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Aliens (48 stories)

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Not just rockets & robots...

"Science Fiction" means—to us—everything found in the science fiction section of a bookstore, or at a science fiction convention, or amongst the winners of the Hugo awards given by the World Science Fiction Society. This includes the genres of science fiction (or sci-fi), fantasy, slipstream, alternative history, and even stories with lighter speculative elements. We hope you enjoy the broad range that SF has to offer.

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Stories Published September 2011

Wonder

By Matthue Roth • Short Story • Published on Sep 30, 2011 • Topic: Superhero

Her Majesty's Guardian

By Donald S. Crankshaw • Short Short • Published on Sep 29, 2011 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

Totemkill

By Sean Vivier • Flash • Published on Sep 28, 2011 • Topic: Modern Fantasy

Regret Incorporated

By Andy and RJ Astruc • Short Short • Published on Sep 27, 2011 • Topic: Time Travel

The Last Seed

By Ken Liu • Flash • Published on Sep 26, 2011 • Topic: Other Worlds

Volition

By Alec Austin • Short Story • Published on Sep 23, 2011 • Topic: Future Societies

Exit Stage Life

By Cate Gardner • Flash • Published on Sep 22, 2011 • Topic: Slipstream

Ten Speeds at the End of the World

By Guinevere Robin Rowell • Flash • Published on Sep 21, 2011 • Topic: Disaster

This Always Happens Here

By Richard Larson • Short Short • Published on Sep 20, 2011 • Topic: Slipstream

In Memoriam

By Amanda C. Davis • Flash • Published on Sep 19, 2011 • Topic: Monsters

The Ritual of Names in Prague in the Last Days of the New Empire

By Bernie Mojzes • Short Story • Published on Sep 16, 2011 • Topic: Disaster

In Vivo

By SJ Driscoll • Flash • Published on Sep 15, 2011 • Topic: Biotech

Spiral

By Sarah Stasik • Flash • Published on Sep 14, 2011 • Topic: Time Travel

Beauty, Deconstructed

By Adam Colston • Short Short • Published on Sep 13, 2011 • Topic: Robots & Computers

HETERO3

By Robert Reed • Flash • Published on Sep 12, 2011 • Topic: Alternative History

Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo

By Eugie Foster • Long Short Story • Published on Sep 9, 2011 • Topic: Religious

Test Drive

By Nina Kiriki Hoffman • Flash • Published on Sep 8, 2011 • Topic: Aliens

Modification or Mutation: 8 Ways a Parent Can Be Sure

By Marissa Kristine Lingen • Flash • Published on Sep 7, 2011 • Topic: Future Societies

Losing One’s Appetite

By Sarina Dorie • Flash • Published on Sep 6, 2011 • Topic: Monsters

Everlasting

By Fran Wilde • Flash • Published on Sep 5, 2011 • Topic: Nanotech

Now Until

By Jonathan Fredrick Parks • Short Story • Published on Sep 2, 2011 • Topic: Space Travel

Dragons

By Wakefield Mahon • Short Short • Published on Sep 1, 2011 • Topic: Fantasy

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Flash = 100-1000 words • Short Short = 1001-2500 • Short Story = 2501-5000 • Long Short Story = 5001-7500 • Novelette = 7501-10000+

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