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By Thomas A. Mays
"Merry freakin’ Christmas, boys. It don’t get no better than this." Staff Sergeant Malcolm Riddell glared at the snowy, broken battlefield before him and took another long pull from the glass bottle in his hand. The amber liquid within burned harshly going down, but that pleasant pain was a welcome distraction from the monotony the […]
Better or Worse
By Mary Madigan
1. "Live the Martian adventure" the ads said. "Mars has jobs." Amy said. So Joe packed their bags and they left their hometown in Northern Great Lakestan, convinced that this new life would be better. It wasn’t. There were jobs and the pay was good, but they were mostly desk jobs–the kind of work that […]
Week Thirteen: The Gardner Walkback
By Curtis Edmonds
You can read this series from the beginning here. "You know, there are a lot of women in our office," Winthrop said. Winthrop was one of my new interns, and the only one with a pronounced masculine gender expression (unless you count Rebecca, and that mostly just applies to what she wears on Fridays, anyway). […]
Lunar Christmas
By Leigh Kimmel
The scent of pines filled the air, a welcome change from the old gym shoe odor that pervaded the moonbase. Smuggling a Christmas tree aboard a lunar resupply mission had been a running joke ever since Peter Caudell had joined the astronaut corps, but it was unlikely anyone could have gotten something that big past […]
PreTeena December 15-21, 2014
By Allison Barrows
December 15, 2014 December 16, 2014 December 17, 2014 December 18, 2014 December 19, 2014 December 20, 2014 December 21, 2014 <– Previous strips *** Next strips –>
Week Twelve: The Grimes Intervention
By Curtis Edmonds
You can read this series from the beginning here. I had a full staff of ten interns now, which was more than I needed, but that meant I could assign one intern to each of the toss-up Senate races. Emma was a Mount Holyoke grad with a decisive female gender expression, if you like pantsuits, […]
PreTeena December 8-14, 2014
By Allison Barrows
December 8, 2014 December 9, 2014 December 10, 2014 December 11, 2014 December 12, 2014 December 13, 2014 December 14, 2014 <– Previous strips *** Next strips –>
Week Eleven: The Shylock Differential
By Curtis Edmonds
You can read this series from the beginning here. "Don’t do it, Justin," Polly said. "How did you get this number?" I asked. I hadn’t remembered ever giving her my cell number. "It doesn’t matter," she said. "Look. Where are you right now?" "In my office," I said. "Well, you know, your office. From before." […]
PreTeena December 1-7, 2014
By Allison Barrows
December 1, 2014 December 2, 2014 December 3, 2014 December 4, 2014 December 5, 2014 December 6, 2014 December 7, 2014 <– Previous strips *** Next strips –>
