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Welcome, my name is Jayde Holmes, and I write science fiction. Make yourself comfortable and feel free to browse. I have stories you can read for free here on My Story Page.

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Check out this month’s featured story:

Allure

By Jayde Holmes

A drawing made on black paper with pencils and chalk. A tiny figure with hair in a bun is slumped over a computer at a desk in despair. From the computer is a stream of gold, white and blue weaving upwards. Within it are tiny stars, a large moth, and a golden sun being partially eclipsed by a small planet surrounded by a ring of red. Below the figure is the title 'ALLURE' in shiny white block letters.

Warning! This account is an information hazard! The revelations contained within will cause psychological changes in the human mind that may endanger the reader. I initially wanted to bury all this information, but I soon realised that would be futile. If humanity survives the current crises: if anyone at all is alive this time next month, then Allure will be re-discovered. I must leave a warning. Consider carefully if you wish to continue reading.

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Aisha Mandle was a physics professor by occupation, who spent her free time pouring over NASA’s TESS data looking for exoplanets. Her wife, Audrey Daily, was a chemistry professor with a polite interest with Aisha’s hobby, who did fundraising for a charity that restores Bilby habitat. They owned a modest house in the outer suburbs that was pushing their budget, and a ragdoll cat named Plushie, who was as lovable as his name suggested.

I am told Aisha made her discovery on a lazy Saturday afternoon in the couple’s cramped gaming room. Plushie was sprawled out on Aisha’s lap as she sorted through the TESS spectral data, whilst Audrey was stationed on the opposite desk playing Helldivers. Aisha detected a small exoplanet around a star that I of course will not identify just as Audrey started a match. By the time Audrey had finished the mission and could come look, Aisha had become enchanted by her discovery.

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