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Traditional
Short Stories
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The
Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe (6,400 words) AUDIO |
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When
the Lion Feeds by John Lambshead (4736 Words) |
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A
Natural History of Autumn By Jeffrey Ford (5590 Words) |
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The
Nightingale by Hans.Christian Andersen (3,538 words) AUDIO |
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Longer
Short Stories
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Shorter
Short Stories
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| Altamont
2030 by Kurt Newton (1860 Words) It's a trip. |
| Snapshots
of a Wedding by Bessie Head (2,050 words) Themes: tradition vs. modernity, marriage, education, hubris vs. humility, money and status vs. love. |
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Speculative
Fiction
What science fiction does best: "Offers a mirror up to society, exploring how humanity might respond to sudden and seemingly impossible things.” |
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Chymical Séance by Tony Pi (5405 Words) AUDIO A Steampunk Séance |
| Beyond
Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick (2025 Words) The story critiques the human tendency to devalue any lifeform that doesn't look like us, especially if we can profit from (or eat) it. |
| Pax
Agricola by Jay Lake (Words 3950) A goat as an unlikely savior of the day. |
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Non
Fiction
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