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If I Should Fall Behind by Douglas Smith

The Trolley Problem becomes even more problematic when it is the whole universe on the track and the love of your life on the siding, but our hero finds a rather unique solution.

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Growths by Nina Kiriki Hoffman


The ethical dilemma of whether to change something in your child that might make their life easier, but fundamentally alter who they are.

This very short story kept me thinking for some days after reading.

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Sugar Steak by Jenny Kiefer

Flossing won’t help much after a meal of sugar steak.

Pairs well with Shinya Tsukamoto’s 1989 body-horror film “Tetsuo: The Iron Man.”

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On the Matter of Homo Sapiens by Kel Coleman

Three robots on a geocache scavenger hunt left by extinct humans discuss the ethics of bringing back homo sapiens.

Would make for a good episode of Love, Death and Robots.

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Night Haul by #AndrewCrowley

Dangerous cargo, but there is no safe route detour for this trucker. Dread and terror on the long haul road.

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Teatro Anatomico by #GettyHesse

The student delivers an anatomical lesson to her professor. Is the professor capable of learning?

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Upstairs by #TessaYang

Movin’ on up to the ultimate gated community comes with very mixed feelings and changes in the family dynamics. Can Sadie cope?

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My Embroidery Stitches Are Me by #AHumphreyLanham

Some mental and physical scars are so deep and intense they become simultaneously real and metaphorical.

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To Pluck a Twisted String by #AnneLeonard

Art speaks truth to power, which is why they seek to control and destroy. But art has many ways of speaking and cannot be denied.

A story for our times.

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Mixtapes From Neptune by #KarterMycroft

Music is one of the most potent evokers of memory…even in the depths of a gas giant.

Strangely, I read this between sets at a music festival with mixtape bumper music playing. Memories…