"Rappaccini’s Daughter" is an 1844 science fiction novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is about a young man who discovers the strange daughter of a mad doctor.

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"The Things" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Peter Watts. It is about an ancient shape-shifting alien who crash lands on Earth, then tries to figure out the strange and unique human race.

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[Editor's Note:] Happy weekend! Today I am passing on some author-provided information about a short story collection. This sounds interesting, but I haven’t read any of the stories contained in it. If you end up reading any please let us know what you thought. Tele-Peri-Kaleido-Scope is a collection of short stories that have been programmed [...]

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"Keep Your Shape" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It is about some aliens who try to invade a nuclear plant on Earth.

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The Animated Pinup is a 1953 short story by Lewis Parker about an illustration of a beautiful woman that comes to life.

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"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window" is a 2010 speculative fiction novella by Rachel Swirsky. It is about a powerful dead woman whose soul is summoned for many years by the living people who seek her knowledge.

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Genome is a 2010 flash fiction story about an interesting mosquito problem.

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"The Hell Ship" is a 1952 science fiction novelette by Ray Palmer. It is about a man who is pressed into service on a horrific space ship.

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