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31 Rescue by The Mage

The story Of an old man and a young woman, an unusual love story
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Age Rating: Older than 17
Tags: Slavery
Downloads: 2781 | Votes: 192 | Score: 7.27
Size: 34KB | 6,764 words | Posted: Concluded:

32 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:

33 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:

34 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: 2428 | Votes: 204 | Score: 7.19
Size: 23KB | 4,552 words | Posted:

35 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: 4170 | Votes: 48 | Score: 7.18
Size: 367KB | 70,268 words | Posted: Concluded:

36 Seed of Doubt by papatoad

An old story that is quite gloomy and has no redeeming features.
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Age Rating: Older than 17
Tags: Romance, Tear Jerker, Aging
Downloads: 1855 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.08
Size: 12KB | 2,454 words | Posted:

37 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: 24515 | Votes: 450 | Score: 7.06
Size: 230KB | 44,305 words | Posted: Concluded:

38 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: 3082 | Votes: 53 | Score: 7.03
Size: 39KB | 7,098 words | Posted: Concluded:

39 The Shoulders of Orion by JOHNNY SACHU

A security scout is sent to a distant planet to investigate a disturbance from its sensors.
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Age Rating: Older than 17
Tags: Science Fiction
Downloads: 2208 | Votes: 179 | Score: 7.02
Size: 30KB | 5,585 words | Posted:

40 Borrowed by Banadin

My wife accused me of hiding her calculator then returning it to its normal spot. I hadn't but the ensuing investigation explained faerie gold.
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Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Science
Downloads: 2838 | Votes: 163 | Score: 6.96
Size: 8KB | 1,747 words | Posted:
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