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 Fiction Songs of a Dead EarthFor one moment, close to the end, it seemed the Earth might be saved, at least in part.  Rust NightHe stood outside the stockade wall and watched the flames spread across the orchard, smoke staining the orange night sky. He threw back his head and howled, then flung the disc into the fire.  ImmortalsThe last human sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door. Chaz came in with a bouquet.  Looking GoodElla had freckles and slightly crooked teeth, but they weren't quirks to make her look better. She was the real deal.  The ParachuteI met him under the swirling colours of a giant parachute, but lost him not long afterward. Could a mysterious Shanghai merchant hold the key to bringing him back?  The Trouble With QWERTYLaptops can become your best friend and even develop their own personalities. But what if they had a voice and a mind of their own?  Autumn Leaves FallingThe nurses were gorgeous. I had seen so many at other clinics, but the nurses here were special - long legs, dark, storm-tossed hair, confident smiles.  TreatyPia II is bleak world, but with a bizarre attraction. What would you be willing to trade to stay on such a planet?  Proof of LifeRunning an artificial intelligence inside your head is all fun and games until someone loses an I.  Under The Shouting SkySaturn hung overhead, a great pastel yellow ball. It took a special kind of imagination to see the planet for what it really was.  EchoesIn quantum reality, all possible worlds are piled on top of each other. Suppose an experimental quantum communicator starts to jumble those 'realities' together...  Fortunes of SoldiersTwo week’s pay for one night’s work, baby-sitting a pampered asteroid heiress. How hard could it be?  Defence of the RealmWar can divide a man from his son, or bring a son to an understanding of his alienated father - even when the war is fought against real aliens. 
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