Miles to Go Before I Scream

Miles to Go Before I Scream

Short Fuses

There’s Something Wrong With Me
They reached out every day for eleven days. Logged it. The responses never came. A new story from Miles Carnegie on what it costs to feel unreal.
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Short Fuses: Pretense
Dead birds on the courthouse steps. Her manager says 'alignment brings clarity.' Her face won't stop smiling. She is still typing. The file uploads keep…
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Short Fuses: The Slick Ones
It felt like an inner wrist. Then it opened its eyes. A short story about the things that come back after the rain.
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Short Fuses: OK, Boomer
Arthur's mother is thriving at Tranquilion. She thinks it's 1955. She thinks her son is in college. The AI optimized him out. His sister signed the…
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Short Fuses: How Big is God's Dick?
One sub-harmonic. One uninvited inspector. One question that liquefies two people. The universe has paperwork. You're not cleared for the numbers.
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Scooter's Mom Isn't Herself
The soup had no lumps. She stopped humming. She got his birthday cake wrong. Scotty is eight years old and already knows. He just can't say it out loud.
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Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
"It's just logistics, man." Discover the haunting reality of a world where human remains are inventory and a missing patella is just a…
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The Only Good Humans…
What happens when humanity is just a tax write-off? Follow a tired alien guard dealing with dead specimens, dry rye sandwiches, and a very literal human…
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Fourth Meal
The purple glow is hungry. When Dave skips the line, the employees don't just get mad—they get fast. A tech-horror strategist's take on the midnight…
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Spoiling Meat
The rebar is pitted. The bleach is gone. The dead aren't even hungry anymore; they're just waiting for the world to finish dissolving. Read "Spoiling…
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A Study of Evil
You think you’re the doctor. You think you’re in control. But in this room, reality is pilled fleece and medical tape. Discover the twist in "A Study Of…
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The Scissor Runners
Everyone in town checks their locks three times. It's a habit that's outlived its explanation—until the snip-snip starts following you home in the dark.
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