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The War Begins

Posted on February 12, 2015April 2, 2015 by Leon de la Garza

I came here for the first time 55 years ago. They were extroardinary times. An Earth-like planet had beed discovered and my team and I were sent to explore it. I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my days. Crossing the strange jungles, examining the new species, bathing in the rivers and the…

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Baby Powder

Posted on February 12, 2015April 2, 2015 by Leon de la Garza

You know what everyone has? Babies. Yeah, that’s something the rich can’t take from the rest. Everyone has the right to have a family, to have kids and raise them, to see them grow, to love… I don’t know how it came to this, but I’m sure it had something to do with creating a…

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The Ghosts of Jonestown

Posted on January 27, 2015April 2, 2015 by Leon de la Garza

Jonestown is a place that existed between the city of Helena and the gold mine. I’ve worked at the mine for several years, and sometimes, when I feel I need to clear my head, or think about the things that happen in my life, I walk. It’s a good walk, a good distance from my…

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The Day of the Dead

Posted on January 26, 2015April 30, 2023 by Leon de la Garza

At the top of one of the several hundred blue mountains that rose from the ground in that distant planet, under a night of stars and dreams, above a sleeping city, a conversation began to take place. “Do you know what day it is?” A man of silver skin and shining eyes asked without turning….

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The Stars Are Gone

Posted on January 22, 2015April 2, 2015 by Leon de la Garza

We sailed away many days ago. It’s strange because sometimes I forget what I did the day before, or sometimes I forget why I walked into a room. The everyday memories of our travels are fleeting. Our actions routinary, but I will never forget the day we left, no matter how far away that day…

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The Tale of the Storm

Posted on January 19, 2015October 6, 2015 by Leon de la Garza

Do you see our white skin? It’s not the color we are born with. It’s a color that’s given to us. Once the young ones shed their birth color, they are ready for the hunt. So you want to hear the tale? Is this why you’re here? They tell me you came from the sky,…

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The Whistling

Posted on January 12, 2015May 8, 2017 by Leon de la Garza

Somewhere inside the large desert that was Earth, under a full moon and a clear sky, the last man watched the stars from inside his small home through a broken window. Sometimes he would count them, sometimes he would stare at a specific few and follow them across the darkness until he fell asleep; And…

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Going Away

Posted on September 28, 2014April 2, 2015 by Leon de la Garza

In the darkness of her bedroom, she sat. Listening to the voice of the man on the other end, listening to the voice she had known for many years, saying what people say when they don’t know how to say goodbye. “What will you remember? You know… about us… What will you think of when…

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The Singing Tower of Mystery

Posted on August 26, 2014May 8, 2017 by Leon de la Garza

  In a distant planet of a distant stellar system, under the dimming light of an orange star, a man stood silent, staring at his fallen ship. He didn’t know what had happened, he didn’t know how he had ended up in that alien planet, with his fate almost sealed, with his crew dead and…

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Ruben Malvarma, The Galactic Penguin

Posted on August 5, 2014October 6, 2015 by Leon de la Garza

  Darkness engulfed Earth. Acid and ash rained over the continents. The wind screamed as it passed through the cracks and the holes and the windows of the decaying cities. A sad melody rang over its atmosphere reaching every corner of the world to remind its non-existent inhabitants of the death they had endured. A…

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