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Testing Pandora by KaiaSonderby
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In the far future, genetic engineering is used to strip all sapient species of disability. But when humans have a brief fad of natural birth, disabled children start reappearing. They're quickly termed "Pandoras," the value of their very lives brought into question, and laws are put into place to prevent their births from happening ever again. Xandri Corelel is one of these Pandoras, a young autistic woman scorned by her family and fighting to eke out a living on the streets of Wraith. Then she meets Chui Shan Fung, captain of the first contact and refugee ship Carpathia. Captain Chui has been watching her, and knows about the talent for understanding alien species that Xandri has cultivated. She wants Xandri as part of her crew--but first, Xandri must pass a test to see if she'll even fit in. Wary but hopeful, Xandri joins the Carpathia at Psittaca, a newly-discovered planet peopled by parrot-like sapients. Learning to understand this new species is the easy part compared to trusting her new crew mates. As Xandri continues her diplomatic efforts with the Psittacans, it becomes apparent that the Carpathia's crew aren't the only ones to have discovered the planet, but these other visitors don't have good intentions. In order to protect this beautiful new world, Xandri must find it in herself to overcome years of abuse and neglect, and trust in her new crew.
The Twilight Zone In Creation by EmEmWolfie
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Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. ~ Douglas Adams I was warned not to. But I did it anyway. And the outcome was terrible... A young female scientist, fresh out from Oxford, with a PhD. Combine that with greed and a little bit of science... Terrifying. For the Creature Feature competition on Wattpad. Hope you enjoy it!
The Launch by MarkVictorYoung
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Watson Sinclair has only been in New York for a couple of hours and already he's had a small accident in his car involving some distracting cleavage and an inconveniently-placed fruit stand. His best friend JC Dubois is a few blocks away kidnapping the editor of the Royal Features Syndicate. Watson has to pick them up and get back across the Canadian border safely with their prisoner. It didn't have to be this way. Watson and JC always wanted to be cartoonists for the daily papers. Their dreams came true when they received a syndication contract for their comic strip. But then months went by and legendary editor Ray Bennett stopped returning their calls. They were faced with a choice: give up and go back to their day jobs or consider drastic measures to get the job done. Like kidnapping Ray and taking over the launch of the strip themselves. The plan is simple: drive to New York to take Ray and his laptop back to London. Give orders to Ray's prick of an Assistant Editor. Keep Ray quiet and secure, convince his staff that he is working from home, and keep all this from their wives. They've got one week. If they pull this off and execute a successful launch, their dreams are back on track. If they screw it up and get caught, they go to jail. Nothing like a little motivation.
Timesweepers. by AlexHart396
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Jenny is a good kid but when these two men come and kiddnapp her her frends and neice helps to find her Riddeld with twists and turns i will keep you on the ege of you'r seat.
the land thats dying by wallace65
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its about stuff thats going on in the contry.
The Nightmare: ritten by Alex eddited by Sybil wallace. by wallace65
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Nightmare Written by Alex Wallace Edited by Sybil Wallace. chapter1... Ms. Web just moved into a house like this one. Right when she stepped inside the phone started ringing. Her best friend, Chelsea, answered it. "Is webby there?" the man said in a raspy voice. "Yes", chels said. She handed the phone to Ms. Web. "It sounds like your husband", chels said. There was a pause. "Well, yes, if he was raised up from the dead." She put the phone up to her ear, "Hello." "Hello webby, it's me, Bob." chapter2... She dropped the phone. An eerie feeling ran over her.The lights flickered, chels was gone! chapter3... Ms. Web looked all over for her, finally she found her on the bed but somthing was wrong. She was as cold as ice! On her shoe there was a note, it said "Do you like my suprise? Meet me at the hotel on 34th street or the ones you care about will die one by one." chapter4... When she got to the hotel she asked for Bob. The hotel clerk said "We have been expecting you. Right this way." He