Today I am going to try something a little bit different – I am going to post an author’s description of his own short story.

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"Scales" is a 2009 science fiction short story by Alastair Reynolds. It is about a human who is recruited to fight aliens, and the drastic changes he must go through.

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Flying in the Face of God, a novelette written by Nina Allan, is a moving tale about a woman whose best friend is going into space.

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"The Bicentennial Man" is a 1976 science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It is about a robot who fights for his rights, and gradually becomes more human, over the long course of his life.

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Mouja is a short story written by Matt London, about a group of samurai defending a farm village against the “mouja”… zombies.

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"Ej-Es" is a 2003 science fiction short story by Nancy Kress. It is about a MedCorps member who desperately wants to help the survivors of a destructive plague on a planet at the edge of the galaxy.

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Cucumber Gravy is a 2001 novelette written by Susan Palwick about a marijuana dealer that also takes care of cucumber shaped aliens.

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"The Cosmic Expense Account" is a 1956 science fiction novelette by C.M. Kornbluth. It is about 2 men who journey into a plague area to convince a powerful woman that her strange beliefs are incorrect.

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