Category: Fiction
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“I suppose you could say I’m a people person and… Well, to be honest, I just like to be close to others. It’s comforting. See, I’ve suffered some terrible losses in my life. Just terrible. More terrible than any human being should ever have to endure.”
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I moved closer to one of the windows and pressed a hand against it. When I looked out onto the surface of Pluto, it was somehow no longer Pluto.
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He plotted a path across the highway. As he slowly walked, the rushing machines went right through him as if he wasn’t even there.
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“Seems like it was just yesterday I was sitting on your couch in your super hip Nob Hill pad looking up at the wall and admiring this painting while we got baked to oblivion. Those sure were some good times.”
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“You’re the immigrant,” he snarled in a wild, earthy way. “And I’ll gladly knock you back to Europa.”
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CEREAL AFTER SEX 