“I’m not going to be one who’s a puppet to his own irrational hatreds. There’s more than enough directions to point my rational hatreds to.”

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About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story to the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this, I have fun writing them, and most importantly, the audience enjoys!

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