“Hunting Problem” is a 1955 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It is about an alien scout who must hunt a fearsome adult Mirash in order to salvage his troop’s honor.
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“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a 1922 speculative fiction short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is about a strange child who is born as an old man and then ages backwards throughout his life.
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“Printcrime” is a 2006 science fiction short story by Cory Doctorow. It is about man who goes to prison for illegal printing.
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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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“What’s He Doing in There” is a 1957 science fiction short story by Fritz Leiber. It is about an American anthropologist who hosts Earth’s first visitor from another planet.
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“The Next Invasion” is a 2010 science fiction short story by Robert Reed. It is about a movie director who picks up an extraordinary, and little bit scary, hitchhiking teenage girl.
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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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“The Star and the Rockets” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Harry Turtledove. It is about an athlete in New Mexico who meets some very strange and benevolent beings.
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“Last Son of Tomorrow” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Greg van Eekhout. It is about a super-hero who gets tired of doing the same old thing all the time.
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“Hooves And The Hovel Of Abdel Jameela” is a 2009 speculative fiction short story by Saladin Ahmed. It is about an ancient Middle-Eastern doctor who helps a very strange couple.
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“Micromegas” is a 1752 philosophical short story – in a science fictional setting – by Voltaire. It is about an incredibly large being from Sirius that travels to our solar system and is intrigued by what he finds here.
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“Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure” is a 2010 speculative fiction short story by Richard Parks. It is about what the Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse do after they destroy all life on Earth.
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“A Pail of Air” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Fritz Leiber. It is about a family living on an Earth so cold that the atmosphere has been frozen.
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“The Octopus” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Ben Loory. It is about an octopus who moves out of the ocean to live in the city.
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“Deacon Carter’s Last Dime” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Nathan Crowder. It is about a brilliant man who builds a moon rocket out of junk yard parts.
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“The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Aaron Polson. It is about a boy who stays behind when the rest of the world is traveling through the mysterious doors that appear in their basements.
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“On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Desmond Warzel. It is about a Cleveland radio show which discusses alien politics after strange jet trails are seen over Lake Erie.
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“Wolf Island” is a 2009 speculative fiction short story by Stephen Graham Jones. It is about two survivors of a ship wreck who wash up on a deserted island where strange things happen.
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“End of the World” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Alma Alexander. It is about a woman who takes a trip to witness the final moments of planet Earth.
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“Shades of White and Road” is a 2009 speculative fiction short story by Camille Alexa. It is about a girl and her unusual traveling companions who leave behind the beautiful world.
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