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Shadows over NothrossSci-fi Fantasy by: Urpo Lankinen
An evil magician conquers an elven city with his orc army. Reclaiming the place seems like an ordinary job for a group of adventurers. Perhaps it is. "Shadows over Nothross" is an unabashedly *ordinary* fantasy novella set in the world of Avarthrel. ...
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Roo'd: A Cyberpunk NovelSci-fi Fantasy by: Joshua Klein
Fed was 18 when Tony got roo'd. He'd been prepping for early college admission with late-night com-classes, goggled in and finger-cramped over nasty circa-2009 C++ code examples while longing to toss it in for time to scan some flashy Java virii. Ton...
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The Prize in the GameSci-fi Fantasy by: Jo Walton
When a friendly competition leads to the death of a beloved horse and incurs the wrath of the Horse Goddess, the kingdoms of the island of Tir Isarnagiri are doomed to suffer. As the goddess' curse chases them down the years, four friends destined fo...
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Out From Edom, Book I of The Irredente ChroniclesSci-fi Fantasy by: J. Patrick Sutton
Humanity in its "renormalized" form following an epoch of profligate genetic bioforming has sheltered itself in a theocratic hegemony along one arm of a barred-spiral galaxy. In seeking to protect its genome from further tampering and regulate techno...
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NanowhereSci-fi Fantasy by: Chris Howard
This left another few hundred seconds for Dr. Straff to blindly think over his fate. The black fabric bag rubbed his nose and ears. The gunship's engines threw off a steady high-throttled chainsaw whine with an accompanying fuselage-vibrating rumble,...
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My Own Kind of FreedomSci-fi Fantasy by: Steven Brust
The "town" of Yuva began abruptly as the road split into two main streets, which ran parallel for about a mile before the southernmost ("South Street," said a sign) left you at the top of a hill leading down to where the miners lived in what was effe...
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New Year's WakeSci-fi Fantasy by: Ann Wilson
It was just past midnight when the woman in wet, torn forest green saw what had to be the light from windows of a small house. She stumbled toward it gratefully, hoping for warmth and some sort of communications. Dammit, equipment failure and a plane...
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NecahualSci-fi Fantasy by: Tobias Buckell
Right before me is a large aquarium. Something sinuously moves through the tank and presses against the glass. I stumble closer and a woman stares right back at me through the refracted water and solid glass with wide brown eyes. Sheets of her oak-co...
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Mystics on the Road to Vanishing PointSci-fi Fantasy by: John Robinson
The seat which he had inhabited was vacant, the indention his presence left now little more than a memory on the vinyl. If he could feel his legs, he would know they were tired. They were sick of pacing back and forth, to and fro; they would be beggi...
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The Mind Like A Strange BalloonSci-fi Fantasy by: Tom Maddox
Back at the Ops Room about half a dozen of the KEs were hard at work. "I am the Aleph and the omega," I said to one as I passed. I doubt that she got the reference. I spent most of the day sorting through other ICOG projects. ITT, AT&T,;Nippon El...
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Living HistorySci-fi Fantasy by: Ben Essex (Elliott Gesswell)
Jacob White works for the Salmon Corporation. It's an easy job, provided you do what you're told and don't ask too many questions. Jacob is told to start bringing historical figures back to life, somehow- the details are up to him. He doesn't ask too...
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Light-Years Ahead of His TimeSci-fi Fantasy by: Joseph Devon
This story was published out of sequence because I got somewhat derailed during the Holidays by family and then I got sick and blah blah blah. At some point leading up to this story I decided that I wanted to write something about "worm-holes and mor...
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IdentitySci-fi Fantasy by: Zoe Blade
David opened his eyes. A blurry white light filled the room. Slowly, everything came into focus. He was lying on a hospital bed, soaked with sweat. A fan was perched on the table next to the bed, blowing a gentle breeze of fresh air into his face. He...
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HaloSci-fi Fantasy by: Tom Maddox
In the latter half of the twenty-first century, freelance data-auditor Mikhail Gonzales has been contracted to monitor an AI-controlled orbiting colony. Complications arise when an experimental treatment for a critically injured man is opposed by Gon...
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Freedom IncorporatedSci-fi Fantasy by: Peter Tylee
Corporations control the world, portal technology allows instantaneous travel, and the ultimate in branded living has arrived: microchip implants for all. But the new era, while peaceful on the surface, comes with a staggering price ? individual free...
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Fearful SymmetrySci-fi Fantasy by: Ann Wilson
"I them in my Ordeal of Honor earned. Too much we have of Rangers heard; the truth we must know. That can best through the Ordeal learned be. When we on Homeworld are, and a clan have found that will him adopt, the Supreme will ask that he it try. If...
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Everyone In SilicoSci-fi Fantasy by: Jim Munroe
Are you ready to upgrade to a fully modifiable and personalized reality? In Vancouver, 2036, people are tired of the smog and the rain. They're willing to give up a lot for guaranteed sunshine. Don't think about what you're losing, think about what...
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From the Hands of Hostile GodsSci-fi Fantasy by: Darren R. Hawkins
First contact, cybernetically unrequited love, deep space exploration, high stakes corporate espionage -- a SF novel chock full of everything but car chases.
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For Solo Cello, op. 12Sci-fi Fantasy by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Originally published in Cosmos, March 2007. Reprinted in Science Fiction: Best of the Year.
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The Eye of AlloriaSci-fi Fantasy by: Rae Lori
In the late 21st century on Earth, new technology allowed man to create machines merged with the body oftheir fallen comrades of war. These ‘manchines’ fought and won the war for the West. Discarded, the manchines learned of their worth and fought ba...