Tag: power
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ANTICIPATION
It was time. The anticipation building up to this moment had been growing as the weeks, then days, then hours had slowly ticked by. He hooked up the antique laptop to the power supply and prayed it would work. It seemed to take an age running through the start up process. It was definitely getting…
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INSATIABLE
He couldn’t control it. He needed it. He wanted it. His desire was insatiable. He could not live without it. It was what he needed more than sex. More than money. More than power. He had to have it. In the middle of the night. At dawn. At dinner. At work. On the golf course.…
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DALE SOLVES THE ENERGY CRISIS
The initial idea had been so simple. Now it was a reality. Dale stood before her innovation. Three giant prongs extending into the sky. The metal forks would extract moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into electricity. She proudly hit the switch to turn it on. *** It took Montreal months to recover from…
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TRANSITION OF POWER
The transition from elected government to populist dictatorship had not been an easy one. Trying to convince people that they were moving from the dark ages of democracy to the enlightenment of an autocratic supreme ruler was a hard sell. The fact that the elected government he was replacing had been so ineffectual and weak…
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POTTERING IN THE GARAGE
Mary was as surprised as her gawking neighbours when the string of black vans pulled up outside her house with a screech of tyres and flashing lights. Armed MI5 agents rushed across her perfectly manicured lawn and flowerbeds, surrounding the house. ‘Come out now. Hands where we can see them!’ Instinctively she raised her hands…
Iain Kelly 