Alex Almeida
/ GreyThoughts.InfoYoung boy and family fend off Valentine's Vampires
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…is here again at the old Comet Mall. Hey, howdy, chill to see y’all again for the returning Comet Mall shoppers. And welcome to all those who pulled off the interstate for lunch or that damn car light that needs a new bulb. Remember a Comet Shopper never…
By Alex Almeida
Animals and dating drama
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…a thin film of snow covering the meadow and every inch on the farm. Almost everyone was outside playing in the snow. The calves were, spending some of their last moments on the farm, rolling around in the snow covered hill. The temperature was just right for these activities. Soon these youngins would be…
By Alex Almeida
Girl Scouts go camping.
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…I was ten my girl scout troop, all decked in green and satchels, waved to our clustered parents. I remember the smiles, and what appeared to be tears as our long yellow school bus drove away. We were leaving for the whole weekend. Our homework from school was finished or put off indefinitely. We sang…
By Alex Almeida
Animals on the menu
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…Goose had ended up on the menu is anyone's guess. Everything was going great. The trip down came off without a hitch. They made it to Miami in time for their cousins White party (When all the swans gather together to hook-up by the ocean). The city was beautiful all decorated for the holidays. And the weather…
By Alex Almeida
Young female starting on a journey to find her place in the world
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…walked along the outdoor mall of stores that included her personal favourites, Starbucks
and The Gap. She wore her usual beat up jeans and a NASA tee shirt from Target. She
remembered splurging on the tee shirt because she loved NASA. Typically, she would have…
By Alex Almeida
Short Relationship begins PRIDE weekend
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…day I woke up and she was gone. She had packed what she had at my apartment while I lay sleeping. I'm a heavy sleeper, and I tend to sprawl out. I just like a lot of space. She left sometime after an evening of intense sex. She likes to be in bed by ten on school nights. I even thought things were going o.k., while…
By Alex Almeida
Young boy and family fend off Valentine's Vampires
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…is here again at the old Comet Mall. Hey, howdy, chill to see y’all again for the returning Comet Mall shoppers. And welcome to all those who pulled off the interstate for lunch or that damn car light that needs a new bulb. Remember a Comet Shopper never…
By Alex Almeida
Animals and dating drama
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…a thin film of snow covering the meadow and every inch on the farm. Almost everyone was outside playing in the snow. The calves were, spending some of their last moments on the farm, rolling around in the snow covered hill. The temperature was just right for these activities. Soon these youngins would be…
By Alex Almeida
Girl Scouts go camping.
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…I was ten my girl scout troop, all decked in green and satchels, waved to our clustered parents. I remember the smiles, and what appeared to be tears as our long yellow school bus drove away. We were leaving for the whole weekend. Our homework from school was finished or put off indefinitely. We sang…
By Alex Almeida
Animals on the menu
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…Goose had ended up on the menu is anyone's guess. Everything was going great. The trip down came off without a hitch. They made it to Miami in time for their cousins White party (When all the swans gather together to hook-up by the ocean). The city was beautiful all decorated for the holidays. And the weather…
By Alex Almeida
Young female starting on a journey to find her place in the world
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…walked along the outdoor mall of stores that included her personal favourites, Starbucks
and The Gap. She wore her usual beat up jeans and a NASA tee shirt from Target. She
remembered splurging on the tee shirt because she loved NASA. Typically, she would have…
By Alex Almeida
Short Relationship begins PRIDE weekend
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…day I woke up and she was gone. She had packed what she had at my apartment while I lay sleeping. I'm a heavy sleeper, and I tend to sprawl out. I just like a lot of space. She left sometime after an evening of intense sex. She likes to be in bed by ten on school nights. I even thought things were going o.k., while…
By Alex Almeida
A dystopia where women compete in board games to win husbands
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…SEQUENCE OF NEWSPAPER HEADLINES WITH TV MONITOR AUDIO - DAY
A NEWSPAPER photo montage and TV MONITOR VoiceOver of 21st and 22nd Century Viral
infection kills men until only about 1000-1 female to male ratio remains. Men are wanted…
By Alex Almeida
Queer youth romance
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…old style Pepsi machine. Coin slot only. The options oscillated between light bulb on and light bulb off. The machined whirred and sputtered out of cadence, and a continuous low hum accompanied. She sighed and swore under her…
By Alex Almeida
Teenagers of a small town go head to head with a suspected murderous mayor.
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…night was strangely silent for June. The New Moon made moving near the aft difficult. The pale young man easily lifted the contents of the fishing bucket and tossed it over the edge. He still had a few trips to make down below before the contents of the hidden compartment were completely…
By Alex Almeida
Woman seeking new apartment for her and her dog
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…was a mild mid Summer day in Pasadena. The late afternoon sun had begun to produce dazzling reddish orange hues that danced around the quiet neighborhood. Shannon was showing the house, to Kelly, in order to finalize the sale of the house she had lived in for over nine years. Shannon waited to show the Library last on the…
By Alex Almeida
Man goes for a walk after a breakup.
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…walked along the path. On his left was the vast beach, with waves crashing along its shores. He had already passed two of the lifeguard towers, a few restrooms most people avoided, and an outdoor shower wall.
He could also see a few large tankers a few miles from shore, and a handful of small boats. In the distance there was an oil rig, and he tried to remember when they were given permission to…
By Alex Almeida
One man comes to grips with climate reality
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…leaves never came. Everyone had heard of climate change, but many did not believe the global news.
Jack had heard the stories of increased intensity of storms, flooding, drought and wildfires. He didn't believe it.
His father used to say, “Don't believe it till you see it. Damn Democrats lie about…
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Near future; post climate apocalypse. Robots run things and have a weird sense of humour ... because they're robots!
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…the humans, on their way to work, passed under a sign that read Noah 48.
Tyler had a cush job putting food into the tubes. Day in; day out. He had successfully delivered his human charges their sustenance. He listened to early 20th C Pop and rock. He was told that had been popular before everything…
By Alex Almeida
Basketball playing Werewolf in Iowa??
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…people of Dew, Iowa, had long known about the town werewolf. No one knew for sure who she or he was in human form. On full moon nights the wolf could be heard crying out from the corn fields. The next morning some poor bleeting or mooing animal would be found mostly eaten. The local sheriff would look for the remains by the carrion birds circling in the sky.
None of this was known to a road-trip weary traveller by the name of Ginger and her cat, Thelma. They had been traveling down the…
By Alex Almeida