“Collapse” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Michael Burstein. It is about an astronomer who believes the universe has begun to contract.

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“The Concrete Jungle” is a 2004 science fiction novella by Charles Stross. It is about an agent who works for a secret British intelligence organization handling supernatural cases, and his discovery that someone has hacked into their deadly network.

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“Slow Life” is a 2002 science fiction novelette by Michael Swanwick. It is about an astronaut on Titan who believes she is in communication with a newfound life form.

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“It’s a Good Life” is a 1953 science fiction short story by Jerome Bixby. It is about a small boy who uses his special powers to terrorize the small town in which he lives.

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“The Game of Rat and Dragon” is a 1955 science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith. It is about the telepaths, and their partners, who use mind altering pin-sets to protect spaceships traveling in interstellar space.

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“Chance Encounter” is a 1959 science fiction short story by A. Bertram Chandler. It is about two men who accept dangerous but lucrative assignments as crewmen on an exploration ship to the edge of the galaxy.

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“Relay” is a 1991 science fiction short story by Lewis Shiner. It is about a man who claims to have traveled to the future while on a relay station in orbit above the Earth.

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