He was almost done with the last batch of dried berries. He topped off each bag with extra dried blueberries. Those were finally starting to produce well, so he could be more generous with them.

Paul’s eyes slowly opened and he saw the dull lights of his led alarm clock. 03:32. He’d set the alarm for four o’clock. It was too late to go back to sleep now. He washed up, put on his work clothes, and went out to get his boat ready.

Kenzie was far too beautiful to transition to a man. Exceptions were sometimes made, but they came with the consequence of being looked down on by the industry.

Did you know that the ancients believed that the angels move the planets?” Nick turned to the man next to him and gave a bemused look. His friend and shipmate Tycho had always been an eccentric one.

David kept six chickens in a coop and run in his backyard. They were just about as normal chickens as could be, that is, until last Sunday.

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