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Dec

Holiday Break

Posted by Rusty  Published in Miscellaneous

Happy Holidays everybody!
I’ll be taking a break from blogging for a couple of weeks while I celebrate the holiday season with my family and do some gaming with my friends. I’ll be back in January with more science fiction short story reviews and Flash Fiction Fridays.
See you then,
-Rusty

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21

Dec

Death and Suffrage by Dale Bailey

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Free, Novelette, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews

“Death and Suffrage” is a 2002 science fiction novelette by Dale Bailey. It is about a Presidential campaign manager who begins to doubt his abilities in the midst of a zombie-induced re-vote.

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19

Dec

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Posted by Rusty  Published in Miscellaneous

Happy 2nd birthday to me and my web site! Yep, two years ago today was the start of all the fun and mayhem that is known as BestScienceFictionStories.com. It has been a good and fun two years. Feel free to bake me a cake (I like chocolate), buy me a gift (I [...]

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18

Dec

Flash Fiction Friday: Anatomical Generosity and Smart Pilgrims

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Flash Fiction, Free, Online, Printable, Very Short, by Less-Famous Authors

365 Tomorrows: That great web site where you can read… well, 365 stories about, you know – tomorrow!

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16

Dec

5 Christmas Themed Science Fiction Stories

Posted by Rusty  Published in Bizarrely Connected Stories, Free, Miscellaneous, Online, Printable

Bizarrely Connected Stories: In which I find a strange theme connecting several previously reviewed short stories. Today’s feature: Five Science Fiction Christmas Stories!

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14

Dec

Sinner,Baker,Fabulist,Priest; Red Mask,Black Mask,Gentleman,Beast by Eugie Foster

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Free, Novelette, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews

“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” is a 2009 science fiction novelette, with a very long title I might add, by Eugie Foster. It is about a society whose members must wear different, personality-altering masks each day – and what happens when the taboo of removing those masks are broken!

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11

Dec

Flash Fiction Friday: Amazing Weapons and Dangerous Bait

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Aliens, Flash Fiction, Free, Good for Kids, Online, Printable, Very Short, by Less-Famous Authors

Today we’re back to the web site that is quickly becoming one of my favorites – Flash Fiction Online.

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7

Dec

‘Tis the Season by China Miéville

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Free, Funny, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

“‘Tis the Season” is a 2004 science fiction short story by China Miéville. It is about a man who takes his teenage daughter to the one official Christmas party in London’s highly privatised holiday season.

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4

Dec

Flash Fiction Friday: Modern Women and Ancient Fish

Posted by Rusty  Published in Aliens, Flash Fiction, Free, Miscellaneous, Online, Printable, by Less-Famous Authors

Hidey-ho web neighbors! Today we’ll be exploring a couple of very short stories from Australia’s flash fiction site AntipodeanSF.

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