A classic short story by Isaac Asimov.

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1. Your unicorn first finds you when you run away from home. You had planned to live forever in the woods. You packed all the necessities: three cans of baked beans, a packet of butter crackers, your ...

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1. There is a future in which a hellgate opens off the coast of California. It happens at midnight on the first day of the new year, which is sooner than anyone expected. The waters rise and we are fo...

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In a corporate-run dystopia, a trans girl plucked out of poverty to give birth to a clone meets her replacement.

There’s nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwater—and my last night breathing was one of those. 2 a.m. came to ring my be...

Content note: Historical racism and misogyny   [Time Reference Unavailable]—August, 1946 The watchseed is planted in a watery hemisphere of a watery world. The place spins around a yellow star, wearin...

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For the whole of the year that I now look back on as the best of my life, Susanna Miller’s act began twenty-three minutes after mine ended. I went first, to warm up the crowd, followed by the dog trai...

Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… A 2026 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Novelette! Novelette | 7,540 words ...

A parent or guardian Someone who has known you since childhood A mentor or teacher An employer or coworker A spouse, partner, or close intimate friend Someone who does not consider themself a loved on...

1. There is a future in which a hellgate opens off the coast of California. It happens at midnight on the first day of the new year, which is sooner than anyone expected. The waters rise and we are fo...

Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself.

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