“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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“Black Destroyer” is a 1939 science fiction novelette by A.E. van Vogt. It is about a vicious alien who attacks the crew of an exploration space ship.
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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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“A Gun for Dinosaur” is a 1956 science fiction novelette by L. Sprague de Camp. It is about a guide company that takes their clients millions of years into the past on dinosaur hunting expeditions.
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“A Jar Of Goodwill” is a 2010 science fiction novelette by Tobias S. Buckell. It is about a specially trained human who takes a very risky job in hopes that it will pay off big.
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“Rescue Party” is a 1946 science fiction novelette by Arthur C. Clarke. It is about an alien exploration ship sent to rescue the last of humankind before the sun goes supernova.
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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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“Second Variety” is a 1953 science fiction novelette by Philip K. Dick. It is about a post-apocalyptic American major who joins forces with a handful of Russians in order to eliminate robotic killing machines.
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“Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by Peter M. Ball. It is about an old patchworker and his clockwork man who save a girl terrorized by a group of mutant bird people.
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“Crystal Nights” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Greg Egan. It is about a man of great wealth and ambition who wants to not only be the creator of artificial intelligence, but also its master.
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“Conquistador de la Noche” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by Carrie Vaughn. It is about an ancient Spanish soldier who discovers the “other riches” of the New World.
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“Happy Birthday, Niatti” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by Raz Greenberg. It is about a girl who rebels against her mother’s illegal activities by joining the opposing Coalition forces that her father belonged to.
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“Down on the Farm” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Charles Stross. It is about a special agent who goes to a mental institution to investigate a strange plea for help.
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“Death and Suffrage” is a 2002 science fiction novelette by Dale Bailey. It is about a Presidential campaign manager who begins to doubt his abilities in the midst of a zombie-induced re-vote.
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“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” is a 2009 science fiction novelette, with a very long title I might add, by Eugie Foster. It is about a society whose members must wear different, personality-altering masks each day – and what happens when the taboo of removing those masks are broken!
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“The Ugly Little Boy” is a 1958 science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It is about a small Neanderthal boy who is brought into the future for scientific experimentation and the nurse who takes care of him.
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“Pride and Prometheus” is a 2008 novelette by John Kessel. It is about a woman’s chance meeting with Dr. Frankenstein in 19th century England.
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“Paycheck” is a 1953 novelette by Philip K. Dick. It is about a man who is using a handful of clues to help him remember what he has been doing for the past two years.
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“Under the Honey” is a 2009 novelette by Liz Williams. It is about a reconstructive person who can come back to life after being killed, and her life in a traveling circus.
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“Shoggoths in Bloom” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear. It is about a college professor who is researching a dangerous and ancient sea creature off the coast of Maine.
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