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Review: The Magicians

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins. I was describing the flavour notes of my current work in progress and this book was mentioned as being in a similar vein. Interested in reading a comp title to what I’m currently working on, I picked it up and was quickly engrossed and absorbed into this new world I did…

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Evolved – VSS Weekly 8 (400 words)

June 5, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins. The panic in her eyes was so powerful it even made me hold my breath, waiting for what would come next. She stood still as stone. She looked down at the red on her hands, dripping onto her white tennis shoes. This was an unforeseen response to the new code. Not…

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Recovery – VSS Weekly 7 (400 words)

May 29, 2022June 5, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins. “You must come now, and quickly.” Spoken just above a whisper but in the iron halls of prayer they echoed into a scream. This was not a place where words were spoken. The Elder, whose name had fallen out of memory, was the first to break the silence in 15 years….

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Passage – VSS Weekly 6 (400 words)

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins It was the smell of our sweat and the dried blood caked on our arms that drew the bugs to us. Up to our waists in stagnant water, packs lifted high above our heads, we tried to ignore them and failed. The flare went up 100 yards in front of us….

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Conscience – VSS Weekly 5 (400 words)

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins. It was Tovi’s idea to rob the central account. Leading the Advanced AI software building team gave her the inside track on the soft spots and the access to build in back doors for any that were caught by the team and closed up. It was Liam’s job to clean the…

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Tape The Night

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 3 Mins. I have had many websites and blogs over the years. When I lived in Japan I created a website and wrote a blog with my then-girlfriend called twocandiansinosaka.com. It chronicled our lives teaching in Japan and actually became a decent resource for those looking to make the move. We made several…

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Fly, Shari – VSS Weekly 4 (400 words)

May 1, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins. Not all good people are innocent. Take Shari for example. They have a secret. Sometimes you find you’re in a situation where you have to choose between bad and worse. When the story leaks, you can only hope people listen long enough to understand the context. Shari was a fledgling packer…

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Priorities – VSS Weekly 3 (400 words)

April 24, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins This was it, there was only moving up from here. His next pay would not only show his new promotion, but this was the last one showing the garnish on his wages from his tax troubles for the past five years. It was time to start saving for something great. Gustav…

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Union – VSS Weekly 2 (400 words)

April 17, 2022May 2, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins. The crowd was there to hear him rail against the establishment, using words that were bigger than they understood. “He must be smart,” they said. With a wave of his hand he made them cheer and with another made them quiet, conducting them; an orchestra of hate. He spoke of unity…

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The Signal – VSS Weekly 1 (400 words)

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by Lee Zanello

Reading Time: 2 Mins The Signal One by one the efficiency experts moved their way through the company and now here they were, in front of me and my entire division, talking about profits being down. Rohit looked like he was going to barf. He just had a kid. Sam put her hand on his…

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