Jim Baen's Universe

Laws of Survival Full Story

by Nancy Kress

My name is Jill. I am somewhere you can't imagine, going somewhere even more unimaginable. If you think I like what I did to get here, you're crazy.

Darwin's Suitcase Full Story

by Elizabeth Malartre

"Our English sphinx moths have proboscides as long as their bodies, but in Madagascar, there must be moths with proboscides capable of extension to a length of between 10 and 11 inches."

Charles Darwin, 1862,

Double-Secret Weapon Full Story

by Tony Frazier

So I'm sitting in the food court, stomach growling as the smells of corn dogs and gyros swirl around me.

Misfits Full Story

by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

It was a pellucid, temperate morning. The humidity levels were just a point lower than the theoretical "perfect comfort" zone; the sky was an arcing blue-green bowl marred by neither cloud nor threat of rain. It was, in fact, a fine day for gardening.