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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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I, Roomba
By: Liam Hogan. My Roomba keeps telling me about the novel it’s written. It trundles across the kitchen floor, but as soon as I enter it changes course,…
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Next Stop: Nowhere
By: Kai Delmas. Two nobodies sit in the train to Nowhere. The last passengers got off at the last stop, somewhere. They had places to be, people to…
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Ample Parking
By: Carolyn Divish. “I lost my TimeCar. I just don’t know when it is now.” I’d only gone into the house for a second to fetch the ill-fitting…
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