<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:52:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/cryptogeechronicles/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Time Wars: Chapter 3 - The Now Of Colin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now my friends, if you have managed to stay with me thus far, then indeed you are worthy of this story. If by any means you are still reading it indicates you have a head for confusion. That is a good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/time-wars-chapter-3-the-now-of-colin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/time-wars-chapter-3-the-now-of-colin</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeechronicles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:01:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvUycosDANRqS9CZ1mFNeWCiFzbCD7iXrhoza8hHG19ebMe3k5P8EXb7z7d26ppDik1pd2uNYqtNCuhqx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Wars: Chapter 2 - Classification Of Planets (Confined)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before we go on in our tale, I must fill you in on the different types of planet classification. This is no more important than because of the simple fact, they help to explain certain sensibilities of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/time-wars-chapter-2-classification-of-planets-confined</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/time-wars-chapter-2-classification-of-planets-confined</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeechronicles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:03:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WEWsaVKMS6KazbMLg3NYptAjcNUu51dHuRoTohVPh7CHJDNgKrGuk562qfJxXPVnV1MzH3NJnoxVUmTeoVQ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Wars: Chapter 1 - The Happening]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to tell you a tale, who I am exactly does not matter and will perhaps only cause confusion and detract away from the tale itself. So if you are the sort of person who needs to know whom the tale-telling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/time-wars-chapter-1-the-happening</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/time-wars-chapter-1-the-happening</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeechronicles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzk3wU8mvyDaoz58AUffVnBLU7TgRYq3JhV94sy5VJJqqVdrB8b9mjfzmGmARYmVdckN8gm1XMFcygaQpn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sci-fi Short: Jump Start - Part 9]]></title><description><![CDATA[Memories. If it wasn’t for Pullman’s memories he could have ditched him. Fango wouldn’t care who he was dealing with, the original Pullman or the clone. Maybe Fango would even find it amusing that he embarked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/sci-fi-short-jump-start-part-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/sci-fi-short-jump-start-part-9</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeechronicles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWY9XsJkvNhCC1uc3DHCyna1ZAnudbenczpEFFg9HVB4CT3drof5XjKP2za4aEjPLszgc8DBdrP8XJPg6HNcaKg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jump Start: Summary & Series Links]]></title><description><![CDATA[My latest short story is a science fiction tale called Jump Start. The hero, or rather antihero is called Jason Pullman. 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His elevated heart rate and sweaty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/sci-fi-short-jump-start-part-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/sci-fi-short-jump-start-part-7</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeechronicles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:41:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXkAGVzcUirrFJYugVvWeeyhkMoa7oLs1C2S4exQF8PVLq4zuU8yfzEx1r9v6KWgvnSb5sycgc1SnDUNKTY7zn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sci-fi Short: Jump Start - Part 6]]></title><description><![CDATA[How did I get here? He was in a ground car sitting outside Swale’s, he had a terrible headache and no recollection of how he had gotten there. 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The idea for these probes were first proposed by physicist and mathematician John]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/metal-rain-summary-and-chapter-links-1-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptogeechronicles/@cryptogee/metal-rain-summary-and-chapter-links-1-10</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptogeechronicles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptogee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 08:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1PAXSqED7AyFUyZvTSSoUAbpy59KBSFLP2z2iJ5saCWMzzmx6ReU56mRBUHqud4XeZAabs2pcc5Uj1ssC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Rain: Chapter 17 - Reservation Of Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gryp-Saddah admired the young diplomat sitting opposite him, for giving him an opportunity to save face, not that he needed it of course. 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