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The Antitheists Nightmare

With apologies to Bertrand Russell The eminent antitheist and essayist Dr. Brussels dreamt that he died and found himself, against all expectation,

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Anticlimatic by Arlan Andrews Sr.

ANTICLIMATIC Arlan Andrews, Sr. Nervous tension thickened palpably in the NASA control center as flickering kinetoscope signals from the descending Martian lander

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Nascent by Katie Winkler

NASCENT Katie Winkler We were frankly amazed that it picked her. Of course, we had, as a group of the top minds

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It's Me or the Robot and On Synthetic Humans: Friends Electric by Mark Kirkbride

IT’S ME OR THE ROBOT Mark Kirkbride “Is that a leg?” Sabrina didn’t know whether to dash back through the door or

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Double Grave by James Fitzsimmons

DOUBLE GRAVE James Fitzsimmons “Where’s my digitalis!” “Here, Dad.” “Where’s my magazine?” “Here, Dad.” “That’s Sports Illustrated. I want Sporting News!” “They

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Close Enough by J.R. Johnson

CLOSE ENOUGH J.R. Johnson After the hospitals, the grief, and all the damn flowers, Patrick Cole figured killing Hackett would be the

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Frank Herbert, PhotoJournalist by Erik Jorgensen

FRANK HERBERT, PHOTOJOURNALIST Erik Jorgensen Famous people typically have mundane pasts in unknown places before they stepped into the limelight. Some have

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Yao’s World by Matthew Barron

YAO’S WORLD Matthew Barron The bubble hummed. It had grown into a dark globe and was partially submerged in the table top.

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Cartographers by Benjamin Le Gros

CARTOGRAPHERS Benjamin Le Gros When the breeding programme began, mankind had only reached the nearest edges of our solar system. We hadn’t

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Nature or Nurture? Time Tells by John Kaniecki

NATURE OR NURTURE? TIME TELLS John Kaniecki “I must condemn your utter contempt for ethics,” Rejeck the research director blasted away in

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Life of Orpheus by Carl Grafe

LIFE OF ORPHEUS Carl Grafe Orpheus. They call me Orpheus. The asteroid had felt the weight of the shuttle displacing its particles,

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Cycle Within Cyles by Darrel Duckworth

CYCLES WITHIN CYCLES Darrel Duckworth The End had come. The universe was dead. No more galaxies shining in the darkness. No walls

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New Appliances by Brandon McNulty

NEW APPLIANCES Brandon McNulty Seven A.M. brought sunshine and the usual droning from beside the couple’s bed. A young boy named Alarm

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Asha by David E. Seaman

ASHA David E. Seaman The ambulance came to a stop at the small town Midwestern ED doors. A doctor waited for Zach

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Javi and Parma by Ellen Denton

JAVI AND PARMA Ellen Denton From the Galaxapedia, Volume III Chapter XIV: “Members of the Wakinian race are born as two connected

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Actus Reus by Patrick McPhee

ACTUS REUS Patrick MacPhee “Mrs. Davidson, is that man in this courtroom?” “H-he is,” stuttered a middle-aged woman, who sat up awkwardly

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