Captain Confederation By Jim Robb is a superhero story that takes a syper-condensed look into superhumanity in 3000 words or less!

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"Breaking Point" is a 1953 science fiction novelette by James E. Gunn. It is about the crew of a spaceship who are tested to their psychological limits.
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Today I chose a couple of flash fiction stories that were recommended by my friend Dave: proprietor of QuasarDragon and all-around good guy! I was very happy with these stories, and I’m pretty confident that you will be too – especially if you enjoy a good fight!

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Fleep by Jeremy Sim is an odd little case of a story that show how science fiction isn’t always about kick-ass starships, warp drives and omnipotent computers.

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"Rag and Bone" is a 2013 speculative fiction short story by Priya Sharma. It is about a person who goes around collecting body parts for the rich and famous in 19th century England.
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I Have Placed My Sickness Upon You by Karin Tidbeck is a short story about depression, placebo and the need for someone to carry our burdens for us, every now and then.
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"The Valley of the Gardens" is a 2007 science fiction novelette by Tony Daniel. It is the story of a special geographic region on the alien planet of Cangarriga, and how it got that way.
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"Arvies" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Adam-Troy Castro. It is about an unborn child who lives life to the fullest!
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“The Crystal Crypt” is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It is about three human saboteurs who attack a Martian city and then flee to Earth.
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Do you remember what it was like to send letters – real letters, written on paper – to someone? Sometimes waiting for a reply was almost unbearable! One of today’s stories reminds us of the lesson learned from those real letters. You can decide if that is good or bad.

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"Robot" is a 2012 science fiction short story by Helena Bell. It is about an old, diseased woman who gets a flesh-eating robot to take care of her.
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"Five Ways to Fall In Love on Planet Porcelain" is a 2012 science fiction short story by Cat Rambo. It is about a woman made of china who has a relationship with a human tourist on her planet.
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In A Thousand Years by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale of fiction that dabbles in scientific speculation pertaining to a world a thousand years from our current date (the year of our Lord 1852 AD).
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"Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest" is a 2012 science fiction short story by Bruce Boston. It is about a soldier who finds his long, lost crush entangled in a semi-conscious forest.
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"Immersion" is a 2012 science fiction short story by Aliette de Bodard. It is about 2 women in the far future who use technological devices to alter their appearances.
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"Citadel" is a 1955 science fiction novelette by Algis Budrys. It is about some future Earth politicians who take advantage of aliens and Earthmen alike.
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"Movement" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Nancy Fulda. It is about a teenage girl with temporal autism, and the things she chooses to do with her life.
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Do you know about the web site Daily Science Fiction? They publish a new short story, well… daily! They publish a broad range of speculative fiction, including science fiction and fantasy. Anyway, here are a couple of really short SciFi stories that I thought were pretty cool. I hope you like them!

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“Who Goes There?” is a 1938 science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. It is about a group of scientists in Antarctica who discover a deadly alien frozen in the ice.
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"Picnic with ants" is a 2012 science fiction short story by Mark W. Moffett. It is about a man who is studying some very peculiar ants.
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