I Told You Not to Buy A Robot & Other Stories

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Out of This World by Miasha Banks

I’m not from here, but as I come crashing and crumbling down into this world, it consumes me like I’m engulfed in flames. The breath of fresh air I needed. It’s finally here away from all the chaos of home. Finally a place where I can see that trees are actually green and vibrant and full of life; a place where I can actually stop to smell the roses. Ok, I’m ranting, but that’s because you’ve lived here your whole life. This is very new to me, don’t judge. But this is not what you came here for. I get it, so let’s start. My name is Eliza. People from my planet call me Princess Venture because my father is King Venture. I didn’t ask to be born a royal, but I was. All the mics in the world, (yes, we call our money mics, I don’t judge your word “money”; plus you call us “aliens” so I think we’re even) I loved it. Don’t get me wrong, it was great. But, at the end of the day, all I wanted was my freedom. And I was constantly under surveillance like some type of criminal, which is funny because now I am. The crime, you ask, is very simple—I am gay. I like girls and on Jupiter that crime is punishable by death. My own father was going to sit there and watch me get killed. The thought of hearing him tell me, in his arrogant, cocky king voice, “I’m disappointed in you, you’re a disgrace to this family.” Horns pointed up and everything. But this was years ago. We’ve moved past that and now I have my beautiful wife Kaelyn, who is bearing our child. And there is nothing compared to the day when I saw her face. Her brunette hair glowing through the wind, her lips with a faint touch of lip gloss, her eyes shining bright as the early morning sky. From the day I laid eyes on her, I knew she was the one I needed. And, given the circumstances, I hate the fact that I have to leave her and our beautiful unborn child. “Babe,” I said frantically. I started packing my bag as fast as I did on Jupiter. “I’m so sorry that this has to happen, but I have to leave. My father is coming for me. He has found me, and I’m afraid of what he 255


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Illusions Can Become Reality

17min
pages 356-368

The Red Eyes

12min
pages 349-355

The Small Angry Being

4min
pages 347-348

Hero’s Heart

17min
pages 337-344

A Football Miracle

2min
pages 345-346

The Teenmunks and the Mysterious Voices

2min
pages 335-336

Untitled

24min
pages 323-334

Magical Return to Football

1min
page 319

Nighttime Hysteria

4min
pages 320-322

Remains

11min
pages 309-314

Strange and Unusual Events

5min
pages 306-308

Forsaken Scar

8min
pages 302-305

Stuck In Another World

4min
pages 299-301

Into the Mirror

2min
pages 297-298

El Enano

7min
pages 283-286

Because He’s Good to Me

9min
pages 292-296

Being Apathetic Isn’t the Answer?

5min
pages 280-282

This Is How It Started . . . One Look

16min
pages 271-279

Tall Tanyah

7min
pages 265-268

The Same Old Thing

9min
pages 287-291

Annie

2min
pages 263-264

Out of This World

3min
pages 269-270

Untitled

2min
pages 261-262

The Girl Who Read Minds

3min
pages 257-258

The Return of the Giants

3min
pages 259-260

The Sneakers

12min
pages 252-256

Telekinesis

1min
page 251

The Magic Pencil

3min
pages 245-246

The Devil’s Warning

7min
pages 247-250

El Deseo de la Vida

2min
pages 243-244

Wish of Life

2min
pages 241-242

Untitled

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page 240

The Ride

1min
page 239

Positive Thinking

2min
pages 237-238

Balance Unlimited

7min
pages 233-236

I Told You Not to Buy a Robot

31min
pages 203-219

My Missing Piece

13min
pages 220-226

The Guy with a Big Dream

5min
pages 227-232

Nostalgia

4min
pages 200-202

The Making Of a Villian

5min
pages 197-199

Animal Crackers

7min
pages 193-196

The Eye

6min
pages 190-192

Gates

4min
pages 187-189

Enchanted

4min
pages 185-186

Blue & Gray

9min
pages 175-179

Among Us

2min
pages 173-174

The For Real and The For Fake

9min
pages 180-184

The Strange World I Live In

9min
pages 168-172

Victoria’s Coma

8min
pages 162-165

The Sciplor

16min
pages 153-161

Yīn Hé Yáng: Tatakai

9min
pages 148-152

Hunted

14min
pages 135-142

Disconnected

9min
pages 130-134

Road Blocks

4min
pages 128-129

Life in La La Land

9min
pages 143-147

Mafia Life (Running

35min
pages 109-127

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7min
pages 105-108

RaGe

6min
pages 99-102

Dream

4min
pages 103-104

Her Call

11min
pages 94-98

Home Invasion

2min
pages 92-93

The Aliens Are Coming

3min
pages 90-91

The Opposite

4min
pages 87-89

The Unexpected Birthday Twist

5min
pages 82-84

For To Nothing

3min
pages 85-86

On the Frontier

5min
pages 79-81

My Story

1min
page 78

Dangerous Mind

7min
pages 72-75

The Story of an Assassin

2min
page 71

Strange Place

4min
pages 76-77

The Lost Astronaut

4min
pages 69-70

Another Day, Another Reality

11min
pages 61-65

Telling My Friends about Mars and Other People

3min
pages 57-58

Saving the World from One Crazy Robot

4min
pages 59-60

Breaking Free

4min
pages 50-52

My Character And World

3min
pages 53-54

My Life

6min
pages 66-68

Breanna’s Nightmare

2min
pages 55-56

The Dark Meadows Dynasty

5min
pages 46-49

Why?

32min
pages 29-42

My Name is Amaria

4min
pages 25-26

How Reality is Like

2min
pages 27-28

The Sun is Gone

5min
pages 43-45

The Saviours

3min
pages 22-23

An Endless Dark Cave

4min
pages 17-19

The Black World

3min
pages 20-21

My World and My Character

1min
page 24
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