She looked out. The profile of a demon lord decorated the city's skyline.

She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.

She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.

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The alien space probe entered Earth's orbit and sent a brief radio signal.

An international team was set up. Analysis of the probe revealed it likely was 65 million years old, and originated in the Solar system.

There was a sticker on it, half as old. At last, it was decoded:

"Return to sender."

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"You will marry whoever you pick at the Royal Ball," the king told the princess.

"We'll hold another Ball," the king said. "Pick anyone of noble birth."

"We'll hold a third Ball," the king said. "Pick a man of noble birth."

"Wait," the queen said. "Maybe she doesn't even want to marry."

"What?"

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The wizard delivered a box. "Fifty amulets per spec."

"Which anyone can use to, at the cost of a drop of blood, instantly travel anywhere they can see clearly?"

"So like fifty yards for anyone but the young. Quite pointless. Who will you sell these to?"

"Those who buy my invention: binoculars."

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The town had a local cryptid legend, a Kataba - half-man, half-animal - that people swore was real. They held a yearly Kataba Festival. Like many such festivals, it was a way to draw people in to a town that was otherwise slowly dying.

Earnest loved the festival. He wandered the stalls enjoying the sights and sounds, the colorful merchandise. It was a wonderful day where people would say, "Great costume!" instead of fleeing in abject terror.

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They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid.

"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.

"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."

They looked at the tower.

"Do you want a-" said the wizard.

"Apprentice?"

"-roommate?"

"Yes," both said.

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The emperor was sitting in his bed when the assassin came in through the window.

"Welcome, old friend."

"Wait," the assassin wheezed.

The emperor waited for him to catch his breath.

"I'm too old for this," the assassin said at last.

The emperor smiled. "It's been over sixty years since the first time you came to kill me."

"Mm. And a dozen times more. Yet you are still alive. You always were persuasive."

"I hope I still am. I would ask you to do it now."

"What?"
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"I have heard that the thoughts you think most often, and strongest, are etched on the inside of your skull," the necromancer's assistant said. "Is that true?"

"It is," the necromancer said. "Though I rarely try to read them."

"Will you read mine, when I'm dead?"

"Do you want me to?"

"Yes."

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