Science Fiction
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Too Close for Comfort
Published Jul 11, 2019 · 3,343 words (13 minutes) · 92 views
Science Fiction Hard science fiction Hard SF near-future SF neanderthal
Near-future hard science fiction shows its age very quickly. In fact, one scientific fact in this story was proven wrong between the time it was accepted for publication and when it actually came out. That trend has continued since it was first published in 2010, but I remain fond of this one, largely because I still don't know the answer to the central question: Is a Neanderthal a human or an animal?
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Laddie Come Home
Published Jul 9, 2019 · 5,924 words (22 minutes) · 1 view
Science Fiction artificial intelligence indonesia girls who code
AI is a girl's best friend?
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The Edifice
Published Jul 9, 2019 · 1,574 words (6 minutes) · 22 views
Horror Literary Fiction Satire Science Fiction dystopia
What will society become at the end of the world?
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Tomorrow Will Be Brighter
Published Jul 6, 2019 · 5,871 words (22 minutes)
Fantasy Humor Science Fiction Romance Jews in Space
Captain Levine set out across the galaxy to deliver cargo to her new fiancé. Instead she finds herself a prisoner of a fiendish Prince of the Jahuul Empire. He decides to make Levine one of his dancing girls. Levine strikes a deal: she’ll find him his one true match in three days or he can keep her forever.
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Resurrection
Published Jul 5, 2019 · 3,739 words (14 minutes) · 2 likes · 58 views
Science Fiction Romance interstellar travel
"There's no beauty on a starship" claims a Custodian on the Starship Resurrection. Too little room on board, too much metal and sterile surfaces, but she has a job to do and a crew to care for, and maybe, just maybe a glimpse of the divine is still possible when least expected.
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The Lady Macbeth Blues
Published Jul 4, 2019 · 6,876 words (26 minutes) · 6 likes · 322 views
Science Fiction dystopia nanotechnology BSFA nominee
As jobs are automated away, a rising tide of “traditional values” groups erodes the rights of women to hold jobs or leave marriages. But as they’re poised to cement their control with longevity-increasing nanotechnology, just one woman stands in their way. This BSFA Award-nominated story was originally published in Interzone.
Author Stephen Dedman has been publishing short stories and novels for more than twenty years. He’s been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and many more. Content warning: racism, misogyny.Free
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Another Generation’s Problems
Published Jul 4, 2019 · 7,054 words (26 minutes) · 2 likes · 77 views
This was always a particular favorite of mine, because I got to combine my love of hard science fiction with my love of old science fiction tropes. An American space station, now controlled by China after a war, is harboring a war criminal, and an idealistic engineer has to choose between doing what is right and doing what is right.
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Brain Trust
Published Jul 3, 2019 · 3,980 words (15 minutes) · 2 likes · 41 views
This was my very first sold short story. I wrote it shortly after my wedding in Vietnam in 2001. Or I should say, I had already been working on the premise (the coopting of poor or third-world minds for distributed computing nodes, unappreciated minds become exploited labor) and a week in my mother-in-law's house made me change the setting.
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Roil - Southern Terminus
Published Jul 2, 2019 · 1,650 words (6 minutes) · 21 views
Fantasy Science Fiction steampunk Extract
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