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One Woman’s Trash Is Another Woman’s Treasure
By: Anne Wilkins. I bought my husband second hand at the neighbor’s yard sale. “Don’t you want him?” I asked Bessie, his wife. “Nah. I upgraded.” She transferred…
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Ghost Machine
By: Jennifer Monsen. “It detects ghosts?” “Common misconception, but no. A ghost machine creates ghosts.” “What? How—” “For ‘how’ you’d have to talk to the folks in engineering—something…
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On the Other Hand
By: William Shaw. That thing? It’s a monkey’s paw. Yes, just like in that story. Except that paw was a left-hander, whereas this is a right-hander. It makes…
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Ghost Data
by Caroline Layne. I told the Therapist Bot I’m being haunted by my dead wife. He didn’t believe me. “There’s just no evidence,” he said. Alice has been…
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Clean Sweep
By: John Pettett. It’s been a great day. Sold almost the whole lot. Bikes, surfboards, paint, tools. Holy smoke, the stuff we had was embarrassing. Just one, never-been-used,…
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A Few Things They Don’t Tell You About Being Dead
By: Jayme Antrim. When you first wake up in the coffin, there’s no one there to explain how this all works. Good news is? Ghosts have all sorts…
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