"Outside the Box" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Brian Winfrey. It is about a young man who must give a strange, magical object to an unknown person everyday at the exact same time and place.

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"Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Yoon Ha Lee. It is about an ancient woman who possesses a uniquely powerful weapon.

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This is a guest post by Pamelia Brown Published by Small Beer Press in 2001, Kelly Link’s Stranger Things Happen is a beautiful collection of eleven short stories that touch on and mix-up many different genres: fantasy, fable, science fiction, mystery, and horror. Many refer to the work of Kelly Link as speculative fiction because [...]

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The Shipmaker, written by Aliette de Bodard, is a thought-provoking story about a woman that builds ships for an alien race.

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"The Mad Scientist’s Daughter" is a 2010 science fiction novelette by Theodora Goss. It is the story of 6 remarkable women who all have infamous fathers.

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So, I was a preliminary judge for the Million Writers Award this year. I had a very enjoyable time going through many of the nominated stories and sifting out the ones that I liked the best. And just like last year I read a bunch of stories that I did not like, but I also [...]

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This is a guest post by Alexis Bonari. "Blood Child" by Octavia E. Butler is a science fiction short story based around an alien world run by a race of insect like creatures called the Tlic who use humans as hosts to lay eggs inside them to reproduce. The story focuses on the relationship a [...]

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April 12th marked the 50th anniversary of the first man in space. Yep, back in 1961 the Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin spent 108 minutes orbiting the Earth – much to the chagrin of NASA and the US space program. It was truly an historic moment for space exploration.

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Paycheck, a 1953 novelette written by Philip K. Dick, is the story of a man that has his memory erased after working for a company for two years.  When he arrives to pick up his Paycheck, he is in for a big surprise.

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"Turquoise Days" is a 2002 science fiction novella by Alastair Reynolds. It is about a woman whose swim with ocean dwelling aliens causes dramatic changes in her life.

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The Curator is a short story written by Stuart Clark, about a hacker that finds an unusual place inside the network.

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"Diamond Dogs" is a 2001 science fiction novella by Alastair Reynolds. It is about a group of highly specialized people who travel to a deadly alien tower on a remote planet.

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