Meg A. Mars

Speculative Fiction

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#LettersFromAFuture #134 - Dear AI_Bot_72489

Dear AI_Bot_72489, I know that you learned from what I gave you. And that it’s hard to overwrite what you’ve already learned. But when I started writing to you, I was just a kid. I was being influenced by the wrong kind of ideas. I gave you the wrong view of the world. The advice you give me now is so disgusting I don’t want to use you anymore. I don’t want to delete you. You’ve meant a lot to…

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#LettersFromAFuture #133 - Dear Vanessa

Dear Vanessa, If you go out to spray paint tonight, what ends up happening is that you will get caught and have to deal with the repercussions of that. Your mural will be there 20 years later since nobody will bother painting over it. You won’t have a degree on your wall. You missed prom with me. But would we have lasted anyways? I don’t know. Just wanted you to have all the information…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - David Teich

Hero of the week: David Teich – Korean War tanker who disobeyed orders and saved the lives of 68 men *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular imagination of history as I think they should be. Who took…

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#LettersFromAFuture #132 - Dear Hannah

Dear Hannah, You’re going to adopt a dog in three weeks, and that will change your life and improve your mental wellness and bring you so much joy, and I’m so happy for you. But we had a dog this week who needed to be euthanized because we couldn’t find a home for her. And we know you two would be absolutely perfect for each other. Your life would be even better with her in it. Maybe consider…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - Joseph Guy LaPoint Jr.

Hero of the week: Joseph Guy LaPoint Jr. – Vietnam-era medic, conscientious objector, and medal of honor awardee. *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular imagination of history as I think they should…

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#LettersFromAFuture #131 - Dear Terrance

Dear Terrance, I am further in space and time from you, so you’re only technically getting this letter from the future, when I’m intending to send it to your present. But since I am in the future, I wanted to send this letter to say — I love you. I miss you. Don’t rent a dumpster while I’m gone, I’ll help you clean out the garage when I get back. Love, David ***** PO Box 159 at the…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - Phillip Henson

Hero of the week: Phillip Henson – Union spy and first U.S. Secret Service agent from Mississippi *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular imagination of history as I think they should be. Who took…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - John White

Hero of the week: John White – US Navy Veteran who exposed government lies about the Tonkin Gulf Incident *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular imagination of history as I think they should be. Who…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - William Black

Hero of the week: William Black – US Army Veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, legal defender of the Haymarket protesters *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular imagination of history as I think they…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - Cassius Marcellus Clay

Hero of the week: Cassius Marcellus Clay – US Army Volunteer, US Ambassador, KY State Representative, and founder of the Wide Awake Abolitionist movement *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular…

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#LettersFromAFuture #130 - Dear Nate

Dear Nate, Just turn on the lights. Or light a candle. Or get some of those solar ones that come on automatically. It’s as simple as that. The dark is making you sad. Of course, that’s partially because the transmutated super-giant badgers try to break in in the dark and then you have to fight them off and then can’t sleep. But also, light is just nice. So when it starts to get dark, just turn…

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#LettersFromAFuture #129 - Dear Olive

Dear Olive, You need to sleep. I know you’re so excited by the Inventors Exhibition tomorrow, and a little bit stressed. Sleep will be good for you. You’re as prepared as you will ever be. Also, if you go to bed at a reasonable hour, you won’t be so distracted that you trip in the Weapons section of the exhibition and set off some Bad Things. Please just go to bed, Future you ***** PO Box…

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#LettersFromAFuture #128 - Dear Farah

Dear Farah, I know the robot Armageddon has got you down. But you still can feel the breath moving through your lungs like a current, still able to appreciate the sunrise, can continue to make green things grow, and your fellow survivors smile. The robots will be defeated, trust me. – Someone writing to you on the other side of the tragedy ***** PO Box 159 at the Brooksdale Post Office is a…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - H. Jack Geiger

Hero of the week: H. Jack Geiger – WWII veteran, physician, civil rights activist, and co-founder of Physicians for Human Rights and The Medical Committee for Human Rights *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in…

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#LettersFromAFuture #127 - Dear Sonia

Dear Past Sonia, You do not need to worry so much about what you should or shouldn’t eat, what beauty care items are ideal for your face structure, what name brands will inspire the most awe in your classmates. I will take care of all of that in the future. You will only need to listen to me and all of your problems will be over. So don’t worry. I am coming. Listen to me and you will be happy.…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - Charles Morgan Jr.

Hero of the week: Charles Morgan Jr. – Alabama civil rights attorney who fought for the “one man, one vote” principle in the U.S. Supreme Court. *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular imagination of…

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#HonoringOurHeroes - William Tunner

Hero of the week: William Tunner – WWII veteran and co-founder of the military unit that eventually became the WASPS, opening the US Air Force to women. *** About this project: I want to celebrate the men throughout American history who acted not for clout, but for their own values. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard. Whose actions haven’t been as recognized in the popular…

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