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The Game of Reason

January 24, 2019 by N. A. Turner

After the male God Vivantes has created the universe, his wife Ustratia - the other God - proposes to bring a spark to their new found retirement. She wants to create a life form.

Using the elements created by her husband, Ustratia gives birth to mankind. To pass the time, the Godly couple decides to make a game out of Ustratia’s creation. Battling each other with vices and virtues we follow the Gods playing a dangerous game. Through the millennia they manipulate the poor humans to do their bidding all for their own personal gain of winning.

What’s the purpose of it all? Why do the humans exist? Are they able to withstand the powerful moves made by the gods and find out the meaning of life?

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January 24, 2019 /N. A. Turner
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The Christmas Refuge

December 11, 2018 by N. A. Turner

Christmas Special!

On a fortnight before Christmas, young Alyssa sat in her room and looked at a sad little girl who recently moved to Alyssa's town. The girl and her family had fled their country and where recently housed opposite Alyssa's house, in the old school building. Alyssa decided to change her Christmas wish list and instead wish for the girl and her family across the street to have a happy Christmas.

Alyssa's brother Steve overheard his sister's wish and decided to tell his parents. Together with other kind hearted people in the community, they set out to make Alyssa's Christmas wish come true.

But not all people in the neighborhood wanted Alyssa's wish to come true and would do anything to prevent it from becoming a reality. Would the Smith family be able to pull off a Christmas miracle?

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December 11, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The First Ring Bearers - Part 2

November 22, 2018 by N. A. Turner

In part 2, we will finally learn what happens to Cartius and the Ring Bearers. What did Sigurd do to Ishiguro?

Cartius forged seven rings of power. Together with his first pupil Sigurd, he sought to find six more Ring Bearers, one in every continent.

Now that he has found them and Sigurd fell prey to seek more power, Cartius and his Ring Bearers must face evil while still forming a magical society. Will they be able to stop Sigurd on his quest to dominate the human species? Will they be able to build a working magical system for the benefit of all people?

Envy brews and tensions rise until an ultimate fight.

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November 22, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The First Ring Bearers - Part 1

October 23, 2018 by N. A. Turner

A long, long time ago, at the foot of the mountains of a remote island, Cartius saw colored lights coming from a cave. Guided by his curiosity, he finds seven glimmering gemstones. He returns to his shed with a carving from each and forges a magical ring. Overwhelmed by its power, he decides to create more rings so he can share his abilities for a better world.

We follow Cartius on an adventure throughout all continents in his quest to find fellow Ring Bearers. He finds different cultures and interesting companions on the way. Will he find the right people to built his magical community?

Cartius’s first pupil, Sigurd grows ever more envious of all the newcomers. Will he accept his fellow Ring Bearers or will he succumb to the trap that lies in having power? Envy brews and tensions rise until an ultimate fight.

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October 23, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Gluttonous Gamble

September 20, 2018 by N. A. Turner

Sometime in the 1850s, Lord Edward Hogarth joins four other rich men for a night of gambling.

Their host is the extremely wealthy Mr. Blithely, who spends his life wasting his wife’s money and winning it back by playing cards.

What follows is a night of scandalous and gluttonous behavior of five aristocratic men. Oblivious to other people’s feelings, these ill-mannered simpletons waste their lives by gambling. Until the night reaches an inevitable crescendo that puts the world of Edward and Mr. Blithely in perspective.

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September 20, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The First Settlement

August 23, 2018 by N. A. Turner

This is Part 2 of another story, we follow the events of The Earth’s End.

It’s 2062 and Malcolm and his family live on Mars. On the night before his twelfth birthday, he asks his father to finally tell him the story as to how they had to leave Earth and build a life on Mars. 

Both his mom and dad tell him a haunting tale about what had made them leave their former planet. Slowly, a totalitarian state came to power, suppressing the people. An assembly known as The Quartet had terrorized and decimated the Earth’s population.

Suddenly, Mars City is hit by what seemed like a quake. Except it was another ship that roughly landed in Town Square. On the ship was the head of The Quartet, Maximilian Redfield. What is Redfield up to? And how has the Mars Settlement even been built?

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August 23, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Earth's End

July 24, 2018 by N. A. Turner

It’s 2062 and Malcolm and his family live on Mars. On the night before his twelfth birthday, he asks his father to finally tell him the story as to how they had to leave Earth and build a life on Mars.

Both his mom and dad tell him a haunting tale about what had made them leave their former planet. Slowly, a totalitarian state came to power, suppressing the people. An assembly known as The Quartet had terrorized and decimated the Earth’s population. The climate was adrift. But only one ship made it to Mars. Where are the other ships? And could the population of Mars City expect to remain save after all those years?

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July 24, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Empty Heads

June 21, 2018 by N. A. Turner

Daniel has died. After his death, he meets three beautiful goddesses. Each of them shows him a different afterlife. Without any knowledge as to how he died, or who he was, Daniel has to make a decision as to how he would like to continue his existence.

