"The Bicentennial Man" is a 1976 science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It is about a robot who fights for his rights, and gradually becomes more human, over the long course of his life.
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Cucumber Gravy is a 2001 novelette written by Susan Palwick about a marijuana dealer that also takes care of cucumber shaped aliens.
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"The Cosmic Expense Account" is a 1956 science fiction novelette by C.M. Kornbluth. It is about 2 men who journey into a plague area to convince a powerful woman that her strange beliefs are incorrect.
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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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Pocketful of Dharma is a 1999 novelette written by Paolo Bacigalupi, about a young boy that comes to possess a very valuable piece of technology.
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"The Mad Scientist’s Daughter" is a 2010 science fiction novelette by Theodora Goss. It is the story of 6 remarkable women who all have infamous fathers.
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Paycheck, a 1953 novelette written by Philip K. Dick, is the story of a man that has his memory erased after working for a company for two years.  When he arrives to pick up his Paycheck, he is in for a big surprise.
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"The World That Couldn’t Be" is a 1958 science fiction novelette by Clifford D. Simak. It is about a farmer who tries to save his crops by hunting a very dangerous alien beast.
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"The Pyrophylic Saurian" is a 1970 science fiction novelette by Howard L. Myers. It is about a band of space criminals who discover a secret mother-lode on a classified planet.
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“The Gender Plague” is a 1999 science fiction novelette by K. D. Wentworth. It is about an infectious disease that causes people to change gender overnight.
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"Christmas Wedding" is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Vylar Kaftan. It is about 3 women who get married in a snowy, crime-ridden, post-apocalyptic Miami.
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"The Tunnel Under The World" is a 1955 science fiction novelette by Frederik Pohl. It is about a man who keeps living the same advertising-laden day over and over again.
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"…For a Single Yesterday" is a 1975 science fiction novelette by George R. R. Martin. It is about a musician in a post-apocalyptic commune who uses a powerful drug to re-live the past.
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“A Memory of Wind” is a beautiful and haunting story about the last memories of a girl that is turned into wind because her father sacrifices her to a goddess.

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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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“Gorilla My Dreams” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by David Brin. It is about an uplifted dolphin and chimp who must make a treacherous journey to ensure the safety of humankind.
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“Thy Name Is Woman” is a 1953 science fiction novelette by Bryce Walton. It is about a man who travels to Mars to find out why all of Earth’s women moved there.
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“Venice Drowned” is a 1981 science fiction novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson. It is about a tourist guide in a future, underwater Venice.
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“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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