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IMMORTALITY SERUM Michaele Jordan Verity worked hard at suppressing a laugh. Fortunately she was skilled at courtesy. She had to be—she’d been

FAILURE TO THRIVE Tom Howard Tyrl heard his brothers die, their screams telling him his own death was close. Without thinking, he

HOUSE OF FLIES Russell Nichols Salutations! My name is SHVA, and I’ll be your server. SHVA stands for Smart House Virtual Assistant.

SUNRISE Benjamin Nutt The woman stopped getting dressed into her nightgown for a moment. She looked at herself for a while before

LILY IN ASPHODEL Gregory Marlow Lily’s obsessive pursuit of knowledge was what led her to the Asphodel project. She was a lover

THE GAME OF LIVES George Nikolopoulos Alex Miles was perched on the ledge of a top-floor window of the building that housed

Denny E. Marshall Calvin hated living in the town’s underground bunker. He was nine when forced to retreat to the shelter to

The Persistence of Tim Matthew F. Amati I repair artificial spouses. My shingle reads “Synthi Repairs – No Questions Asked. We Fix

HIGHER POWERS Lou Antonelli He read the label on the wall: “Warning: Maximum life support duration for escape pod: 72 hours.” It

NESTED Wole Talabi You die. You awaken in a sterile, white room that looks like it has been painted in fifty shades

DRESSED IN BLACK Filip Wiltgren Two-mom bends down so that her eyes are level with Rao’s. “We’re here, Rao,” she says in

GRASS IS GRASS Luc Reid The blades of grass clustered around the meeting stump, idle chatter melting away as a leaf of

THE BACK OF STARS Jake Teeny Peter once read a very convincing article by a very prominent physicist explaining that we live

A STRUGGLE FOR PRIMACY Brian Cato I can see him clearly through the window, John Walton, looking not a day over fifty.

THAT DAY AT GRANDMA’S Gregory L. Norris That morning, Shane said, “Mom, I’d like to spend today at Grandma’s.” His mother, who