He briefly gets to visit three afterlives full of wonder, absurdity and pain-staking questions about his existence. Faced with an impossible decision, from existing in a digital cloud to morphed bodies, or even a deleted existence, Daniel is lost. What would he do? What would you do?

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June 21, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Grandest Play

May 23, 2018 by N. A. Turner

Robin hates having to play a different ‘character’ of herself in any social setting. Why can’t she be the same at work, with her friends and with her family?

At work she is required to be strict and stern, while she would really like to be nice to her employees.

Then, after a night out, she enters a new world in which people seem to have lost their inhibitions. In which they are themselves and don’t care about society, norms, values and rules. Will Robin be able to find peace with all the masks she is wearing?

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May 23, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Brightest Wig

April 19, 2018 by N. A. Turner

Ramona is a single mother of two boys. She's full of life, but life has a cruel way of returning the favor. Suffering from lung cancer, she makes a vow to see her children grow up. At any cost.

The family is followed at three points in their lives, in which events ensue that test Ramona's survival. Dylan, her youngest, sees one of his troll dolls coming to life, telling him to take good care of his mother. The troll will appear at these events to help Dylan guide through his mother's illness. But why is the troll really there? And is Ramona's vow strong enough for her to stay alive and be with her family?

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April 19, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Vain Phantom

March 22, 2018 by N. A. Turner

Robb is unhappy with the way his life has turned out. He's desperately trying to hold onto his youth. Days go by, not to be remembered. Unfulfilled. 

One night Robb finds himself confronted with his painful past only to meet an odd and laughing child. The child introduces himself as the phantom of time. Filled with riddles and time travel, Robb revisits his past and sees a glimpse of his future. Can the phantom help him find his true way?

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March 22, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Regret Rooms

February 26, 2018 by N. A. Turner

Noah is an unusual man. After a mysterious man tells him a wonderful tale and offers to buy his gas station, he decides to finally do what he had always wanted, to help people. Finding himself in his early sixties and having finished his degree, he starts working as a nurse in the ER.

In the ER he encounters four different patients, all at a tipping point in their life. Their injuries have made them realize the things they regret most in life. Noah decides to help them, the same way he has been aided in his past. He tells them the tale once told to him by the mysterious man. 

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February 26, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Planets' Party

January 18, 2018 by N. A. Turner

The Sun had organized a tea party for all the big planets in his galaxy. It was an annual tradition, a philosophical afternoon of talking and debating. However, there was also plenty of time to complain and gossip. And this edition envy brewed and resulted in an explosive afternoon. Are the planets able to come closer together to solve the mysteries of the universe? 

You can find out in The Planets’ Party.

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January 18, 2018 /N. A. Turner
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The Democr App

December 12, 2017 by N. A. Turner

In part 2, we continue where The System Shutdown left off  (please read Part 1 first).

Mouse87, a hacker specialized in destabilizing societies carries out the second step in his grand plan for society. He introduces the Democr App, an app with which people vote daily on societal issues. In order for everyone to keep their basic income, they are obliged to cast their votes. Will this new democratic form divide or unite the nation? 

Jonathan, a former rich man, gathers protesting former rich folk to find ways to get back to their former wealth and power. And they will stop at nothing to achieve that. What happens to the Vagabond when he meets his family after all those years? Are Megan and Bruce able to adjust to this new democratic form? Will their relationship be strong enough for their opposing views? What is the connection between the widow and Mouse87?

You can find out in the last part of this story, The Democr App.

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December 12, 2017 /N. A. Turner
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The System Shutdown

November 16, 2017 by N. A. Turner

Mouse87, a hacker specialized in destabilizing societies carries out his masterplan for his own country. The economic system is shutdown and changed to a point in which everyone receives the same basic income. In addition, everyone’s bank account is held at the same level. Naturally, the former poor are thrilled and the former rich ill-willed. What happens to the people in this new forming society? What is Mouse87’s objective and his grander plan in introducing a new societal form?

This is part 1 in a 2 part series and it introduces us to a newly structured society, proposing more economic equality. But is that really feasible? Part two will be published half December.

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November 16, 2017 /N. A. Turner
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The Sapien Zoo

October 13, 2017 by N. A. Turner

In the future we will face fascinating new technologies and developments. What if we as humans in the future become connected to technology in a transcendental way? A way where we will tap into Artificial Intelligence ourselves? Some projects are in development as of this moment, projects both exciting and frightening. What if we are connected to AI? Who and what will we become?

In this story, a young girl named Matilda lives in a world where our species as we know it don't exist anymore, we have become half human, half AI. When she visits the Sapien Zoo she encounters past Homo Sapiens in their natural habitat. But is this Humai species still in contact with their human nature and values?

You can find out in The Sapien Zoo.

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October 13, 2017 /N. A. Turner
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The Money Tree

September 17, 2017 by N. A. Turner

Have you ever dreamed about having a money tree in your garden? What would you do with such a fortune?

The man in this story could not believe his luck as he found out one morning a money tree was growing in his garden. Coming from a poor background, his life changes dramatically. What would he do with his new found fortune? 

You can find out in The Money Tree.

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September 17, 2017 /N. A. Turner
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