“The Forest” is a 2007 speculative fiction novelette by Laird Barron. It is about a Hollywood film-maker who visits old friends on a very strange New England farm.
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Today we head back to Concatenation for a couple of excellent short stories from Nature magazine.
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“Eros, Philia, Agape” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by Rachel Swirsky. It is about a woman who is struggling to cope with a divorce from her robot husband.
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Today a couple of Futures from Nature via Concatenation. Enjoy!
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“Printcrime” is a 2006 science fiction short story by Cory Doctorow. It is about man who goes to prison for illegal printing.
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“Bridesicle” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Will McIntosh. It is about a dead woman who is “awakened” to a very strange proposal.
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I have never been to Australia, but I would love to go! They sure do have some great Science Fiction authors though – and not just Greg Egan. Check out these 2 cool stories from Antipodean SF.
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“The Star and the Rockets” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Harry Turtledove. It is about an athlete in New Mexico who meets some very strange and benevolent beings.
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“Last Son of Tomorrow” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Greg van Eekhout. It is about a super-hero who gets tired of doing the same old thing all the time.
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“Hooves And The Hovel Of Abdel Jameela” is a 2009 speculative fiction short story by Saladin Ahmed. It is about an ancient Middle-Eastern doctor who helps a very strange couple.
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Today’s edition of Flash Fiction Friday take us to the journal Nature – where we are treated to a couple of excellent stories by a pair of famous science fiction authors!
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“Sublimation Angels” is a 2009 science fiction novella by Jason Sanford. It is about a set of special twins on a frozen world where manipulated humans, overbearing AIs and mysterious energy aliens live in a tenuous harmony.
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Now that I am back on board with more flash fiction, I decided to return Down Under to AntiSF for some more great short stories.
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Wow – it has been almost 3 months since my last Flash Fiction Friday posting! I figured it was time to get back into it again, so let’s start the ball rolling once more with a pair of stories from the excellent Flash Fiction Online.
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“The Octopus” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Ben Loory. It is about an octopus who moves out of the ocean to live in the city.
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“Deacon Carter’s Last Dime” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Nathan Crowder. It is about a brilliant man who builds a moon rocket out of junk yard parts.
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“The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Aaron Polson. It is about a boy who stays behind when the rest of the world is traveling through the mysterious doors that appear in their basements.
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“On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Desmond Warzel. It is about a Cleveland radio show which discusses alien politics after strange jet trails are seen over Lake Erie.
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“Galatea’s Stepchildren” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by Sam S. Kepfield. It is about a female robot who is hired as a secretary by a nice, educated man – and all the things she learns from him.
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“Wolf Island” is a 2009 speculative fiction short story by Stephen Graham Jones. It is about two survivors of a ship wreck who wash up on a deserted island where strange things happen.
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