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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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art by Melissa Mead

Stories Published September 2013

How Hagatha One-Eye Fell Off the Wagon

By Matthew Cote • Flash • Published on Sep 30, 2013 • Topic: Fairy Tales

Marrakech Express

By Milena Benini • Flash • Published on Sep 27, 2013 • Topic: SF/Fantasy

The Gifts: Part Three

By Mari Ness • Short Short • Published on Sep 26, 2013 • Topic: Magic Realism

The Gifts: Part Two

By Mari Ness • Flash • Published on Sep 25, 2013 • Topic: Fairy Tales

The Gifts: Part One

By Mari Ness • Flash • Published on Sep 24, 2013 • Topic: Fairy Tales

Worldbuilding

By Alex Shvartsman • Flash • Published on Sep 23, 2013 • Topics: SF/Fantasy & Humor

Unicorns, and Other Birthday Hazards

By Jeffrey John Hemenway • Short Story • Published on Sep 20, 2013 • Topic: Modern Fantasy

Those Little Slices of Death

By Susan Lanigan • Flash • Published on Sep 19, 2013 • Topic: Biotech

Artist's Retrospective

By David D. Levine • Flash • Published on Sep 18, 2013 • Topic: Magic Realism

Virtually Human

By Melanie Rees • Short Short • Published on Sep 17, 2013 • Topic: Virtual Reality

Pavlov's Final Research

By Gary Cuba • Flash • Published on Sep 16, 2013 • Topic: Humor

The Titanium Geisha

By Elias Barton • Novelette • Published on Sep 13, 2013 • Topic: Robots & Computers

Finally Free

By Frances Silversmith • Flash • Published on Sep 12, 2013 • Topic: Monsters

Ebb and Flow

By LaShawn M. Wanak • Flash • Published on Sep 11, 2013 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

Tunnel Vision

By Zach Shephard • Flash • Published on Sep 10, 2013 • Topic: Slipstream

Uh... Guys?

By Luc Reid • Flash • Published on Sep 9, 2013 • Topic: Aliens

Dark Angel, Archangel

By Kevin J. Anderson • Short Story • Published on Sep 6, 2013 • Topic: Religious

The Witch's Cat

By Kalisa Ann Lessnau • Short Short • Published on Sep 5, 2013 • Topic: Modern Fantasy

The Vanishing Girl

By Michael T. Banker • Flash • Published on Sep 4, 2013 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

The Velveteen Rabbit Says Goodbye

By Melissa Mead • Short Short • Published on Sep 3, 2013 • Topic: Fantasy

When the Selkie Comes

By Sylvia Spruck Wrigley • Flash • Published on Sep 2, 2013 • Topic: Fairy Tales

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