“The timed trial has ended. All the contestants are taking a moment to congratulate one another on their effort in the contest. A few of the parents are packing the experiments into display boxes while the judges are convening. This timed contest happens on the same day of the year at the same time every […]
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Chapter 1 Has it occurred to anyone else that society has become a voyeuristic nightmare? What is the first thing most people do in the morning? Grab their phone to check social media, turn on the morning news cast? Both have become Mr. Capro’s routine. Although he, does occasionally break it to spy on the
A Hundred Buttons I heard some shuffling around in Mum’s room so I went to inventagate. There I found her going through her closet pulling out sweaters, skirts, scarves, pants, shorts, leggings, shoes. As each item came out she mumbled something under her breath and threw it in a growing pile on her bed. Lilybunny
Ready Player One, Earnest Cline In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade’s devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world’s digital confines—puzzles that are based on their
“Doug sent me this really cute message the other day, you just got to hear it”, just then Janice’s phone vibrates and chims with a ring tone that clearly only she is amused with. “Oh, speak of the devil” Janice answers the phone with an over exaggerated drawing out of Dougs’ name. She held a
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