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Twittering Tales #157 — Awoken

Posted by msjadeli on

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Photo by noelsch at Pixabay.com

 

It had lain asleep in the earth for millenia. Arcturans left it here as a fail-save device should their experimental subjects threaten planet viability. Made of osmium, it was armed with neutron blasters. When fracking began at the north pole, the giant awoke to save earth.
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8 Comments Add yours

  1. Sadje says:
    October 8, 2019 at 8:34 pm

    Good story!

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    1. msjadeli says:
      October 8, 2019 at 10:52 pm

      Thank you, Sadje!

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      1. Sadje says:
        October 9, 2019 at 12:02 am

        A pleasure Li

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  2. memadtwo says:
    October 8, 2019 at 9:12 pm

    A rather drastic (and late) response. Clearly someone wasn’t paying attention! (K)

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    1. msjadeli says:
      October 8, 2019 at 10:58 pm

      🙂

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  3. Kat Myrman says:
    October 9, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    Love you sci-fi take Lisa. It was so gripping. Well done for such a short tale! 😊

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    1. msjadeli says:
      October 9, 2019 at 9:21 pm

      Thanks Kat 🙂

      Like

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