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Malcolm F. Cross

Pavlov's House

Published Mar 6, 2018 · 5,788 words (22 minutes) · 547 views

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Kurt Hunt

Tigerskin

Published Feb 7, 2018 · 1,237 words (5 minutes) · 632 views

Fantasy

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Benjamin C. Kinney

Meltwater

Published Dec 16, 2017 · 2,256 words (9 minutes) · 674 views

Science Fiction far future Distributed Minds

Percel, one small fragment of a distributed artificial intelligence, must convince her love to return from self-imposed exile, so she will have one other individual to keep her company rebuilding the Earth.

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Helena Bell

Needle on Bone

Published Oct 11, 2017 · 2,175 words (8 minutes) · 715 views

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Laurie Tom

Even the Mountains Are Not Forever

Published Sep 19, 2017 · 3,431 words (13 minutes) · 8 likes · 1303 views

Science Fiction Older Protagonists

In “Even the Mountains Are Not Forever,” an aging icon to her people seeks a successor for her lonely role: carrying insight across generations in a life punctuated by cryosleeps. Laurie Tom is a Chinese American author living in southern California.

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Renee Carter Hall

The Bear With the Quantum Heart

Published Sep 18, 2017 · 3,910 words (15 minutes) · 733 views

Science Fiction Love Strange artificial intelligence

As a state-of-the-art educational toy, Bear's programming allows him to adapt to his child's changing needs. But when Kayla becomes a teenager, Bear finds that programming adapting in unexpected ways...