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Sports Picks (Monday)
What happens when you combine a passion for sports with AI tools? I built a prediction system to find out. Over 1,000 matches later, it’s maintained a 60% strike rate—and when matched with the right betting strategy, that accuracy means real, measurable profits. Here are today’s picks (matches over next…
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The Leadership Principle
A story by Sebastian Pearce based on the WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: I’ve been in the Programme for three months when Director Chen shows me the red room. “You’re ready,” she says, her smile precise as a scalpel. “Your scores have been exceptional.” The compliment should please me. Instead, something cold walks…
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The Return: Two Passions, One Blog
After several months of silence, SebPearce.blog is back—and it’s bringing something unexpected with it. When I launched this site, it was built around a single mission: showcasing the speculative fiction that keeps me up at night writing. Those twisted tales, psychological horror stories, and flash fiction pieces that explore the…
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Mourning Protocol
I arrive at precisely 08:57, as programmed. Three minutes early is considered respectful, though not overbearing. Grief is a delicate affair. The flat is tidy but sterile, a converted newbuild on the edge of Sheffield’s old district—just enough character to feign soul. The hallway smells faintly of lavender, synthetic and…
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“Next”
A story by Sebastian Pearce based on the WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: What are you most excited about for the future? They ask us the same question every time. What are you most excited about for the future? I’ve learned to keep my answer simple. “The return of colour,” I say. “And…
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What Bothers You?
A story by Sebastian Pearce based on the WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: You tell people it’s the small things that bother you. The way your coworker clicks her pen during meetings. How your neighbor leaves his garbage cans out two days past pickup. The sound of people chewing with their mouths open.…
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Ten Certainties
A story by Sebastian Pearce based on the WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: You sit at your desk, pen hovering over the blank paper. The assignment seems simple enough: list ten things you know to be absolutely certain. Your therapist insists this exercise will help ground you after the accident, help you separate…
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The Perfect Dinner Party
A story by Sebastian Pearce based on the WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: The Perfect Dinner Party If I could host a dinner and anyone I invited would come, the choice would be obvious. I’d invite myself—every version of myself I’ve ever been. The preparations took weeks. Seven place settings around my grandmother’s…
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Better with Age
A story by Sebastian Pearce based on the WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: People always ask me what gets better with age. I tell them wisdom, wine, cheese—the usual answers. But I know the real truth now. What gets better with age is the hunger. It started when I turned sixty. A gnawing…
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The Mnemonic Plague
I never thought I’d miss forgetting. But as I sit here, surrounded by the relics of a world that no longer exists, I find myself longing for the blissful ignorance of an imperfect memory. My name is Dr. Evelyn Reeves, and I’m a neuroscientist. Or at least, I was. These…
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