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FictionAutumn 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. Fortunes of SoldiersTwo week’s pay for one night’s work, baby-sitting a pampered asteroid heiress. How hard could it be? Soul MateCharlie first thought about disobeying the law in 2205, just a few months before his fated twenty-fifth birthday. Done!Bob tried to reason with himself. Nothing disastrous would happen if he dried his nose before his brow. Nothing, except the sickening lurch of the world losing its contours. LoopBeing ‘born again’ and having the opportunity to live your life all over again sounds like a great idea – until it actually happens. Frame of MindInfiltrating the compound is like stepping into another world. Even primed by intelligence reports, Alec Berg is startled. After days in the desert, what greets him on the other side of the fence is a discontinuity. Not Enough Stars In The NightScience and progress has turned inward, creating new realities and entire new worlds. Fletcher works as a virtual reality tester to escape to the past, and longs for a bygone era when humankind could still gaze into space. 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... 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. Delivering Tomorrow, TodayAt the Waldo and Magic Company, we have a long tradition of innovative thinking. In fact, innovation is the key to our great success. |
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