Chappy New Year October 3, 2005 – Posted in: Aberrant Normalcy, Sybil's Garage

Hyperion has had a bad eonSending out stories has a lot in common with chunks of rock floating in space. Mostly, these rocks roam out in the void for long stretches of time and never hit much of anything. But every now and then they …

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Weekly Slush Pile Update September 19, 2005 – Posted in: Sybil's Garage

Slush!Weekends are usually when we get to catch up on our reading, so a number of rejections have been sent out over the past two or three days. If you didn’t get one yet, it probably means we’re still thinking …

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“New York City vs. The World” by Lauren McLaughlin June 7, 2005 – Posted in: Fiction, Free Content, Podcasts, Sybil's Garage

Other than geography, what do we have in common? More than you realize. You know I’m not without options here, World. You don’t authorize this separation, I’ve got steps I can take. They won’t work. Yeah? Let’s say I shut down, take a snooze. Cut my monkey base loose. You’d never do that, New York. Wouldn’t I? Imagine it. An over-crowded city full of aggressive people with no sense of community. Wouldn’t be long before productivity declined, the infrastructure collapsed, markets went haywire. Ouch. What happens to Uncle Sam then? Continue reading