“Nightfall” is a 1941 science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov. It is about a newspaperman who witnesses the last hours of sunlight from an observatory on the planet Lagash.

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The People of Sand and Slag

by Paolo Bacigalupi

• Word count: 7559
• Page count: 20

“The People of Sand and Slag” is a 2004 science fiction novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is about three genetically enhanced guards who find a strange life form roaming on their employer’s property.

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“The Veldt” is a 1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury. It is about a couple of parents who become concerned when their children use a virtual nursery to recreate an all-too-realistic African veldt.

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The 43 Antarean Dynasties

by Mike Resnick

• Audio Length: 40 minutes

The 43 Antarean Dynasties is a Hugo winning science fiction short story by Mike Resnick. It is about a proud tour guide showing three humans the remains of his planet’s once great culture.

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Travels With My Cats

by Mike Resnick

• Word count: 7353
• Page count: 18

Travels With My Cats, a very soft science fiction short story by Mike Resnick, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2005, and was also nominated for the 2004 Nebula Award. It is about a middle aged man who is given the amazing opportunity to converse with the long dead author of his favorite book.

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Eight Episodes

by Robert Reed

• Word count: 3870
• Page count: 10

Eight Episodes is a science fiction short story by the prolific Robert Reed. Nominated for the 2007 Hugo award, it is a story about a short lived web series that proves to be much deeper than anyone initially suspects.
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Kin

by Bruce McAllister

• Word count: 3978
• Page count: 10

Kin is a science fiction short story by Bruce McAllister that explores the ideas of the extremes a person will go to on an over populated and regulated world and the fact that truly learning about another culture – even if it is an alien one – can prove abundantly worthwhile.
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Impossible Dreams

by Tim Pratt

• Word count: 6655
• Page count: 15

Impossible Dreams is the 2007 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story… and it is amazing! It is a science fiction love story – not your regular love story either – this one is about a man’s love of cinema. Yet it evolves into more than that – much more.
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