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Challenge #00432 - A057: Arachnaphobia

It took a surprisingly long time for the other cogniscients to realise how much /they/ scared the humans too.

Of course, some got the message more quickly than others

Lo-grav worlds are rarer than high-grav ones. For reasons that become quickly obvious the more one learns of physics and biology.

When low-gravity life evolves, it happens in artificial environments.

Which are also targets for scavengers.

The spider-people of H'nuf'ruf learned of humans through such expeditions. They never saw humans as dangerous, and became their chief advocate for the species to join the Galactic Alliance.

It took them centuries to learn that humans were, by and large, terrified of them.

All that time, the H'nuf'ruf thought that screaming was a human greeting ritual.

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Three for "Dangit" Duvi: (#;), ( '{' ) & ( [?]o[?])Ren ([?]-[?] ). Especially interested in that last, considering Sahra's response.

(You read the book! Yays!)

Uncomfortable: “Can’t rightly say off'a the bat. Used'a be I’d get myself in a het about the squirt’s(Sahra’s) tryin'a talk. Reckon seein’ Mama angry is pretty much up thar. Uh. Of all of it, though? I reckon it were gettin’ picked out fer dum-dum duty after that bomb made me deaf. Weren’t pretty ‘nuff for being a pet. Weren’t useful

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Challenge #00431 - A056: One Dark Evening at a Motel of Ill Repute

Dear person checking behind the curtain for serial killers, DO YOU MIND?!? Sincerely, serial killer trying to take a shower”

[AN: That’s practically a story on its own.]

Hannibal shrieked and hid his junk with the shower rose. And both hands. “What the hell, Will?”

“Sorry. It’s this place. It’s like I'm compelled to check the shower curtains for serial killers.”

“Well, there’s just me. Do you

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Challenge #00430 - A055: Ballroom Blitz

Everything was going swimmingly until someone pulled out a disco ball.

“The music’s nice and all, but there’s somethin’ missin’.”

“By now, I dare not ask,” deadpanned Rael. “Just accept that whatever it is is most definitely a bad idea and leave things alone for a change.”

“Aaaahh… What sort'a party would it be wi'out a disco ball?”

*

The answer to that question, especially with Meyahndans sharing

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A gentle reminder that all three of these books are available for download at Smashwords. Please buy the ones you can buy? And pick a price...

A gentle reminder that all three of these books are available for download at Smashwords.

Please buy the ones you can buy? And pick a price for One Year of Instants?

My ability to keep my software running kinda depends on sales. I have this way of killing computers…

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Challenge #00429 - A054: Urgent Call Home

T'reka’s first communications with the others in her colony group/science base/whoever, after being around the humans for a while

“Uh. Trekker?” said Su-syn. “Your… thing making noise.”

T'reka checked it. It was the urgent-summons. And there was no time to get to her base. “I must checking in! No time. Running is too slow! If I fail, they burn continent.”

Su-syn grinned. “Not worries.”

It was called a Horss.

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grellholmes: elsajeni: gunslingerannie: justtkeepcalmm: dean-and-his-pie: fororchestra: musicalmelody: Fun Story: My director kept...

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Fun Story: My director kept telling me and my tenor sax buddy to play softer. No matter what we did, it wasn’t soft enough for him. So getting frustrated, I told my buddy “Dont play this time. Just fake it” 

Our Band Director then informed us we sounded perfect. 

To my readers: “p” means quiet, “pp” means really quiet. I’ve never seen “pppp” before haha.

On the contrast, “f” means loud, and “ffff”

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Challenge #00428 - A053: One Fine Afternoon in the Local Comic Shop

A recent submission to the Hawkeye Initiative involved Wolverine instead:

https://24.media.tumblr.com/3d2615b3cd199b3c78d97b5d9376b96a/tumblr_mzpei7EzOd1rmx3kqo1_500.jpg

So, how did he get into the situation on the right?

[AN: Since the short answer of “Sara did it” is cowardly…]

He had one job. In two parts. Part One: Escort Sara to the comic shop and back. Part Two: Keep them both out of trouble.

And it was going well, so far.

“Uuuugghhhh…”

In

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