"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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“Flowers for Algernon”, a 1959 short story by Daniel Keyes, is about a human test subject whose intelligence significantly increases after undergoing a special surgery.
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This is a guest post by Martin Dugas.

"Air Raid", a 1977 short story by John Varley, is about time travelers rescuing people from airplanes that are about to crash with no survivors.
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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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"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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"The Persistence of Vision" is a 1978 science fiction novella by John Varley. It is about drifter who discovers an amazing commune of blind and deaf people in the New Mexico desert.
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"In the Late December" is a 2003 science fiction short story by Greg van Eekhout. It is about how Santa Claus battles the heat death of the universe by giving out gifts to any life form he can find.
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"Going Deep" is a 2009 science fiction short story by James Patrick Kelly. It is about a cloned teenage girl who lives on the moon and is about to be offered a life changing opportunity.
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“Little Gods” is about a man that has some unusual visitors following the death of his wife.
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“Goblin Night” is a 1965 science fiction novelette by James H. Schmitz. It is about a teen aged girl whose psionic abilities cause trouble while camping in a dangerous national park.
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“The Death of Doctor Island” is a 1973 science fiction novella by Gene Wolfe. It is about a mentally disturbed teenage boy who is sent to a very high tech rehabilitation center.
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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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“The Day Before the Revolution” is a 1974 science fiction short story by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is about one day in the life on an old revolutionary woman.
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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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“The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by James Alan Gardner. It is about an unpopular teenage boy who finds an alien ray gun in the forest.

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“Mars: A Traveler’s Guide” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Ruth Nestvold. It is about a person desperately trying to access a space suit’s computerized help system.

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“Fountain of Age” is a 2007 science fiction novella by Nancy Kress. It is about a wealthy, reformed criminal who tries to track down his famous long lost lover.

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“26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Kij Johnson. It is about a woman who tries to figure out how the monkeys in her magic show really disappear.

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“Tower of Babylon” is a 1990 science fiction novelette by Ted Chiang. It is about the journey of a young miner who ascends the great tower of Babylon to help break through the vault of heaven.

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“Memorare” is a 2007 science fiction novella by Gene Wolfe. It is about a man making a documentary of the dangerous tombs built in asteroids.

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