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By: Liz J. Bradley. “I’m a doctor. I’m here to help.” I’m not a doctor. My screen displays the message: Repeat input, reassuring tone. “I’m a doctor. I’m here to help.” My father was a mechanic. He...

By: Salena Casha. Dave punched in the required fields: white, female, mid-20s, Texas. Part-time coder, part-time barista. Missing: three days. He sipped his coffee and watched the machine think in...

By: Connor Landon Freeman. Eirwen walked across a sea of iceflow and glacier, her feet never feeling the cold. Evergreen trees rose up from the coastline, reminding her of home. She had sculpted...

By: Thomas J. Griffin. After the fourth girl in a row dumped him, Trey got suspicious. They all claimed he’d ghosted them, though he replied immediately, and the texts appeared to go through. His...

By: Nileena Sunil. I paced across the Library of Lost Books, trying not to get distracted. The lost treasures of the Library of Alexandria caught my eye, as did a copy of Cardenio, Shakespeare’s lost...

By: Brandon Case. Our safari spaceship flies over the sandstone mesa. Cacti and tumbleweeds whip beneath our transparent floor. A dust cloud announces the herd. Across the plateau run dozens of wild...

By: Karin J. Robinson. The hero came panting to the throne, his cloak in rags. He dumped a sack of gold at the King’s feet, laying his sword upon it. He crossed his arms and said, “I have done as you...

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