“After the Coup” is a 2008 science fiction short story by John Scalzi. It is about a space technician coerced into fighting a goodwill exhibition match against a little known alien race.

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BestScienceFictionStories.com seems to get a lot of people searching for very specific types of stories, so I have decided to update the categories list. I have added several new categories – including: which decade the story was published in, famous authors, story length, audio stories and more. I have also gone back through every post [...]

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“The Sentinel” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It is about an ancient monument discovered on the moon.

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I wanted to let you all know that I recently updated my site to use FeedBurner RSS.

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“The Green Leopard Plague” is a 2003 science fiction novella by Walter Jon Williams. It is about a genetically altered mermaid who is researching why the founder of her modern society went missing for three weeks.

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“All You Zombies-” is a 1959 science fiction short story by Robert Heinlein. It is about an agent of the Temporal Bureau who travels back in time to recruit a young writer.

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“Radiant Doors” is a 1998 science fiction short story by Michael Swanwick. It is about a woman who receives a mysterious gadget from the tyrannical leaders of the future.

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“The Cold Equations” is a 1954 science fiction novelette by Tom Godwin. It is about a pilot who finds a stowaway girl on his Emergency Dispatch Ship.

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“Jimmy’s Roadside Cafe” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Ramsey Shehadeh. It is about a man who builds a ramshackle cafe on an interstate median after a deadly plague.

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