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From Diaspora to New Jupiter (6)

Childhood at Crossroad Station (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 September 2014

Ankle Grabbers

By Alisha Tyson • Short Short • Published on Sep 30, 2014 • Topic: Monsters

There and Back Again

By Sylvia Spruck Wrigley • Flash • Published on Sep 29, 2014 • Topic: High Fantasy

When it Ends, He Catches Her

By Eugie Foster • Short Short • Published on Sep 26, 2014 • Topic: Fairy Tales

Dust

By Edward Ashton • Short Short • Published on Sep 25, 2014 • Topic: Nanotech

Thrash

By Deborah Walker • Flash • Published on Sep 24, 2014 • Topic: Religious

Icarus Falls

By Alex Shvartsman • Short Short • Published on Sep 23, 2014 • Topic: Space Travel

The Moon and the Mouse

By Cat Rambo • Flash • Published on Sep 22, 2014 • Topic: Fairy Tales

Zugzwang

By Curtis C. Chen • Long Short Story • Published on Sep 19, 2014 • Topic: Aliens

Galaxies

By Brian D. Buckley • Flash • Published on Sep 18, 2014 • Topic: Robots & Computers

My Daughter's Smile

By J. Lee Crow • Flash • Published on Sep 17, 2014 • Topic: Parapsychology

All Thinking is Canceled for Today

By Lee Hallison • Flash • Published on Sep 16, 2014 • Topic: Robots & Computers

Pegacornus Rex

By Mary E. Lowd • Flash • Published on Sep 15, 2014 • Topic: Robots & Computers

What the Elfmaid Brought

By Stephen Reid Case • Short Story • Published on Sep 12, 2014 • Topic: High Fantasy

Man in the Bottle

By JD DeHart • Flash • Published on Sep 11, 2014 • Topic: Virtual Reality

Five Days to a Better You with Parallel Worlds (Executive Edition)

By Erica L. Satifka • Flash • Published on Sep 10, 2014 • Topic: Virtual Reality

The Rocketeer

By Rebecca Hodgkins • Short Short • Published on Sep 9, 2014 • Topic: Space Travel

Some Things Are Hard To Get Rid Of

By Benjamin S Wolf • Short Short • Published on Sep 8, 2014 • Topic: Robots & Computers

Substituting Fluffy

By Sarah Bartsch • Short Story • Published on Sep 5, 2014 • Topic: Clones

What No One Ever Tells You About Becoming Immortal

By Rebecca Lang • Flash • Published on Sep 4, 2014 • Topic: Biotech

J'ae's Solution

By Ciro Faienza • Flash • Published on Sep 3, 2014 • Topic: Biotech

Canaries

By E. Saxey • Short Short • Published on Sep 2, 2014 • Topic: Future Societies

Rocky Road

By James S. Dorr • Flash • Published on Sep 1, 2014 • Topic: Monsters

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