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Postmark Andromeda (9)

The Future of Future Planning (6)

Dear Jezzy (12)

Tasting Menu (5)

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Careers for Magical Creatures (10)

Captain Percina Saunders (10)

Clickbait for Paranormals (7)

Alien Salvage (5)

From Diaspora to New Jupiter (6)

Childhood at Crossroad Station (6)

Cara Watt, P.I. (12)

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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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