Category: fiction
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Mask of the Blue Death.
For those of you who do not like stories with morals or unhappy endings, this does not have any of that; promise! There is no advice here for Planet Earth people grappling with a big problem in earth time 2022.
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Chapter 4, Basic Outcome Story
I am getting fond of this project; my fictional universe. I think I will need 6 chapters to cover the ground I want. I will try to get it done by the end of 2022 and see if I can get it published as a book.
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A Very Vaccinating Planet Nearth Story
This is a fictional story. I think fiction is often the best way to explain difficult ideas. The argument here is in the conflict some people find between their idea of civil liberties and the obligation of government to protect public health, especially in response to a pandemic.
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Sacral Man
Welcome to my idea for explaining the problem with whistleblowers. Usually, when people blow the whistle on abuses the abuses continue and the blowers are retaliated against. Also, whistleblowers are often egomaniac attention seekers. The solution to abuse is not to expose it, but to strike it down so it does not rise up.
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Island of the Sirra.
“Take us to your ruler,” said the second legate to the first person they met upon coming ashore. The dirty and emaciated young woman, wearing only a ragged loincloth, her hair hacked short, stared torpidly at him then turned and pointed. The two legates and their party passed by her, and when she saw that […]
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Chapter Three; The Basic Outcome Story
The Basic Outcome Story continues. There is a moderate interest in it. The topics related to a Basic Income, which could be visited in these stories, are increasing. Historic developments in the year 2021 are expanding the scope of discussion about a Universal Basic Income, better called a Guaranteed Living Income. UBI advocates on Planet […]
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Chapter two: The Basic Outcome Story
This is the sequel to the Basic Outcome Story. I have been circulating the first one. Enough people have expressed support for it and urged me to write some more, that I have decided it will be worth doing so. I have become fond of Ruthie and the inhabitants of D zone on Planet Nearth. […]
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Chapter One; The Basic Outcome Story
The Basic Outcome story This is the Basic Outcome story. The idea came to me from people on Basic Income internet discussions talking about the need for people to write short stories about what life would be like if there was a Basic Income. I began thinking about this and when I had thought about […]
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Baaah!
What is the new Sheep Life Enhancement plan ( SHLEP?) In recent years many of our young sheep have become concerned about their personal security. There have been concerns that many shepherds are no longer acting for the long term benefit of their flocks. Due to misguided vegetarianism in recent years there have been a […]
adults in charge 