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Words Lie Within: ESCAPE FUNCTION

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Mandelbrot Set by Wolfgang Beyer. By Michael J Watkins. Pierre had reached the Islands, again. The beach seemed to be white sand, ground infinitely fine and marked by fading footprints. The ocean was a multitude of tones, although he knew his surroundings were as much a product of his interpretation as they were an objective representation of the environment. Pierre," he said, unsurprised. "I should have expected you.". How long has it been? Fatou shrugged. "Perhaps a month, this time.". You have asked m...

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Words Lie Within: DARK FLOW

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The following story contains elements which some readers may find upsetting. By Michael J Watkins. A sense of monstrous guilt was upon the land, and out of the abysses between the stars swept chill currents that made men shiver in dark and lonely places. Howard Phillips Lovecraft, "Nyarlathotep". Charles Seabrook," I said, offering my hand. His palm was greasy, but his grip was firm. M'lord," he replied, and that was as much as I got out of the man all day. Evidently my ancestors had an affinity with the...

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Words Lie Within: EMPIRE

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By Michael J Watkins. We were nearly a kilometer from the LEM when I saw the ships. On the edge of the Ocean of Storms, just northwest of the Moon's center, you'll see a white point. Bright rays streak across the dark sea. The white point is the crater Copernicus, and the rays are ejecta. The impact that formed Copernicus sent debris flying eight hundred kilometers across the face of the Moon. Oh, I thought. We gathered our samples, and drove back to the LEM. A brilliant point sailed overhead, our Ap...

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Words Lie Within: Appendix

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The following provide various thematic inspirations for Enjoy Such Liberty. To Althea from Prison. When love with unconfined wings. Hovers within my gates,. And my divine Althea brings. To whisper at the grates;. When I lie tangled in her hair,. And fettered to her eye,. The birds that wanton in the air. Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round. With no allaying Thames,. Our careless heads with roses bound,. Our hearts with loyal flames;. When thirsty grief in wine we steep,. Straight fr...

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Words Lie Within: Notes

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The last paragraph of Even After The End There Are Still Good Days. Occurred to me while walking the dog one evening, and I wrote it this unpleasant little tale the following morning. Is a double drabble. Inspired by the photograph in this post. On io9 by Little Dragon. At some point during Sol's red giant phase, Pluto should experience Earthlike temperatures. For a world, a few hundred million years of warmth is only the blink of an eye. In this ficlet, it's long enough. Who was imprisoned numerous time...

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Words Lie Within: EARTHLIGHT

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By Michael J Watkins. It is an hour before dawn, and the desert air is bitterly cold. The device is barely visible in the distance. It hangs from a skeletal metal tower and its vast energies are still contained, for now. Saul Hoffman lights another cigarette and looks at his watch. It is inappropriate to be bored,. So much depends on this single moment. So much depends on us. Thinks Saul, aghast. In the driver's seat of the truck, Feynman is grinning like a thief, his eyes streaming. Oppenheimer stan...

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Words Lie Within: EVEN AFTER THE END THERE ARE STILL GOOD DAYS

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EVEN AFTER THE END THERE ARE STILL GOOD DAYS. The following story contains elements which some readers may find upsetting. EVEN AFTER THE END THERE ARE STILL GOOD DAYS. By Michael J Watkins. In spring I take my son to see the city. The winter was bad this year. Many of us died including my father. My mother doesn't come up with us anymore. Once she loved the spring. Why do the buildings fall down? They need people to look after them. And there are no more people? Can we look after them? A type of bird.

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Words Lie Within: SIRIUS

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By Michael J Watkins. Astrophysical Implications of Gravitational Stress-Energy-Spin-Momentum Coupling in Torsional Kerr-Hoffman Metrics (Landry, S; Jokai, Alexander; Hoffman, Leigh; Bondra, Marian; Petrovics, A J) Phys Rev D1 Vol 94 Issue 3. Leigh, where do you want to be when it happens? Here with you.". Jack, where do you want to be? I don't know. Watching the sun rise.". We know the time down to the second. We could watch it happen.". It'd be quite something.". Yes Yes it would.". She watched the wor...