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Sci-Fi Short Story 1: Bootleg Bread

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We are starting a new type of post! We will be posting science fiction short stories once a month! Feel free to send submissions to habitatstead@gmail.com. This first one is from our founder, Benjamin Myles.  Bootleg Bread   J ustin sat at his desk, looking passively at his computer screen. Every once in a while a ship would veer or would need to be manually docked into the San Juan Space Elevator.  This was rare though, Justin mostly spent his time playing illegally downloaded mahjong. The Company website was supposed to block such “time wasting activities,” but anyone who knew a guy in programming could pay to get a few games. “Mi amigo!” Sam, one of Justin’s more… energetic… coworkers approached.  “Holla” Justin said with the typical American hard H.  “I can see you’re clearly a busy man,” Sam said glancing at the tiles arranged in a pyramid, “so I’ll make this quick. I am sending out invites to a little get together tonight. I really want you to come....