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Dear Jezzy (12)

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Clickbait for Paranormals (7)

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Childhood at Crossroad Station (6)

Cara Watt, P.I. (12)

Maradia's Robot (6)

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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 November 2011

The Butcher's First

By Seth DeHaan • Flash • Published on Nov 30, 2011 • Topic: Aliens

A Puddle of Dead

By Grayson Bray Morris • Short Short • Published on Nov 29, 2011 • Topic: Nanotech

Looking for a Knight in Shining Armor

By Sylvia Spruck Wrigley • Flash • Published on Nov 28, 2011 • Topic: High Fantasy

Sand-Child

By Marie Croke • Short Story • Published on Nov 25, 2011 • Topic: Fantasy

Venus at the Streetlight Lounge

By Cheryl Wood Ruggiero • Flash • Published on Nov 24, 2011 • Topic: Religious

Daddy's Girl

By Leigh Kimmel • Flash • Published on Nov 23, 2011 • Topic: Religious

The Bicycle Rebellion

By Laura E. Goodin • Short Short • Published on Nov 22, 2011 • Topic: Modern Fantasy

Safe Empathy

By Ken Liu • Flash • Published on Nov 21, 2011 • Topic: Magic Realism

Meet Archive

By Mary E. Lowd • Short Short • Published on Nov 18, 2011 • Topic: Robots & Computers

Everyone Gets Scared Sometimes

By Ari B Goelman • Short Short • Published on Nov 17, 2011 • Topic: Monsters

Everyone Loves A Hero

By Fran Wilde • Flash • Published on Nov 16, 2011 • Topic: Superhero

Silver Sixpence

By Craig Pay • Short Short • Published on Nov 15, 2011 • Topic: Space Travel

The Last Necromancer

By Thomas F Jolly • Flash • Published on Nov 14, 2011 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

Fields of Ice

By Jay Caselberg • Short Story • Published on Nov 11, 2011 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

Trading the Days

By M.E. Castle • Flash • Published on Nov 10, 2011 • Topic: Slipstream

Ned Thrall

By Amalia Dillin • Flash • Published on Nov 9, 2011 • Topic: Biotech

A Great Destiny

By Eric James Stone • Short Short • Published on Nov 8, 2011 • Topic: Medieval

Geniuses

By Christopher Kastensmidt • Flash • Published on Nov 7, 2011 • Topic: Science Fiction

And The

By Alyc Helms • Long Short Story • Published on Nov 4, 2011 • Topic: High Fantasy

Time to Go

By Erin M. Hartshorn • Flash • Published on Nov 3, 2011 • Topic: Virtual Reality

Call Center Blues

By Carrie Cuinn • Flash • Published on Nov 2, 2011 • Topic: Robots & Computers

Dark Swans

By Terra LeMay • Short Short • Published on Nov 1, 2011 • Topic: Modern Fantasy

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