"Thief of Futures" is a 2011 science fiction short story by D. Thomas Minton. It is about a specialized thief who comes out of retirement for a high paying job.
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The True Darkness is a 2010 short story by Pamela Sargent, about an odd power failure that frightens a couple in their home.
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The Nearest Thing by Genevieve Valentine is a 2011 short story about a man trying to create Artificial Intelligence.
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"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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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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"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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"The Faithful Soldier, Prompted" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Saladin Ahmed. It is about a former soldier who make a dangerous trip to post-apocalyptic Cairo to get medicine for his wife.
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Hey… that’s me! I know… I’m doing a bit of self-congratulatory plugging of my own story here – but hey, you can do that when you own the blog!
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[Editor's Note:] Welcome to the weekend! British author Tim Verba has informed me of his latest SF short story – so I’m informing you. I haven’t read this story, but it sounds really cool! Let us know what you think of it.

"The cuckoo and the Nth dimension" by Tim Verba – a short story of 11,000 words.
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[Editor's Note:] Happy Thursday! Here is some more author-provided information that I thought I would pass on to you – this time from author Nicholas J. Carter. While this story sounds intriguing please keep in mind that I haven’t read it. If you end up reading it please let us know what you thought.

I’m excited to share the news about my latest release, Jam Don’t Shake, a surprising and humorous dystopian novelette.
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Author C.E.L. Welsh has notified me of his new science fiction short story – so I thought I would pass along the information to you.
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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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"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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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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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 Cassandra Project" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Jack McDevitt. It is about an ancient dome discovered on the far side of the Moon.
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I’m not sure if you knew this or not, but in addition to reading and reviewing science fiction short stories I also like to dabble in writing them. Anyway, along that note I just wanted to announce that my own flash fiction piece “The Race” has just been published at WeirdYear. Hooray for me!
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"Stone Wall Truth" is a 2010 science fiction novelette by Caroline M. Yoachim. It is about a woman whose job is to torture and then heal the enemies of her state.
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"Peacemaker, Peacemaker, Little Bo Peep" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Jason Sanford. It is about a “dream of peace” that has infected previously non-violent people and causes them to “cleanse” the Earth of all the violent people.
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