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Dear Jezzy (12)

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From Diaspora to New Jupiter (6)

Childhood at Crossroad Station (6)

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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 August 2012

My People, My People

By Stacey Danielle Lepper • Short Story • Published on Aug 31, 2012 • Topic: Other Worlds

The Mobius Garden

By James Bambury • Flash • Published on Aug 30, 2012 • Topic: Magic Realism

Overheard at The Platonic Ideal Bar and Grill

By Aimee Vanessa Blume • Flash • Published on Aug 29, 2012 • Topic: Biotech

The Taste of Salt

By Rachel Halpern • Short Short • Published on Aug 28, 2012 • Topic: Monsters

Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

By Paul G Di Filippo • Short Short • Published on Aug 27, 2012 • Topic: Nanotech

Cartographer's Ink

By Beth Cato • Short Story • Published on Aug 24, 2012 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

Watching Rockets

By John Philip Johnson • Flash • Published on Aug 23, 2012 • Topic: Robots & Computers

Bedtime Story

By Kevin Pickett • Flash • Published on Aug 22, 2012 • Topic: Robots & Computers

A Wizard At War

By A. M. Roelke • Short Short • Published on Aug 21, 2012 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

30 Pounds of Human Tissue

By Jennifer Campbell-Hicks • Flash • Published on Aug 20, 2012 • Topic: Robots & Computers

The Colors

By John M Shade • Short Short • Published on Aug 17, 2012 • Topic: Superhero

Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest

By Bruce Boston • Short Short • Published on Aug 16, 2012 • Topic: Other Worlds

The Watchmaker's Wife

By Lydia S. Gray • Short Short • Published on Aug 15, 2012 • Topic: Fairy Tales

Reversals

By M. Bennardo • Short Short • Published on Aug 14, 2012 • Topic: Future Societies

Contagion

By Bruce Holland Rogers • Flash • Published on Aug 13, 2012 • Topic: Disaster

We Planted The Sad Child, And Watched

By Rahul Kanakia • Short Story • Published on Aug 10, 2012 • Topic: Future Societies

Bone and Ash and Butterflies

By Julia Rios • Flash • Published on Aug 9, 2012 • Topic: Magic & Wizardry

A Measure of You

By C. Richard Patton • Short Short • Published on Aug 8, 2012 • Topic: Virtual Reality

Blue and Blue

By Jennifer Linnaea • Short Short • Published on Aug 7, 2012 • Topic: Other Worlds

The Hotel of the Suicides

By Mike Resnick & Sabina Theo • Flash • Published on Aug 6, 2012 • Topic: Future Societies

Innocence, Rearranged

By Annie Bellet • Short Story • Published on Aug 3, 2012 • Topic: Monsters

To Be Undone of Such Small Things

By Damien Walters Grintalis • Short Short • Published on Aug 2, 2012 • Topic: Biotech

Dear Editor, Enclosed Please Find My Story About Your Unfortunate Demise

By Luc Reid • Flash • Published on Aug 1, 2012 • Topic: Science Fiction

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