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A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Julie E. Czerneda [Czerneda, Julie E.]

INTERLUDE There was an armed guard posted outside the air lock: a hard-eyed man who scrutinized every passerby in the corridor, living or machine. This was not unusual on Plexis, ...
( Category: Short Stories March 19,2016 )
Flux Tales Of Human Futures by Orson Scott Card
epub |eng | | Author:Orson Scott Card [Card, Orson]

THE ORIGINIST Leyel Forksa sat before his lector display, reading through an array of recently published scholarly papers. A holograph of two pages of text hovered in the air before ...
( Category: Short Stories March 19,2016 )
Worlds of Weber by David Weber
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-09-30 | Author:David Weber [Weber, David]

V Stephanie leaned back in the comfortable chair, folded her hands behind her head, and propped her sock feet on her desk in the posture which always drew a scold ...
( Category: Short Stories March 19,2016 )
Marion Zimmer Bradley - Darkover Anthology 11 by Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-23 | Author:Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover

II One of the few tasks confronting Jaelle at Ardais which she felt fully compatible with her life as a Renunc iate was the care of her own horse; Dom ...
( Category: Short Stories March 19,2016 )
Future On Ice (Future on Fire) by Orson Scott Card
epub |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Orson Scott Card [Card, Orson Scott]

“Did it hear you?” Bothogi asked, a boy’s honest worry on his unlined face. He still had the rock, as if he had forgotten it. Or feared robots. Or intended ...
( Category: Short Stories March 19,2016 )
Stephen Baxter by Traces
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-04 | Author:Traces

‘Why, Bill?’ Bill Frost straightened up from the gondola, kneading the muscles at the base of his spine; the coals of his pipe glowed. ‘Why what?’ ‘Why fly?’ With one ...
( Category: Short Stories March 19,2016 )
Strange Itineraries by Tim Powers
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2011-09-14 | Author:Tim Powers [POWERS, TIM]

The knob turned, and the door swung inward and a little girl in blue jeans and a green sweater stepped in, Reeboks scuffing the carpet. She appeared to be about ...
( Category: Short Stories March 14,2016 )
The Best of Bova: Volume 1 by Ben Bova
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-02-02 | Author:Ben Bova [Bova, Ben]

PRIORITIES After spending nearly a dozen years trying to convince skeptical government and business bureaucrats that funding research is necessary, valuable and esthetically pleasing, this little story just bubbled up ...
( Category: Short Stories February 15,2016 )
Pawn's Gambit: And Other Stratagems by Timothy Zahn
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-12-30 | Author:Timothy Zahn

HITMEN—SEE MURDERERS It had been a long, slow, frustrating day, full of cranky machines, crankier creditors, and not nearly enough customers. In other words, a depressingly typical day. But even ...
( Category: Adventure February 13,2016 )
Manhattan in Reverse: Shorts by Peter F. Hamilton
epub |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Peter F. Hamilton [Hamilton, Peter F.]

* * * Ziggy takes less than an hour to confirm the presence of biononics in every cell of the tiny fetus. “Son of a bitch,” Paul grunts. “I thought ...
( Category: Short Stories January 27,2016 )
The Collected Stories Of Philip K. Dick Vol. 3 by Philip K Dick
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-01-20 | Author:Philip K Dick

"I love my work," Miller answered mildly. "Nobody complains about your work. But there are other things than work. You're a political-social unit here in this society. Take warning, Miller! ...
( Category: Anthologies January 18,2016 )
Meet Me in the Moon Room by Ray Vukcevich
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-10-17 | Author:Ray Vukcevich [Vukcevich, Ray]

Message in a Fish The phone rang three more times before Josh decided it wasn’t part of the elaborate dream he was dreaming of Valerie and got up to answer ...
( Category: Anthologies January 15,2016 )
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars by Cody Goodfellow
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-10-14 | Author:Cody Goodfellow [Goodfellow, Cody]

If you were a recreational gambler who paid his debts and stayed out of the cutthroat card rooms on the east side of town, chances are you would never breathe ...
( Category: Anthologies January 11,2016 )
Carbide Tipped Pens by Ben Bova
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Ben Bova

HABILIS Howard Hendrix * * * Is the universe left-handed? If so, why? Hold up your hands before you and take a good look at them. What you are staring ...
( Category: Anthologies January 10,2016 )
Before Adam by London Jack
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-30 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

Chapter X After we had had out our laugh, Lop–Ear and I curved back in our flight and got breakfast in the blueberry swamp. It was the same swamp to ...
( Category: Adventure January 8,2016 )

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