Little stories. Big impact.
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Heaven’s Stray
by Greg Clumpner. Between the rows of mismatched beds, Bobby peered through the telescope, watching light flow behind the hurtling ball of minerals. Trailing plasma ignited like his…
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Time Capsule from a Crumbling Earth
By: Allison Mulder. Last. People keep commenting that on the Capsule goodbye forum, and for someone, it will be true. The last entry on the last server shoved…
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The Perils of Outsourcing
By: Carter Lappin. It’s harder than you might think to train a crow to cast spells. Sure, the language is there—alakazam comes as easy to them as mama…
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One Last Calculation
By: Kimberly Ann Smiley. The spreadsheet looked so benign. But I knew better. After all, I’d made the damn thing. I knew the horrifying reality behind the data.…
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Positive Reinforcement
By: Dale Parnell. Two days after their ships entered our atmosphere, a signal was broadcast across all known frequencies. We listened as an ethereal voice repeated the same…
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The Chimney
By: Timbray Shafer. “Impressive,” I tell the Architect. “Though I wonder…” He raises an inky brow. I swallow. “The locomotive has a chimney.” The Architect crosses velvet-coated arms,…
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