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  • A Moonglow Dance

  • Proverbs for Paranoids 2026

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  • A Dozen Red Roses

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  • Uncertain Peace

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  • Protesters in Minneapolis gather on the spot where Renee Good was killed, holding signs that read, "When these colonies gonna rise up?", "ICE out of MN", "Renee sparkled! Fight for our neighbors". "Fuck ICE", and "ICE is not welcome (with not emphasized in red)".
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    Proverbs for Paranoids 2026

    By Shannon Richards
    February 9, 2026
    “If there is something comforting – religious, if you want – about paranoia, there is still also anti-paranoia, where nothing is connected to anything, ...
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    Heuristic Christmas

    By Shannon Richards
    December 8, 2025
    Needles are falling, the tree skirt’s plain fabric, The bulbs are all scratched up and losing their magic, Only three-fifths of the light strands ...
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    The Witch’s Task

    By Shannon Richards
    November 10, 2025
    “Yes, Master.” I choke out the words to relieve the pressure on my throat. Finally, Kaelthar releases me. I stumble back, gasping for air. ...
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    The Master’s Decree

    By Shannon Richards
    October 6, 2025
    Screaming pierces my eardrums. The door slams, and suddenly, we’re all capable of calling light to the tips of our fingers. In the crackling glow, panic flares in Tyrak’s eyes ...
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    The Sorcerer’s Flock

    By Shannon Richards
    September 8, 2025
    Nobody questions how the Sorcerer Kaelthar grows the most potent herbs in Anacaris, but an hour into tilling his garden, I discover the bones. ...
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    Ultimate Birthday

    By Shannon Richards
    August 11, 2025
    Round the sun I go, turning forty-two, Ultimate Answer to life, the universe, And everything echoing through and through, Withholding its wisdom like it’s ...
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  • A star-shaped space station with a spherical hub at the center floats in a pastel nebula
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    Love and War

    By Shannon Richards
    July 14, 2025
    Luna fussed with her hair for the hundredth time. The pair of diminutive silver barrettes she’d snagged at Al’s Emporium functioned to hold the ...
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  • A star-shaped space station with a spherical hub at the center floats in a pastel nebula
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    Cold, Hard Facts

    By Shannon Richards
    June 9, 2025
    Luna paced the deck in her quarters until the hunter-green carpet turned a dusty shade of moss. The argument with Astor flickered in her ...
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  • A star-shaped space station with a spherical hub at the center floats in a pastel nebula
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    Race Toward the Truth

    By Shannon Richards
    May 19, 2025
    Despite the look on Wesic’s face when Luna tossed his ship, building a case against him would be harder than making him jump at ...
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  • A star-shaped space station with a spherical hub at the center floats in a pastel nebula
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    The Search for Evidence

    By Shannon Richards
    April 14, 2025
    Even with Astor’s head on her shoulder and her fingers tracing post-coital patterns along her side, Luna couldn’t get Dunnagan’s stupid expression out of ...
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