Found 10 works tagged 'religion'.
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Heretics
Published Feb 15, 2021 · 3,242 words (12 minutes) · 41 views
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The usual warning for me: This story contains sex and religion in ways that might not be considered nice by everybody. It appeared in the first issue of Future Orbits, edited by Tom Vander Neut. There's a nice entry about the magazine on the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
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Maiden Voyage
Published Jan 28, 2021 · 4,045 words (15 minutes) · 1 like · 63 views
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When a televangelist's gimmick threatens to backfire, he calls on an advertising man to come up with a bold new way to shear his flock.
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Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Published Dec 26, 2020 · 4,863 words (18 minutes) · 3 likes · 399 views
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The gods struck a bargain: one person known as The Light will suffer, and in return, the local townspeople will enjoy a host of minor miracles and blessings. Most see The Light as a means to an end. But one, known as the Flamekeeper, sees her as far more than that.
Author Elizabeth Rubio lives in Austin, Texas, and her work has appeared in Analog, Mythic, Little Blue Marble, and more.
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The Order of the Leaf-Eaters
Published Oct 26, 2020 · 1,288 words (5 minutes) · 165 views
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Brother Larry struggles with his place in the salad world.
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A Sacrifice of Cells
Published Jul 3, 2020 · 427 words (2 minutes) · 1 like · 207 views
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A flash story of a prophecy fulfilled.
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Sins of the Father
Published Jun 28, 2020 · 5,651 words (21 minutes) · 201 views
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Robert J. Sawyer, in a science-fiction writing class I took at the Banff Centre, had us write, in five minutes, the opening to a story one morning. Those few lines became this short story, which in turn became Marseguro, my second novel for DAW Books, winner of Canada's top science-fiction award, the Aurora, for Best Long-Form Work in English in 2009.
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The History of the Sacred Non-Cow
Published Mar 27, 2020 · 1,741 words (7 minutes) · 539 views
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The Sacred Non-Cow is a marvellous beast that grazes unmolested on the fertile pastures of ancient Babylon--until Man begins to encroach on Her lands with thoughts of roast beef. Then the Sacred Non-Cow faces difficult choices regarding Her future--if, indeed, She has a future.
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The Saint from Abdijan
Published Jan 8, 2020 · 8,709 words (32 minutes) · 356 views
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The pursuit of freedom can take many forms. For some, it is finding truth in the metaphysical. Is there God? Does God care for us? For others, the search can be both more mundane and immediate. It could just be a search for a cursed diamond.
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Be Light. Be Pure. Be Close to Heaven
Published Feb 7, 2019 · 4,467 words (17 minutes) · 4 likes · 698 views
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A member of a cult with unconventional modes of worship finds herself at a crossroads.
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This Day, At Tilbury
Published Oct 4, 2018 · 4,099 words (15 minutes) · 548 views
Fantasy Historical historical fantasy religion war elizabethan england fire magic
When the battered remnants of the English fleet limped up the Thames, fleeing before the might of the advancing Spanish Armada, fourteen-year-old Robin refused to flee to safety. His life--and his magic--are too valuable a weapon to set aside in this, Protestant England's desperate last stand.
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