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How to Train a Cyber Cat
By: LM Fontanes. I trained my cyber cat to purr upon touch and now, even when I simply stretch my fingers outward, it starts to rumble. I trained…
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We Are All of Us Atoms
By: Sam Allport. I felt woozy. A speaker filled the white room with rapturous applause. A wide-eyed camera stared at me, unblinking. I looked down at myself. Hands,…
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Stay Quiet. Smile Often.
By: Zachary Taylor. Mindy practiced smiling in the bathroom mirror, making sure her eyes “smiled” with her. She tried showing her teeth, then keeping her mouth closed. Her…
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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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