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Space Kitty Litter
Dear Mom, Dad, and all my brothers and sisters back on Whisker Prime, I hope someone is remembering to sleep in my favorite sunbeam by the eastern window. Don’t let Cousin Marmalade have it. He knows perfectly well it’s mine. Space is much bigger than the old maps said. When I left, Captain insisted we’d…
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Ice Shelf Discovery
The wind screamed across the Antarctic ice shelf like a living thing. Dr. Emily Hart pulled her hood tighter and squinted through the swirling snow. Around her, the six-member research team moved carefully across a vast field of ancient ice. They had come to study unusual seismic readings detected beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, hoping…
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The Machine Part 2
For several weeks after repairing the flaw, life at Madison High returned to normal. At least on the surface. Stacy still attended classes, turned in homework, and tried not to fall asleep during Algebra. But every afternoon, she found herself back in the basement with Mr. Harrison and the machine. The temptation was simply too…
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The Machine Beneath Madison High
Stacy Brown had never intended to become involved in one of the biggest secrets in Madison High School’s history. It started on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. Most students had already gone home, but Stacy stayed behind to finish a history project. While cutting through an old hallway near the boiler room, she heard a metallic…
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The Extra Student
The Extra Student Shelly Robinson had been teaching fifth grade at Oak Hollow Elementary for nearly twenty years. In all that time, she had encountered every imaginable classroom problem: lost homework, surprise fire drills, runaway classroom hamsters, and even a raccoon that somehow wandered into the cafeteria. But she had never encountered an extra student.…
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Talking Cat Mystery
Megan lay on her back, caught in that strange place between sleeping and waking. The house was quiet except for the occasional creak of old wood settling and the soft hum of the ceiling fan turning overhead. She wasn’t quite asleep. But she wasn’t fully awake either. The digital clock beside her bed glowed 2:17…
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Alone for the First Time
Megan woke up before dawn, staring at the faint cracks in the ceiling above her bed. For the first time in years, she was completely alone. Her husband was away on a week-long business trip. Her two college-aged children were visiting friends. Even her golden retriever, Max, was spending a few days at her sister’s…
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Chance Meeting at SSA
Mark Bennett had expected the trip to the Social Security office to be the most boring part of his month. He had misplaced an important document and needed to update some information in person. The waiting room was exactly what he imagined—rows of gray chairs, a television mounted high on the wall playing a muted…
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The Spiderman Showdown
By nine o’clock on a quiet Saturday morning, the town of Madison was already buzzing with rumors. There was only one Spider-Man costume left. Not one style left. Not one size left. One costume. And Halloween was only four days away. Normally, this wouldn’t have been a crisis. Madison had fewer than five thousand residents,…
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Wedding Planner’s Secret
Sarah Whitmore was the most sought-after wedding planner in Atlanta. Her calendar was booked eighteen months in advance. Brides praised her calm demeanor. Grooms admired her organization. Vendors called her a miracle worker. No one knew she hated weddings. Not the flowers. Not the cakes. Not the music. Just the couples. Every time Sarah watched…
