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Martian Nights: Chapter 3

The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic

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Oct 30, 2026
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Martian Nights: Chapter 3

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Dr. Plankton sloshed among his fishes.
The many aquariums, suffused blue,
with internal ambient glow, stacked were
from floor to ceiling situate atop
the Holmes Mercantile Building, private suite.
Flitting shadows of exotic flounders,
and the fluttering of spiny urchins,
…

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