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Robot Short Story: “The Cat’s Apprentice”

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Earl Hatsby

In support of my new robot fiction piece, “Humanesque,” available on Amazon for the bank-breaking price of .99 cents, I figure I’ll treat my readers to a section of a section of one of my other robot short stories called “The … Continue reading →

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Funny Spy Fiction: “Get Highpants – Part 3”

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Earl Hatsby

When we last left our hero, the elderly, ocassionally-senile secret agent Edgar Plome (ret.), he was busy preparing his home for the arrival of a death squad tasked with his extermination. Let’s see how said Death Squad fares against his wacky … Continue reading →

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Saturday Stories: “Inch By Inch” Part 5

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Earl Hatsby

3D Printer Fiction: Inch By Inch (Part 5) The whiteness and the blue popping things, which he knew, even in his emergency defcon 5 starvation state, were only a result of high starve-factor mixed with hotness, got worse and worse … Continue reading →

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3D Printer Fiction: “Inch By Inch” Part 4

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Earl Hatsby

Inch By Inch (Part 4) As he crawled he saw little blue popping stars and everything seemed too white. It made him think of the scenes in movies when dudes die and go to heaven and try to talk God … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: “How the Sai Island Seahorses Happened”

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Earl Hatsby

Flash Fiction: “How the Sai Island Seahorses Happened” The ninjas knew to neutralize the horses. They crabbed and they crawled. They flipped and they flopped. They were like a sloppy twisty blur of fat, tri-toed ninja shoes bouncing in the … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: “Get Highpants – Part 2”

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Earl Hatsby

Things were going poorly. Very poorly. Damn old man brain! Old man hands! Why was this taking so long? Agent Edgar Plome (ret.) was busy with fishing line, making it so the shotgun fired when somebody came in through the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Stories: “Get Highpants”

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Earl Hatsby

The agency had a special alert system that could tell via sub cranial brain-chip when any of the retired agents were about to start going senile. And then of course Headquarters would send in a squad of fresh young agents … Continue reading →

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Saturday Stories: “Duck Lake”

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Earl Hatsby

Dr. Putnam wondered, If she was really a witch how could she have died? Or how could she have stayed dead? Or, even more-so, how could she still be staying dead even as we speak? Just from a little water in her … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: “Futuresmell”

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Earl Hatsby

Futuresmell (Farmyard part 2) Past the distant treeline Malamute saw the cranes swinging big tubes of metal. But his pedestrian eyes were only good for initial, vague impressions. It was his snout that would tell him what he wanted to … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: “Brain Polaroids”

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Earl Hatsby

Brain Polaroids (Crazy Moths IV) The boy Sky woke and there was crust in his eyes that kept the lids together, which was good, because otherwise he would have seen the moth on the headrest. Not a moment too soon—right … Continue reading →

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