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Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont

P.A. Cornell Fantasy 2023 ShortStory Fantasy 7,204 words

"On the island of Manhattan, there’s a building out of time. I can’t tell you where it is, exactly. It has an address, of course, as all buildings do, but that wouldn’t mean anything to you. What I can tell you is that the building is called The Oakmont."

Through the Machine

P.A. Cornell Lightspeed 2025 ShortStory Science Fiction 5,011 words

"Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashes go off so they can capture the smoulder that...

AI FictionArtificial IntelligenceIntrospective

Time Management

P.A. Cornell Lightspeed 2026

On the morning Gwen woke with the ability to manipulate time, it was already too late. She didn’t immediately realize she could stretch or compress time—that would come later. At first, all she knew was Dianne was gone, and she wasn’t coming back.

Contemporary FantasyFriendshipTender