July Short Stories
The
Exile
By Derrick R. Lafayette
The stress of living in a hostile
environment can be a killer.
September
1917
By Jonny Edward
A glimpse of what happens when humans
interfere with the laws of physics.
Timely
Misadventures
By Thomas Wm. Hamilton
Even our most altruistic actions can
have unintended effects.
Wait
Here
By Ray Prew
What lies beyond this life and the
next?
Sand
Sharks
By Walter G. Esselman
Sometimes violence is not the answer;
understanding is.
Soul
for Sale
Susan Anwin
Always read the fine print of any
contract, especially when your soul is at stake.
The
Disfigured Man
By Michael Falcone
How do we explain our inhumanity when
karma hits?
AfterBook
By Glenn M. Diamond
Sometimes the shortcut to social
media fame is just nor worth it.
Cave
Fish
By J. S. Helgerson
Building a foreign affairs
relationship with an alien species may be trickier than we thought.
The
Flower of Time
By Jon Vassa
A man goes to the ends of the Earth
to make amends
Optimal
Efficiency
By Vanessa Kittle
How do we treat our machines when
they build relationships?
Best
Short Stories from Our First Twenty Years
Best
Shorts 2007-2008
Best of 2007:
The
Missing Bag
By J. Alan Brown
Had the little aliens planted a bomb somewhere in the Houston
International Air-and-SpacePort? Morgan Jefferson couldn't ignore the
possibility, not after the April Fools' Day disaster.
Black
Box Betty
By Frederick Rustam
The 'betty' was one of a kind -- a hardware/software/firmware
intelligent search interface with the emphasis on 'intelligent'.
Inside
Out
By E. S. Strout
The first mission to Sagitarrius-A had gone silent for reasons
unknown. So Major Judith Saul was taking backup with her -- an A.I.
package implanted in her brain.
Best
of 2008:
The
Last One
By J. B. Hogan
Stephen wasn't crazy about the outing to the zoo. There was a lot of
walking, some of the people looking a little scary, and the food...
Cats
and Fairies
By Stuart Sharp
Like all cats, Nadia had a certain air of mystery. She'd arrived out
of nowhere, and sometimes behaved in rather unfeline ways. But the
intruders who came to see her made Nadia seem like the very paragon of
normalcy!
Paralysis
By Jeff Curry
Unable to move, barely able to breathe, to see... It had happened
before, but what if it was permanent this time? And was there
someone else in the room?
Best
Mare
Inebrium Tales from Our First Twenty Years
Best Mare Inebrium Tales
 Rerun
By Bill Wolfe
A
Fish For Orion
By Lee Foster
Sociology Experiment
By Wishbone
Where Angels Fear to Tread
By Bill Wolfe
Sheffield’s
Eleventh
By Jeff Williams
|
