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V. C. Ackerman's avatar

Funny Walk - I thought this was going to be a motivational post, like “if you fall down, get back up again” kind of thing. Then I got to the end 😂

Ever The Cynic - A comic! Cool! Also nice pun.

If I Close My Eyes - Right on. You can’t get anything done if you spend all your time daydreaming.

Transgalactic Consciousness Transfer - My God, the amount of twists in this story! And that ending! I’m curious, is Roosa’s ability to understand humans a nod to old sci-fi stories where aliens just knew how to speak English?

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I am going with the melding of consciousness allowed Roosa to understand Human language.

Thanks, as always, for the review.

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Fawzi Ammache's avatar

Loved the poem 💯

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thank you, Fawzi. 🤓

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Pearl Allard's avatar

Thanks for the entertainment!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

My pleasure, Pearl. Thank you for your comment! 🤓

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Jack Herlocker's avatar

“If I Close My Eyes”: 💚💚💚

The TCT story is good, but you can take the concept further. What if the consciousness of the target is not overwritten, but swapped? “How did I get these tentacles?”

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Mark Starlin's avatar

That is a great idea. You should write it!

I did write one story about a boy and a dog whose consciousness mixed together.

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John K Adams's avatar

Perhaps a little late, but he did learn compassion.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Learning the hard way. Like me. 🤓

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Justin Deming's avatar

Transgalactic Consciousness Transfer is a great story and neat concept. Nicely done, Mark!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Justin. I am not sure where the idea came from. Hopefully someone else didn't do it to me. 🤣

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T Van Santāna's avatar

✌️ Seconded!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, T!

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