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This section of the site contains the following SF/F stories (most recent first):
Windhame (5.1K words, Feb. 10/09)
An experiment in narrative voice, set on a planet where human-powered flight is possible, at least for a time.
A principle of matter (2.7K words, Feb. 10/09)
A fairly classic Asimovean type of tail of chemical physics, with a particularly annoying protagonist and a touch of a fantastic sting at the end.
Time’s arrow (4K words, Feb. 10/09)
A time-travel tale of tragic love, told in correct chronological order—well, sort of.
Edge effect (14.4K words, Feb. 10/09)
A fairly classic Analog-style hard SFF story about alien life forms and the ecological consequences of not understanding alien ecosystems—or even basic ecological principles.
Cogito, ergo nihil (290 words, Feb. 10/09)
A short-short written for the Concept Boréale short story competition.
The Man from H.A.R.R.I.S.O.N. (13.6K words, Feb. 10/09)
A loving pastiche of Harry Harrison's beloved Stainless Steel Rat series.
At the body shop (3.6K words, Feb. 10/09)
Every generation finds some way to rebel against its parents, and one generation's rebels soon become the next generation's status quo.
Flatlander pro tem (5K words, Feb. 10/09)
A classic spacefarer-meets-new-planet story, but with a protagonist who is anything but the jut-jawed Nordic demigod of this story's tradition.
Graf (3.6K words, Feb. 10/09)
Art remains art, even when the media and the technology change. But can an old-style artist keep hold of his muse when younger, hipper artistes start transforming his art form with new technology?
Hunter's moon (2.5K words, Feb. 10/09)
A full moon, a coldblooded killer, but a different kind of monster than the one you might be expecting.
The distaff war (4.4K words, Feb. 10/09)
A revisionist (and feminist) take on the manly art of war, and how wars aren't always fought by conventional means.
A higher power (4.4K words, Feb. 10/09)
A "weird town" genre story, with (Warning! Danger, Will Robinson!) a stinker of a punchline. You were warned.
Where there’s smoke…
(8.3K words, Feb. 10/09)
An Analog-style science fiction tale, only with characters, about smokejumpers and that notion that science can't necessarily explain everything you see. <g>
The Phantom of the Niebelungen
(5K words, Feb. 10/09)
A somewhat different kind of vampire tale, and not nearly as nice as the current crop of heartthrob bloodsuckers. (With apologies in advance to Wagner fans... <g>)
Heirloom (1.2K words, Feb. 10/09)
A tale of memory, art, and the unsuspected things artists put into their work.
The dead-end gang (2.9K words, Feb. 10/09)
A sordid tale of crime by youthful bandits.
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