue, like a ghost from the past.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Romance
Tags: Drama, Detective
Downloads: 3025 | Votes: 249 | Score: 7.11
Size: 26KB | 5,182 words | Posted:

68 Darvin and a Rifle Gun by Robert McKay

The world of Darvin Carpenter, a PI in Albuquerque, NM
In order to dissuade a blackmailer, Darvin Carpenter proves to be a better rifle shot.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Mystery
Tags: Detective
Downloads: 4767 | Votes: 504 | Score: 7.08
Size: 28KB | 5,416 words | Posted:

69 If I Were the Last Man Alive by Number 7

Jamie was a widower living near Orlando, Florida when circumstances resulted in him being the last man alive. Follow along as he struggles to survive and seeks someone, anyone, anywhere...
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Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Romance, Drama, Spiritual, Post Apocalyptic, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 24559 | Votes: 450 | Score: 7.06
Size: 230KB | 44,305 words | Posted: Concluded:

70 Dweedles to Mission Control by Scriptorius

An eleven-part story relating an exchange of messages between a disaffected galactic explorer and an increasingly exasperated staff at home-planet mission control.
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Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Humor, Science Fiction
Downloads: 3087 | Votes: 53 | Score: 7.03
Size: 39KB | 7,098 words | Posted: Concluded:
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