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upsideclone [The Eye of the Beholder]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_06_07.php
The Eye of the Beholder. He was walking down a busy street. His skin was pale, as though he never saw the sun, and his clothing seemed old and dirty. The people waling by ignored him entirely, concerned only with themselves. He tried to look at each of their faces, interested in them all, but there were too many. He soon gave up and focused on the path ahead. Upsideclone is now shuttered and no longer taking submissions. 6dec2002 The Face of The Future. Anonymous 1nov2002 Winning the Lottery. 1mar2002 He...
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upsideclone [The Campaign for Real Advertising]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_09_06.php
The Campaign for Real Advertising. I used to rearrange them all into each other's prepaid envelopes and post them back, I used to slip CAMRAD recruitment leaflets in for the mailroom staff, but I refuse to surrender my time to them, any more. I drop the envelopes into the recycling bin by the door, and step out into the soft September rain, collar up, head down. And enough people still take it at face value, and pass it on. The appeal of preformed opinions to impress your friends with - all the more ...
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upsideclone [The end of history]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_06_14.php
The end of history. The history-howitzer nearest me slams back into its recoil shielding. Good technicians swarm around it. Check the grammar, clean the swarf of punctuation from around the muzzle, and press the small of their backs into the velvet bulwarks to heave it back to the edge of the battlement. Dolly back. Fade to black. Sorry - you'll need some context. I forget. It's all so familiar to me. Good operates this side of the front. It's hard to believe, when the only thing both sides agree on is h...
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upsideclone [I wanna shake your hand]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_05_31.php
I wanna shake your hand. Yet, on the other hand (the left one this time), what of that poor egghead in his laboratory or thinkery or wherever it is that such people do their ovicapitular things? I could not live with the guilt of depriving that man of his daily bread, and besides, he might find out where I live, so from now on I shall be keeping my hands to myself. Upsideclone is now shuttered and no longer taking submissions. 6dec2002 The Face of The Future. Anonymous 1nov2002 Winning the Lottery. 26oct...
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upsideclone [Family Life]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_07_12.php
Sure the parents can laugh at them and enjoy them now, but when they get older it'll be different. The youngest one that was carrying the box will start smoking pot in a few years, maybe when he's eleven or twelve. He'll get killed when he's seventeen and had too much to smoke at a party and wraps his car around a lightpost. Pity. He'll cry himself to sleep until he's thirteen. Pity. The boy leaves for a party a few hours later. Upsideclone is now shuttered and no longer taking submissions. 19apr2002 A T...
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upsideclone [How the people came to stop thinking]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_08_16.php
How the people came to stop thinking. In the dawn time the first tribe wandered all over the wide lands, seeing all the magical things there were in those days. They saw the mountain that smokes, the land that walks and the grass that grows on the sea. When they had finished walking all over the wide lands they stopped to talk about all they had seen. Then the little boy who asks questions said 'Why does the smoking mountain smoke? Why does the land walk? And how does the grass grow on the sea? So the fi...
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upsideclone [The Face of The Future]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_12_06.php
The Face of The Future. Their skin. Their perfect, perfect skin. Yielding. Velvety. Flawless. In the website's FAQs there was actually quote from someone who wanted a LivingDoll mask. They didn't make them, as it happened. Geoff spotted a niche in the market, and sidled absentmindedly in. Geoff got cooking. This would be the cosmetic to end all cosmetics: no more foundation, concealer, no eggwhite-textured potions dabbed under the eyes, no more Jorene Creme Bleach. Just paper over the cracks. PseuDermis ...
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upsideclone [Winning the Lottery]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_11_01.php
Removed at the request of the author. Upsideclone is now shuttered and no longer taking submissions. Is an evil cartel of seven who only write in a certain style on certain days of the week, and refuse to expand. Fah, say we! Upsideclone (this site, incase you hadn't noticed) serves to subvert the name of clown and to bring others into the fold. 6dec2002 The Face of The Future. Anonymous 1nov2002 Winning the Lottery. Tom Massey 4oct2002 Roses. 13sep2002 A lab technician's lot. 9aug2002 An Arm And A Leg.
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upsideclone [The old lady and the whelk]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_08_30.php
The old lady and the whelk. This is exactly what happened:. I got on the train at Trowbridge. It was going to be a three-hour trip to Brighton, and I had planned what to take with me. My iBook, for writing things. My mobile, for calling people. My apple, for eating. And my fresh copy of Whelk, for reading. As she sat, she smiled across the table at me and said: "Good morning," in a vaguely European accent. German? At this point I reached into my rucksack and pulled out my copy of Whelk. I wanted to m...
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upsideclone [Message Centre]
http://www.upsideclone.com/2002_09_27.php
I notice the faint sounds of the ingress ports opening, on schedule, as they do every 10 minutes or so throughout the day. They hover just on the edge of hearing, but I am so attuned to this environment now that I note them especially. They mark the passage of my day. The little machines are now looking at me expectantly with sharp little eyes. I point at the PubPercept bird, and it cheeps happily at me, before scuttling across my desk and hopping onto the access port. Its eyes glow bright as it ...Most ...
