K the Martian

[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest's fiction category.] There was once a small Martian called K who was born with a green pimple in the middle of his forehead. He was from Bufalluna, a small town at the edge of what used to be the Tramuntor Sea, at least that’s what the Elders...

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Alex Tudoras Miravet

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