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The Haunting [MultiFormat]
by Susan Casper
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An old, trapped ghost only wants the best for the family that occupies her house. (Published: 1984)
Words: 2414 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Horror
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Spring-Fingered Jack [MultiFormat]
by Susan Casper
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A video game enthusiast wants to be the very best, no matter what it takes. (Published: 1983)
Words: 1256 - Reading Time: 3-5 min.
Category: Horror
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The Eye of the Ayatollah [MultiFormat]
by Ian Watson
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A religious fanatic who snatched out Ayatollah Khomeini's eye at his funeral uses it to discover where Salman Rushdie is hiding from Khomeini's fatwa. (Published: 1990) Year's Best Horror Selection
Words: 3020 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Horror
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Final Trophy [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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Derr was the greatest hunter of them all, bagging game on a dozen planets. But his greatest challenge was the Ristable and the incomprehensible legends about it told by the natives.
Words: 4496 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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A female homicide detective encounters an inexplicable case. The dead vagrant man seems to have a different biology than usual ... and a loyal following of beautiful supermodels who no longer want to live without him.
Words: 4310 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Avenger of Death [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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He was only a lonely old used-book seller. But when he finds a mysterious message in an old book he quickly becomes embroiled in a life and death struggle against unknown forces.
Words: 4755 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Under Her Skin [MultiFormat]
by Susan Casper
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An overweight woman who didn't really want to be at the dance is surprised to find an attractive young man is interested in her. There must be a catch, she thinks. Well, let's just say there is a catch, and it's a real whopper.
Words: 2429 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Horror
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Outsider's Chance [MultiFormat]
by Geoffrey A. Landis
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He was just a working-man trying to keep his nuclear powered spacecraft in good running order. He wasn't going to make a big profit hauling his payload to the asteroid belts, but it was a living. Until the pirates caught up to him, that is. Now he has only one chance to survive--the Outsider's Chance.
Words: 5437 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Sundancer Falling [MultiFormat]
by Geoffrey A. Landis
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In orbit, the first rule of survival is: act slowly. Your instincts might say to act quickly, but your instincts will kill you. When an accident ejected an orbital worker off the Sundancer, there wasn't time to act slowly. Now the race against time has begun.
Words: 5533 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Shrinkers and Movers [MultiFormat]
by George Zebrowski
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A man employs Shrinkers and Movers, Inc. to move all his furniture using their matter-shrinking technology. Only things don't go strictly as advertised, either on his move or in his life. Charles Harness, on reading this story, commented: "A charming little tale, with some very clever unobtrusive touches... A rarity in science fiction--a successful story with a moral..."
Words: 5288 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Impact Parameter [MultiFormat]
by Geoffrey A. Landis
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Astronomers think they have an equipment problem when a star seems to be out of its usual place. They have a problem, all right, a big problem, but it has nothing to do with their equipment. (Published: 1992)
Words: 7168 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Pope of the Chimps [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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They were fifth-generation sign-language chimps. Their intelligence seemed almost human at times, but they didn't quite understand what humans were all
about. They thought of humans as immortal gods, until one day a scientist on the project contracted fatal cancer. Now the chimps must be told the
truth, but who could have known what the result would be? (Published: 1982) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 7932 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Song of a Dry River [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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A Kirinyaga story. Koriba, tired after a long day of settling petty disputes, is driven to put a curse on his own people, plunging Kirinyaga into a devastating drought to force compliance with the laws and customs of the Kikuyu people. But has he gone too far this time? (Published: 1991)
Words: 7378 - Reading Time: 21-29 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Last Dog [MultiFormat]
by Mike Resnick
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The last dog on earth runs into what might be the last man. Can they join forces and survive in a world of destruction? (Published: 1977)
Words: 2389 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Doing Lennon [MultiFormat]
by Gregory Benford
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A man comes up with a scheme to become rock legend John Lennon after emerging from cryogenic sleep. But can he fool the people in the year 2108 (or is it 2180?) and live out his dream. (This story contains a fascinating afterword by Benford in which he discusses how he came to write this story, and his feelings about the death of John Lennon five years after it was written.) (Published: 1975) Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 5449 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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In the far future, time is considered so precious that it's a criminal offense to waste it. The dreaded Ticktockman (he hates it when people call him that) enforces the law. But then the man known only as The Harlequin came into the picture. One of Ellison's most acclaimed works, this story won both the Hugo and Nebula when it was published. It's part satire, part allegory, part warning, and all Ellison. (Published: 1965) Hugo Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Winner
Words: 4433 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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This Life and Later Ones [MultiFormat]
by George Zebrowski
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When Dad decides to try the new immortality method, his son doesn't object. But the technicians didn't tell them about the problems with the new technology, and the eternal nightmare it would become. (Published: 1987)
Words: 3600 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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TeleAbsence [MultiFormat]
by Michael A. Burstein
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A boy steals a pair of spex and tries to infiltrate a virtual classroom. How long can he keep up the ruse, and what are the stakes for his future if he fails? (Published: 1995) Hugo Award Nominee, Analog Reader's Choice Award Winner
Words: 6617 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Shattered Like a Glass Goblin [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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Rudy is home from the army on medical discharge, and he has come to find Kris, whom he was to marry. But now she lives on The Hill, with a group of drugged-out people. And there are strange noises in the halls and in the basement. Then things got really out of control. (Published: 1968) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 3450 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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A man struggling to understand how he became a success visits himself as a child, only to discover that you can't go home again. (Published: 1970)
Words: 5685 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Along the Scenic Route [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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This story takes the concept of "road rage" to a new level. A man traveling on a freeway is threatened by another car, and now they are locked in a duel (fully sanctioned by the State) using all the gizmos that technology can provide. (Published: 1969)
Words: 3688 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Cosmic Corkscrew [MultiFormat]
by Michael A. Burstein
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A fan goes back in time to retrieve the lost manuscript of Isaac Asimov's first story. (Published: 1998) Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 3327 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Coming of Age [MultiFormat]
by Susan Casper
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A young girl is tormented by her aging grandmother who spends all day making sure the "evil" doesn't get a hold of her (as it did her mother). (Published: 1993)
Words: 2800 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Nine-Tenths of the Law [MultiFormat]
by Susan Casper
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As the saying goes, possession is nine-tenths of the law. Apparently, this applies to spiritual possession as well... (Published: 1991)
Words: 2328 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Story Child [MultiFormat]
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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The world is turned upside-down by the Abandonment, and now there are no children left. Adults are falling victim to all manner of plagues and diseases with seemingly no cause. Then, one day, the story child appeared. (Published: 1990) Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Year's Best Science Fiction Selection
Words: 4198 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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