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Oct

Join by Liz Coleman

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2010's, Aliens, Free, Mars, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

"Join" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Liz Coleman. It is about a man who has a romantic relationship with some aliens that are invading our solar system!

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26

Oct

The Mad Scientist’s Daughter

Posted by Cin  Published in 2010's, Bizarrely Connected Stories, Free, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

The Mad Scientist’s Daughter is a 2010 short story by Theodora Goss about the daughters of several famous madmen we are all familiar with.

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24

Oct

The Beautiful People by Charles Beaumont

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1950's, Classics, Free, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

"The Beautiful People" is a 1952 science fiction short story by Charles Beaumont. It is about a normal young woman who refuses to have surgery to make her beautiful, and all the problems that causes!

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19

Oct

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Posted by Cin  Published in 1930's (and earlier), by Famous Authors, Classics, Free, Novella, Online, Printable

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a novella published in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a well known story about a man with a dual personality.

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17

Oct

Life-line by Robert A. Heinlein

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1940's, by Famous Authors, Classics, Free, Online, Robert Heinlein, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

This is a guest post by Timothy Darling. Doctor Hugo Pinero invents a device for measuring the length of life and predicting the date and time of death. This leads to the protests of insurance companies and the potential collapse of the industry, not to mention many personal concerns, and the dilemma of a humanity [...]

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12

Oct

Men Are Trouble

Posted by Cin  Published in Free, Novelette, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews

Men Are Trouble, a novelette written by James Patrick Kelly, is about a private investigator trying to discover why a woman committed suicide just after she got married.  To another woman.  In a world without men.

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10

Oct

Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order by Damien Broderick

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2010's, Free, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, Time Travel

"Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Damien Broderick. It is about a husband and wife team who travel through time to help prevent disastrous events from occurring.

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5

Oct

Gossamer

Posted by Cin  Published in 1990's, Free, Hard Science Fiction, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

Gossamer, a 1995 short story by Stephen Baxter, begins when two women crash land on Pluto when the wormhole they were traveling through suddenly collapses.

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3

Oct

The Elephants of Poznan by Orson Scott Card

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, by Famous Authors, Free, Nebula Awards, Novelette, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews

"The Elephants of Poznan" is a 2000 science fiction novelette by Orson Scott Card. It is about a man who lives in a post-apocalyptic Polish city and the strange visitors he receives.

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