Local Enterprises In The Global Economy Stories

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Global Warming, Does It Exist?

by SuperHeroRalph on Sep 16, 2017
Reviews & Essays

This is a Earth Day contest story. Please vote. * What do you think? Does global warming really exist or is it just misinformation, scare tactics, and propaganda? "Happy 41st Earth Day Everyone!" Now that today is Earth Day, I was just wondering about global warming. With all the conservation and recycling that we all do to save the environment, the two...

NukeOut

by Trom1806 on Apr 22, 2025

In the 21st century, unexpected surprises awaited the inhabitants of the planet Earth. These surprises were much larger and more unpleasant than anything that humanity had previously experienced throughout its history. A series of regional economic crises that occurred during the 2030s grew into a large-scale global economic crisis that affected the vast maj...

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Mongoose Princess and Snake Gods

by Samuelx on Sep 16, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The goal of the project was the salvation of humanity. The project founder, Dr. Leonard Lucien, an Oxford-educated French geneticist, wanted to prepare the human race for survival in an age of global warming, super storms, ecological disasters, global terrorism, pandemics and other threats. He understood all too well how frail human beings truly are. The goo...

Captivated Ch. 01

by Catharinas_Lit on Sep 15, 2017
Romance

Chapter 1 - Suspicions Isle of Enchantment, Eastward Lighthouse No.1 Five years later... East of Maine, and only accessible via the Biddeford Ferry, a charming little island lovingly nicknamed the "Isle of Enchantment" stood serenely in the middle of the Atlantic. It was given the name by the superstitious residents of Mount Desert Island because they...

Lacie

by Dancingwizard on Sep 14, 2017
Romance

Chapter 1: Lacie For Sale Lacie sobbed as the metal door into her small concrete cell opened yet again. For hours, the poor, bound girl had been forced to endure the ogling eyes and exploring hands of dirty, ugly man after smelly, unwashed, lecherous man. The year was two thousand forty five. When the global economy had collapsed in two thousand fourteen, s...

Prism Bay

by PhoenixAuthor on Apr 22, 2025

Do you want to know a secret? How about a skeleton from somebody's closet? Oh, I'm not talking about the run-of-the-mill, garden-variety type of material. I'm here to offer you the real hush-hush; take it to your grave quality of secrets. You know the kind. The stuff that people look both ways over their shoulders before whispering it to only their closest f...

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Turning of Power

by gerx on Apr 22, 2025

Disclaimer This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and locations depicted in this story are entirely fictional and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental. The themes, actions, and ideologies presented in this story are explored solely for narrative purposes and do not reflect the personal beliefs o...

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Archangel Michael: It's My Life

by Samuelx on Sep 13, 2017
NonHuman

The life of a Fallen Angel isn't easy. Sometimes, it amazes me how wrong humans are about us. For example, the Christians believe that we're cute entities modeled after human beings in looks and temperament, only we have wings and halos. The Jews share a similar belief. The Muslims believe that Angels don't have wings, and they don't believe in the concept o...

Establishing the Pleasure Economy

by newcardforit on Oct 13, 2020
Fetish

This is a fiction and all characters are 18+ in age. These discussions are only fantasy elements and should never be thought in real life. This is the backstory for the Social Exchange Games. How it was started? It was 2025. Centuries of political competition at the global level has created a toxic environment where negotiation is seen as weakness. Trade w...

What If There Is No Global Warming?

by andtheend on Sep 12, 2017
Reviews & Essays

What if my government lied to me and all of us...again? "Happy Earth Day Everyone!" Happy Earth Day? Wait, hold on, not so fast. Stop! Deflate the balloons. Cancel the caterer. Return all the bottled water. Stop the music. Stop marching. Disband the parade. Everyone go home. "Hey, I see you trying to hide with that tuba. Go home. And you! Stop banging tha...