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- Chilling by Alan Dean Foster
- Bow Shock by Gregory Benford
- Pimpf by Charlie Stross
- What Would Sam Spade Do? by Jo Walton
- Brieanna's Constant by Eric Witchey
- Bob's Yeti Problem by Lawrence Person
- Slanted Jack by Mark Van Name
- Candy-Blossom by Dave Freer
- The Darkness by David Drake
- The Cold Blacksmith by Elizabeth Bear
- Poga by John Barnes
- Build-A-Bear by Gene Wolfe
- The Opposite of Pomegranates by Marissa Lingen
- ‘Ware the Sleeper by Julie Czerneda
- The Thief of Stones by Sarah Zettel
- Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw
- The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut by Mark Twain
- The Ancient Ones Part 1 by David Brin
- Travails with Momma by John Ringo
- Fish Story, Episode 1 by Andrew Dennis, Eric Flint and Dave Freer
- Fancy Farmer by Pamela Uphoff
- The Puzzle of the Peregrinating Coach by George Phillies
- Astromonkeys! by Tony Frazier
- Giving it 14 Percent by Ani Fox
- Local Boy Makes Good by Ray Tabler
- Gods and Monsters in Hollywood by Gregory Benford
- Back to the Moon by Travis Taylor
Science Fiction Stories
 | ChillingFull Story“You stupid idiot, you’ve killed us!” Arik looked over at his new wife. “I love you too.” |
 | Bow ShockFull StoryNot all shocks are physical. |
 | PimpfFull StoryIt’s a rainy Monday morning and I’m late in to work at the Laundry because of a technical fault on the Tube. When I get to my desk, the first thing I find is a note from Human Resources that says one of their management team wants to talk to me, soonest, about playing computer games at work. |
 | What Would Sam Spade Do?Full StoryIt was shaping up to be a quiet day when Officer Murtagh and Officer Garcia came knocking on my door. The PI business isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially not in Philly and especially not this week. |
 | Brieanna's ConstantFull Story
He redlined his black Camry into the parking lot of the Leeman building, a four-story redbrick full of software engineers and psychologists. Dr. Alan Dickson considered parking directly in front of the main entrance in Brieanna's space—
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 | Bob's Yeti ProblemFull Story
One morning Bob Krusden stepped outside his cabin to discover three yeti carcasses embedded in his front yard. He was pretty sure they were yeti rather than bigfeet, as their pelts were a handsome silver-white rather than brown. |
 | Slanted JackFull Story
Nothing should have been able to ruin my lunch. Joaquin Choy, the best chef on any planet within three jumps, had erected his restaurant, Falls, just outside Eddy, the only city on the still-developing planet Mund. He'd chosen the site because of the intense flavors of the native vegetables, the high quality of the locally raised livestock, and a setting that whipped your head around and widened your eyes.
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 | Candy-BlossomFull Story
I was going to run. As soon as he . . . it . . . the THING stopped looking at me. Staring a hole through my stupid head with its four eyes. I was going to run like the wind. I shouldn't have come here. Never. I swore to God . . . if I ever got out of here . . .
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 | The DarknessFull Story
"Hi, Lieutenant," someone said as he walked into Ruthven's room. "Good to see you up and around. I gotta do a few tests with you back in the bed, though."
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Fantasy Stories
 | The Cold BlacksmithFull Story"Old man, old man, do you tinker?" |
 | PogaFull StoryHer father always called her "plain old goddam Amy." |
 | Build-A-BearFull Story
Sighing, Viola picked up the yellow schedule of shipboard activities and glanced at her watch. It was three thirty, still two and half hours till dinner.
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 | The Opposite of PomegranatesFull Story
The real difference between humans and fey is not the magic: with the fey comes down to this: they only know how to make bargains . . .
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 | ‘Ware the SleeperFull Story
There were bones where the children played: small, smooth pieces perfect for game markers on the black sand, and long shards Skalda remembered using for fence posts around imaginary horses. The tides washed them here, along with links from shattered chainmail and futile bits of armor.
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 | The Thief of StonesFull StoryAs I have been bidden, I will tell of how the sorcerer Merlin Ambrosius came to the shores of Ireland, and what he did there. |
Classic
 | Light of Other DaysFull StoryLeaving the village behind, we followed the heady sweeps of the road up into a land of slow glass. |
 | The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In ConnecticutFull StoryI was feeling blithe, almost jocund. I put a match to my cigar, and just then the morning's mail was handed in. |
Serials - parts and parts.
 | The Ancient Ones Part 1Full StoryWhen you’re in charge of ship filled with impish little Green aliens, the surprises a new world holds are only half the game. The other half are the surprises your crewmates and captain will think up... |
 | Travails with Momma, Part 1Full Story
"JOSH!" Josh Parker ignored his mother, leaving his eyes closed as he kept reading.
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 | Fish Story, Episode 1Full Story
Episode 1: The Wandle Pike You may call me Ishmael. Yes, I know it's been done. But since my name will change constantly as the story progresses, it may as well begin in the public domain.
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Introducing: Stories by new authors
New stories by new authors. | Fancy FarmerFull StoryNot exactly Julia Child, is she? |
 | The Puzzle of the Perigrinating CoachFull StoryShades of dying twilight hung gracefully over the London skyline, limning its towers and steeples in a delicate indigo. Helmesham and I had just finished a generous repast, and were preparing to turn to the Port. |
 | Astromonkeys!Full StoryThey're green, they're monkeys, what more can I say? |
 | Giving it 14 PercentFull StoryHe was reading a comic book when it happened. |
 | Local Boy Makes GoodFull Story“Somthin’ smells,” one of the thousand or so shock troopers milling about in the staging area said, staring straight at me. |
NonFiction articles
 | Gods and Monsters in HollywoodFull StoryMovies are just so bad. Gregory Benford wonders why... |
 | Back to the MoonFull Story
"As I take these last steps from the surface for some time in the future to come, I'd just like to record that America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And as we leave the moon and Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for mankind." These are the words said by astronaut Gene Cernan, the commander of Apollo 17, as he stepped from the moon in preparation to return to Earth.
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Columns
 | Why Die?Full Story
Jim looks into the research of Cynthia Kenyon, an eminently respectable scientist who publishes on aging in nematodes.
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 | June 2006Full StoryThe plight of the short SF market |
 | A Matter of PrincipleFull StoryDRM isn't just evil, it's stupid. |
 | Upload Your Life NowFull Story
Is the singularity coming? Mark Van Name provides a weather report.
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 | The History of Power From the Gutenberg Revolution to the Computer RevolutionFull Story
The more the publishing media can deliver to the masses, the more it will be that laws are passed to stop that same media from reaching the masses.
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