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Science Fiction / Short story: In the future there is the City. A hedonistic world where humankind's every whim and need is catered for by the Mind, the super computer that controls every aspect of day to day life. The human mind is a far more complex thing than even the Mind can anticipate though. What happens when the human mind evolves to a point far beyond what is considered 'normal'? What happens if the elements themselves are bent to the whim of one man who has lost everything he cares for? Love. Logic. Reality. Which is more real?…

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A steampunk short set in an alternative London. The Tower: a rock around which swirls a broken Empire, where Cloud Pirates rules the skies in their cloudships and power is all. Lead by Tower Commander Denalta, can Trooper Seth and his fellow Guards survive, and will the weapons supplied by the enigmatic Raven give them the edge over Captain Pincer and his pirates? Will the last bastion of law and order survive the chaos? Will the Tower survive or crumble?…

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Facial Hair Confuses Babies. One of a number of random observations from an unprepared, unreliable and neurodiverse parent. This ...er... thingy, diatribe, publication, list, call it what you will is a collection of odd thoughts, random observations and general rubbish from the sleep deprived and generally caffeine-infused brain of a slightly frazzled parent. As with most parents, I'm still growing up alongside my kids and have realised that often they're probably more mature than I am. More intelligent too. Make of it what you will... a paper aeroplane seems like a good idea.... fold here...…

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Romance / SciFi / Short Story - The Blush, something that happens to Peter Webb every time he meets a girl, but particularly Helen next door. Will she ever take him seriously, or will something unexpected come between them? A short romance with a little SF twist...…

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Science Fiction / Alternative History - His life's work complete, Dr Marvin Ledbetter leaves the known universe and journeys backwards through time. But where would you go, what would you want to see? Dinosaurs? Elvis? Who killed JFK? What would happen if your time machine went wrong and started doing things that you thought were impossible?…

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(Humour) A parody of a rather well known magician's school life. Will Baldymort triumph at last? Not if the rubber chicken has anything to do with it. Pull my finger...A Harry Potter parody FanFic…

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(Sci Fi / Alternative History ) Lieutenant John Anderson, the last and only hope for a planet torn apart by war. Will he triumph against the might of eastern forces subsumed by an alien race, or will he remain a prisoner of the CIA and American Military? The tide of battle is changing... Finalist in the 2011 SciFi Short Story SmackdownAn alternative history / superhero short story for the final round of the SciFi Short Story smackdown being run by ForbiddenPlanet.…

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A spacewestern short story. All Marek wants is a quiet life in his saloon, but a cocktail of cyborg, drunken criminal lord, the local Sheriff and a few of the Dalton clan turns out to be a volatile mix...A spacewestern based on four photos for ForbiddenPlanet's SciFi Short Story Smackdown. Round 3 - Spacewestern.…

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A steampunk short. The age old battle between the Sky Pirates and the Troglodytes comes to a head. Can Talen and Marn finally end the war or will steamtanks, titanic squid and wheeled warriors merely prolong the battle?A steampunk novel based on four photos for ForbiddenPlanet's SciFi Short Story Smackdown. Round 2 - Steampunk.…

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The Planet Asimov. Utopia? Experiment? Hell... Asimov: home to a lone survivor and the mutated remnants of what were once the colonists. Light years from a distant Earth, all Adam can do is try to survive as his world changes around him. Messages asking for help will take decades to reach human ears, and all Adam can do is try to survive. A lone voice, the one remnant of a distant Earth echoes in the lonely depths of space...…

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Random poetry and the occasional drabble or dribble of other short random thought from the depths my somewhat bemused brain, or possibly Brian if the schizophrenic misspelt pseudo entity that lives up there is up to his old tricks... poems from the Tardis like halls of my head. No genre is safe...…

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The innocent are often the first to suffer in the face of evil. There is good however in unexpected places, but the consequences of another's actions will haunt the memories of an entire generation...…

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(Thriller) Sometimes the mundanity of life can leave you wondering about your sanity. The Wheels on the Bus go round and round, The Thoughts in my head should not be found.... is this one trip too many?…

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So, what's a Wattpad Wednesday? Well, the idea is to to get folk writing again, or challenging themselves to do something a little different perhaps. Some folk write long stories, some folk short. Some folk do poetry or drabbles, or simply don't write at all. But why not try and do something different, or simply jot down and idea? There's no wrong way to get involved in this, it's a movement, an idea if you will and the only thing that can happen is that you write something down. There is no such thing as a bad idea or a bad piece of writing on Wattpad Wednesday. Try it! Write it, tag it, post it! #Wattpadwednesday, join in and try something different…