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Geron Kees

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  1. Geron Kees

    Chapter 19

    Thank you. I am always happy when you are happy.
  2. Geron Kees

    Chapter 19

    Wasn't me! I run on unleaded!
  3. Geron Kees

    Chapter 19

    Just remember that it was Jem that said that, not me!
  4. Geron Kees

    Chapter 19

    I liked these characters. But, I like all my characters. They get to be like real people to me. Geez. I hope that doesn't mean I need to start paying them!
  5. Geron Kees

    Chapter 19

    Aw. There was no charge for pulling those strings, my friend! Bzzzzzzzzzup!
  6. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    Some of my best friends are the ones that take the most joy in picking on me!
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    Chapter 18

    I hope so, too! Some of the best things in life seem to be old enough to have the term 'vintage' applied to them!
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    Chapter 18

    That was actually a short story by Damon Knight before Serling adapted it for The Twilight Zone. Most of the best sci-fi ideas came from written works long before TV or movies got hold of them! '
  9. The impact never came. There was a further confusion of sound around him, and then Jem became aware of two things: someone had an arm around him from behind, a hand laid upon his chest, pulling him firmly back against their own body, and their other arm was propped upon his opposite shoulder. And there was a silence so deep around him that he could hear others breathing. He opened his eyes. The arm propped upon his shoulder was Nico's and the hand at the end of that arm held a sid
  10. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    I haven't seen an AI yet that could write fiction worth a squat.
  11. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    EIGHTY year-old rose bushes? Is that even LEGAL?
  12. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    I take it you two know each other, and are very fond friends?
  13. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    I don't think they would view us as food. Certainly, not GOOD food, anyway!
  14. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    Stop asking people to help you trim your rose bush, and instead say you have a carnivorous alien plant with spikes on it threatening your home, and just WATCH them show up to help!
  15. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    Actually, it was the most obvious place to make the split!
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    Chapter 18

    Actually, the Compact on the Right to Life mentioned in the story was signed on Earth before the era of star travel, and was carried to the stars with human colonists. One would hope it is so ingrained by Jem's time that nothing will be able to change it. 😄
  17. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    It would be nice if those pills were real, huh? Man, think how a writer could produce if he or she never had to sleep!
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    Chapter 18

    It's a slippery slope!
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    Chapter 18

    I have always thought that those among us willing to go into the most harrowing of situations to help others deserve a special mention. First responders are often the proof we need to justify the fact that we have a right to exist at all.
  20. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    Sigh. You really should be writing stories.
  21. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    If we actually ever meet aliens, how much are we going to have to adjust our thinking in order to get along with them? We may not even be able to imagine. Or, they could think enough like we do that it would be no problem at all. Actually, I hope they would be very different. ONE race that thinks like we do is enough! 😁
  22. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    Guess we'll see!
  23. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    Well, I didn't quite cut it in half. I write in an HTML editor, so that my chapters are ready to post without worrying about any conversion errors gumming up the formatting. As I write, I keep an eye on the file size, and generally try to keep them about uniform. The problem with HTML is that file size is not always a good indicator of word count. Lots of short sentences in a chapter can result in a file the same size as one with many paragraphs, but the word count will be totally different. So it wasn't quite cut in half. The last chapter will be a little shorter.
  24. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    Absolutely.
  25. Geron Kees

    Chapter 18

    I guess one thing you can always expect when you walk among a landscape filled with living things, is that you really need to watch where you put your feet!
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