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Ripley J. Cloud
Ripley J. Cloud

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Wonky Space Time Continuum

Ian and Arnie Had One Job (Part 1) — One job. To find life on the planet. Instead, they crash, piss off cowboy skeleton aliens and now, to get home… Ian adjusted his handheld brass telescope, given to him by a famous space pirate, by the name of M.L. Smookie. Well, that was another time and place. And on a different planet, where he was not quite as fucked, as he was, right now. Through the telescope, the dry and…

SciFi

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Wonky Space Time Continuum
Wonky Space Time Continuum
SciFi

7 min read


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Dark Delivery

First, they took out the electrical grids, then came the dark hunt… Horseback, I raced through an invisible whip of icy, steel wind. My face numb, my eyes set like a hawk on my target. I could barely see it, but I knew it was there. Just the shambled roof…

Science Fiction

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Dark Delivery
Dark Delivery
Science Fiction

11 min read


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Love and Aliens

From the private digital space diary of Aubrey Melroy, who was one of the volunteer military personnel on flight BEAMA to planet Selius and back: We landed on planet Selius right on schedule. This planet was discovered in the year 2035. …

Science Fiction

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Love and Aliens
Love and Aliens
Science Fiction

10 min read


Published in Total Fiction

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Alien Memories

How will the Universe remember you when Earth is finally gone? — “Yes, humans are the smartest animals on Earth. Only a human being can think himself to death.”- Author Ripley J. Cloud Naomi10-G3 gazes through her Spaceshifter window, as a fragmented menagerie of memories flow, from her memory chip. Like a porcelain doll with blue marbled eyes, she turns a smooth…

Science Fiction

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Alien Memories
Alien Memories
Science Fiction

7 min read


Published in Redemption

·Jul 19, 2022

Windy City

Little girls grow up, so be careful how you cross them… — “You can call me…Windy City,” she whispered, as smoothly as a snake's hiss. She sucked a slow and deliberate drag from a Pall Mall cigarette. The man watched her, confused but aroused, as she melted back into the shadows, against the red brick building. He had been shoved backwards, taken…

Redemption

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Windy City
Windy City
Redemption

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Jul 2, 2022

Ok, I Am Officially Old!

I found out in a record store that I am right there next to Janis Joplin — While thumbing through some retro records, I found out that I am old now Yes, I am the same as an oldie but goodie record. No one knows who I am anymore. I am faded and worn at the edges. People pick me up, look at me, then put me back. I have many scratches and scars. My cover has wrinkles. I am grouped…

Life Lessons

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Ok, I Am Officially Old!
Ok, I Am Officially Old!
Life Lessons

2 min read


Jun 21, 2022

Take Your Brain for a Walk

Think outside the skull… — How bizarre, that this creature called the brain, is forever trapped in the cage of the skull. Something so powerful, complex, and mysterious. Yet, we plop it in front of televisions, phones, videogames, and any other mind-numbing loop of monotony that we can think of. Your brain wants to get…

Inspiration

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Take Your Brain for a Walk
Take Your Brain for a Walk
Inspiration

4 min read


Jun 20, 2022

Hanging Pictures

Memory Lane ends with a nail, a hammer, and a teardrop… — I hung my mom's picture today. There she is…wearing her favorite sunhat with a floppy brim. There is a delicate, braided, rope flower, around the top of the brim. Old fashioned and just her style. The blue waves of the brim, curved like an ocean wave, over her kind eyes. …

Life Lessons

3 min read

Hanging Pictures
Hanging Pictures
Life Lessons

3 min read


Jun 13, 2022

Innies and Outies of Creativity

The how, what, and where, of trapping your own muse — How does one capture the elusive muse? Should you have your own or adopt? No need to adopt, because you are perfectly capable of raising your very own muse! Start an idea notebook, right now! Now! If you don't like that, use the voice recorder on your phone. Ideas do not come only once a day. You…

Creative Process

5 min read

Innies and Outies of Creativity
Innies and Outies of Creativity
Creative Process

5 min read


Published in This Is My Psyche

·Jun 10, 2022

If I Only Had Joy

Where can you get joy when you have lost it? — If only there were a wizard at the local mental health facility! Today, I learned a thing or two about the meaning of joy. We may all take this feeling for granted. Did you know that you could lose this elusive joy feeling? Yes, it can one day just float up into the sky, like a lost helium balloon. Then, what does…

Mental Illness

6 min read

If I Only Had Joy
If I Only Had Joy
Mental Illness

6 min read

Ripley J. Cloud

Ripley J. Cloud

6.6K Followers

Writer of sci-fi, thrillers, and a little bit of everything else. Love reading all.

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