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Table of Contents Vol 1 Num 5 Feb 2007
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Science Fiction Stories
- War Stories by Elizabeth Bear
- A Stranger in Paradise by Edward M. Lerner
- Demonstration Day by Ian Creasey
- I Could've Done Better by Gregory Benford and David Brin
- Marklord Pete by Wil McCarthy
Fantasy Stories
- The Spiral Road by Louise Marley
- Rebel the First by Edd Vick
- Pawn's Gambit by Carol Hightshoe
Classic
- Research Alpha by A. E. van Vogt and James H. Schmitz
Serials - parts and parts.
- Slan Hunter, Part 2 by A. E. van Vogt and Kevin J. Anderson
- Fish Story, Episode 5 by Eric Flint, Andrew Dennis, Dave Freer
Introducing: Stories by new authors
- Storm Warning by Robert Cruze
- Old Folks' Home by John Kratman
- The Goblin Hunter by Jeff Stehman
NonFiction articles
- S.S. Sunbeam by Iver P. Cooper
- The Universal Diagram by Stephen Euin Cobb
Science Fiction Stories
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War Stories Full Story
No shit, there I am.
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A Stranger in Paradise
Row upon row of blue-and-green-and-white globes mock me. The world below reflects from tumblers and goblets and snifters and flutes, from more types of antique glassware than I can name.
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Demonstration Day Full Story
"Roll up, roll up! Get your antimatter here! Gravitons, superstrings, Higgs bosons— all going cheap. Every proton has a lifetime guarantee! Buy caloric, aether, and nebulium while theories last. Special offer on orgone and vril! Dried ghosts, astrographs, universal meters. Superconductors and Bose-Einstein condensates. Athanors and alembics. Test tubes and Bunsen burners, if anyone still uses them."
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I Could've Done Better Full Story
They didn't have to do this to me. Dump me in this place, with no chance of going home.
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Marklord Pete Full Story
Take away their freedom? Gawd, man, when have people ever been free? We're not even taking their money, because ultimately that comes from the trademark holders anyway. But people go to work every day, right? And somebody's got to own the result. Administrative law is just a fancy word for not letting it all go to waste. — Chief Justice Billy Grab Cashford III®, LLP
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Fantasy Stories
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The Spiral Road Full Story
Gray smoke curled from the beaten copper censer and rippled gently up to the high ceiling, filling the sanctuary with the spicy smell of pursil smoke. It made Romas's nose tingle.
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Rebel the First Full Story
This here's a story about more than a few things, but mostly it's about Duane Fuller, who we all call Reb, so you might as well forget I told you his real name anyway.
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Pawn's Gambit Full Story
Malei watched the images in her mirror as the guests began to arrive at the palace. The King had invited everyone of any position from within the kingdom and the neighboring lands, as well as the fairy council, to attend the christening of his first-born child. |
Classic
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Research Alpha Full Story
Barbara Ellington felt the touch as she straightened up from the water cooler. It was the lightest of touches, but quite startling— momentary, tiny flick of something ice-cold against the muscle of her right arm at the shoulder. |
Serials - parts and parts.
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Slan Hunter, Part 2 Full Story
From his headquarters office in the Martian city of Cimmerium, Jem Lorry received the vivid images from his vanguard forces at Earth. This was one of the most satisfying moments in his life.
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Fish Story, Episode 5 Full Story
"— and that's when you went to Nineveh." Sheila Rowen took another long pull from her tankard. "It's right there in the Bible, He-Who-Calls-Himself-Jonah. |
Introducing: Stories by new authors
New stories by new authors.
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Storm Warning Full Story
"Honey, it's late. Come to bed." Madison Kurchowsky shot a pleading gaze at her husband, who was sitting at his workstation in his boxers. But he was too involved with the task at hand to notice.
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Old Folks' Home Full Story
Bobby Cullivan finished entering the staff schedules and leaned back in his chair, doing his best to ignore the arthritic twinge in his hip. It was nice to be calling the shots again.
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The Goblin Hunter Full Story
After much consideration, Adham decided greed was not responsible for his current situation. True, the job had promised more pay than any he had ever taken. Even now, lashed off the ground and spread-eagled between two trees as he was, it still seemed like a reasonable proposition. |
NonFiction articles
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Jim Baen October 22, 1943 - June 28, 2006 Full StoryJim Baen, our publisher passed away quietly around 5PM Wed. 28 June 2006. |
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S.S. Sunbeam Full Story
A new Age of Sail is dawning. One in which the ships sail through outer space, not on water; and are propelled by the sunlight, not wind.
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The Universal Diagram Full Story
Occasionally, important advances in scientific understanding are made not by gathering more or better data, or by developing a new and radical theory, but by simply experimenting with a new way of displaying the data that everyone has already examined to their satisfaction. |
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