Elements

On the lookout for happy endings

"They were being crushed so bad they should have been kooks, but somehow they were holding it together by just like... loving each other?"

Sep 28, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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A "little" death

“Okay, so do you want to tell me why you’re really here? It’s obviously not to help us with our crumbing reality and the maelstrom of demon hands trying…

Sep 14, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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July 2024

Hard shit

Though Carbon’s face was serene, his body was beginning to shred itself. Hydrogen squinted his eyes in discernment, pursed his lips, and subconsciously…

Jul 13, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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June 2024

A spasm of the nervous system

If protons were the soul, your essence and identity, electrons are the way you interface with the world – your body, your perception, your personality…

Jun 22, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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Phonemes unfolding over epochs

The light glinted off dark skin, not of graphite, not of diamond, but metal – atoms of carbon crushed so profoundly that the very identity of the…

Jun 13, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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Boys, heel

"What if we run a bunch of 1a supernovas to max out the Iron peak elements for the next nucleation cycle? That way when intelligence gasps it's way on…

Jun 3, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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May 2024

An asshole separate from its mouth

It seemed like no sooner did life develop an asshole separate from its mouth than it found the hidden wells of black power seeping from the hills and…

May 23, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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March 2024

Something that's going to change the world

"The more times you watch yourself destroy something the easier it gets to notice yourself doing it again and try something different.”

Mar 12, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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February 2024

Long time no see you old bag of bones

Oxygen held Sulfur by the throat, suspending him in the air before a setting, faint white sun. To Sulfur, the air smelled terrible, biting, corrosive…

Feb 28, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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Stray proteins folded in a lightning bolt

Then, with fury, desperation, and chisels of bronze she reached back to the depths of the machine searching for its pain, pleasure, future and past…

Feb 14, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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Copper

"Think about what I told you and practice hard or you’re going to grow up to be an old grouch like me.”

Feb 6, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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January 2024

About Elements

Why is this geologist trying to write a sci-fi novel, what is it about, and why should I subscribe?

Jan 31, 2024 • 

Daniel Babin

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