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Cleon Johnson, hottest full-spectrum artist around. He crafts scenes using sensations for every sensory input. Even emotional responses.But his implant jolts him awake with vicious hate mail. Overnight, the whole world turned against Cleon.Now Cleon faces the hardest day of his life."Shocking Elation" -- a near future science fiction short story about the wonders, and horrors, of technology. From Stefon Mears, author of Fade to Gold, and Stealing...
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The wrong birds woke me.
So begins the tale of a New York grant writer who awakens in a cabin. Surrounded by trees and mountains, not Manhattan.
This marks the third time…
"The Occasional Cabin" - a twisted science fiction short story. Fans of Twilight Zone and Black Mirror, don't miss this one! From the bizarre mind of Stefon Mears, author of the Spells for Hire series and the Rise of Magic series.
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The first manned mission to Mars. Paving the way for settlers. Every crewman the best of the best. But a long flight, where grudges and tempers have their chance to flare.Blaine, outside of the ship. Spacewalking to repair the refrigeration unit. A simple repair…But a spacewalk Blaine may not survive."The Most Important Sound in Space" – a thrilling short story of hard science fiction. One man must fight space and technology for survival. From...
4) Scrape Me
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In a dark near future, where social media ran wild, cooler heads created the Janitors. Amazing technicians, battling disinformation, revenge porn, and worse. Axton -- awkward among coworkers but the best of the Janitors. Good enough to cover the entire western United States. Today, in a buzz of video static, a strange voice in the net calls Axton by name. It needs help only he can provide. "Scrape Me" -- a near future science fiction short story full...
5) Fade to Gold
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Aliens have landed in midtown Manhattan. They claim to seek out planets on the verge of deep space travel and prepare them to join the galactic community.
For Charlie Evans — the star blogger known as Evansessence — the alien arrival means canceling his big job interview. Because the aliens will only help Earth if a panel of six humans can pass their tests. A panel of five international celebrities... and Charlie.
And the hardest dilemmas facing...
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Telepathy can't stop a bullet.Nineteen and home from college, Rick Blackhall starts a great summer vacation. His first real chance to enjoy full mastery of his telepathic powers.Only one problem – someone starts killing telepaths.And that someone's coming for Rick.Targeting Telepathy, a fast-paced science fiction thrill ride and the exciting conclusion to The Telepath Trilogy. If you like psychic powers or government conspiracies, don't miss Targeting...
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Rick Blackhall survived developing telepathy. But will he survive meeting other telepaths?Rick's off at Berkeley for his first semester of college, with his best friend and high school crush hundreds of miles away. Huge classes, dates, dorm life – and a clique of telepaths who dominate the minds of strangers for entertainment.Will Rick hold to his morals against their seductive philosophies? Or will his code of ethics lead him to clash with more...
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If their minds don't kill me...The perfect grad night kiss with the girl of my dreams. Then her ex- had to go and clock me. With the whole graduating class watching...I woke up in the hospital a week later - reading the thoughts of everyone around me.Now I can't stop.Secrets coming at me from everywhere. And every one of them from a mind I can reach out and bend.This power is going to kill me. But if it doesn't......I may become a monster.Surviving...
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2025. Six decades after magic overthrew technology.Courier-wizard Donal Cuthbert barely sets foot on Mars before people try to kill him. Donal escapes a spaceport explosion and plunges into a world of corporate espionage.Helioship captain John Jacobs teeters on the brink of financial ruin. Only an unusual Mars-Earth business charter can save him. But murders on the ship drag Jacobs into the web of conspiracies alongside Donal.And something worse than...
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The Stellar Order. Rumors say they communicate with real aliens. Rumors say they knew the truth.Hiram longs for the truth. Hiram would die for the truth.And before the night ends, he will."Refracted to the Stars", a science fiction short story. From Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold.
