Spark Bird
Stories about birds and the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change.
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Swim Towards the Shark
In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?
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Humans encounter non-human intelligences of various kinds and try to make sense of them.
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