11) Sleight of Mind
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2026. Six decades after magic overthrew technology.Venus. Recently settled. As wild and untamed as the space between there and Earth.John Jacobs, the last helioship captain old enough to remember technology. Jacobs risks his fading health to command the first commercial flight to Venus.Journeyman wizard Donal Cuthbert braves that flight to battle an interplanetary shadow government.But powerful forces move against them. Survival will press Donal to...
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Jerry takes three scientists camping at Crater Lake, Oregon. Not his idea, but they pay, and he needs money for his son's twelfth birthday.Why would they pack a tranq rifle and all that expensive equipment? What could scientists hunt around Crater Lake?Bigfoot?"The Undomesticated Strain" - a contemporary science fiction horror story that looks at the Bigfoot legend from a new angle. From Stefon Mears, author of Fade to Gold and The House on Cedar...
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In the skies above, earth's superheroes battle alien invaders to a standstill.But in Portland, Oregon, a new hero arises. No code name. No cape. No mask. Derek Bergstrom's only power: to find whatever he seeks.But can Derek find a solution to alien invasion?"War and Marketing" - a contemporary fantasy short story about a different kind of superhero. From Stefon Mears, author of the Telepath Trilogy and the Ars Portlandia series.
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A new face. A new body. A new time. But before the traveler can learn his mission in this time and place, an assassin shoots at him.Only a crucial mission would draw an opposition agent.He'll change the future. If he survives.The Face of Trouble, a time travel short story from Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold.
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Ganymede: a half-terraformed, isolated human outpost. Low population, all pioneering spacers with a frontier attitude.Where retired Captain Cole Douglas runs a bar in an old shuttlecraft.Far from help, if that orange flash in the sky indicates an invasion force..."Only Sheepdog on the Moon" A military space adventure short story about one man facing off an invading force. From Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold.
16) Three Fae Monte
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2027. Six decades after magic overthrew technology.Donal Cuthbert, master wizard in training at the finest thaumaturgic university in California. Edik Barshai, small-time wizard and helioship captain, running charter flights on the moon.Enter Nicholas Mason, legendary wizard. Mason sends Donal and Edik to forbidden Ganymede, where a magical discovery could change the galaxy.But Donal discovers something bigger before he even leaves Earth...Three Fae...
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A universe where humans struggle to hold the few planets they call their own. Trapped between galaxy-spanning empires. The Kwa-Rekk Federation on one side, peopled by the lizardlike Sarkaanan. On the other, the Ik-Choka Empire, peopled by a race of giant, sapient raccoons.Humans survive only by keeping these mighty space fleets at war with each other.Men like Commander Jeffrey Teague make that happen. Teague commands the super-secret Unit 17. Tasked...
18) Dangerous Space
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Five tales of exciting space adventure! Hard-pressed heroes facing long odds. Exotic aliens -- some of them desperate allies, others sinister foes. And more, much more. Turn the pages and join these adventures! "The Final Survey of Andrei Kreutzmann" -- A retired scout forced out of retirement to save a fleet"My Dead Father's Signal" -- A strange signal, picked up around Pluto, hides a deadly secret"The Incident on Gamma Seven" -- The last mission...
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On a deep space prospecting trip, Andrei Kreutzmann finds a planet valuable enough to set him up for life. Buy a new ship. Maybe even win back his lost love.Unfortunately, the imperial military recalls him to active duty. His old captain, now a marshal, orders him to scout a key strategic sector. Andrei can't refuse.He flies straight into a trap.The Final Survey of Andrei Kreutzmann, a military space adventure short story about a battle between empires...
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2027. Six decades after magic overthrew technology.
Donal Cuthbert, master wizard in training. Survivor of duels, betrayals, corporate plots and worse. Now he faces his greatest challenge yet.
The Fae Courts of Winter and Summer, united to name Donal their ambassador. He must represent both their interests at a meeting with powers from Earth, Luna, and Mars.
Donal knows his "allies" hide their true agenda. But his opponents hide something even...
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