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An Incomplete Catalogue of Miraculous Births, or, Secrets of the Uterus Abscondita, by Rebecca Campbell | Shimmer - 0 views

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    Mary Toft is in the garden on an August morning rich with bees. Five months along, her belly presses against the rough linen of her skirt while one hand curves protectively around it, half support, half caress. via Pocket
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Decoy - 0 views

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    The two thieves stood before the giant vault, fresh out of ideas. "Well?" Braygin prodded, "what do you think?" Tesca shrugged. "I think the Regent's not going to be pleased." via Pocket
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The coupon - 0 views

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    I sat at Roy and Emmy's kitchen table, three cups of coffee between us, and mentally cursed my editor. Alien sighting. That's what he'd said with a twinkle in his eye. That story's all yours, kid. I choked on my coffee. "Karda -? Wait. via Pocket
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What the Skeleton Detective Tells You (while you picnic), by Katherine Kendig | Shimmer - 0 views

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    What the Skeleton Detective Tells You (while you picnic), by Katherine Kendig | Shimmer via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2nQmExa You've heard your local skeleton forest is vastly underrated, worth a day trip, a nice place for wedding photos and relaxing hikes. You're not much of a hiker, and not much for trends, but you're trying to spend more time outdoors. via Pocket
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Gone to Earth, by Octavia Cade | Shimmer - 0 views

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    Gone to Earth, by Octavia Cade | Shimmer via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2Bp4v3h He'd thought the green would keep him from dreaming of the memory of arid sterility, the red and waterless horizon. It didn't. via Pocket
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The Imitation Sea, by Lora Gray | Shimmer - 0 views

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    The Imitation Sea, by Lora Gray | Shimmer via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2MwugD9 You find the dead angel at five a.m. in the slurry of broken bottles and rotting fish on the Lake Erie shore. It almost looks human in the morning light, a ten-year-old, maybe eleven, boyish, face bloated, limp and blue and doughy. via Pocket
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They Have a Name For That, by Sara Beitia | Shimmer - 0 views

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    They Have a Name For That, by Sara Beitia | Shimmer via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2BrS2eX Daddy blinks-at the screen, not her. They've been waiting for the local weather report, or at least she has. There's no telling what's on his mind. via Pocket
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You, In Flux, by Alexis A. Hunter | Shimmer - 0 views

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    Something happened to you after you had the baby. via Pocket You, In Flux, by Alexis A. Hunter | Shimmer via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2OM86dt
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Godmeat - Lightspeed Magazine - 0 views

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    The godmeat stank of hibiscus and saltwater. Its noxious divinity threaded through the kitchen, the air itself feeling suddenly buoyant in its wake. via Pocket
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Sunset - Lightspeed Magazine - 0 views

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    The starship crash-landed somewhere in the dark and early hours of morning. The thunderclap sound of it striking the East Bay woke Tamuel up, heart racing and confused. He glanced out his window, but didn't see anything. via Pocket
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A rossum's best friend - 0 views

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    The rossum accomplished many useful things that morning - it recalibrated the colony's solar generators, it installed new satellite signal boosters, and it created fresh topographical via Pocket
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Wasteland of sand and ice - 0 views

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    Autonomy is a beautiful thing. 06:00: The time of rising. Not the best time to learn of an asteroid hurtling past Uranus at more than 40 million metres per second. via Pocket
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Lava cake for the Apocalypse - 0 views

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    2 tablespoons wheat flourYes, Admiral, I know we have developed superior, genetically enriched starches on the New Worlds, but when I found this crumbling recipe card in the archives and r via Pocket
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Mr. Try Again - Nightmare Magazine - 0 views

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    Six-year-old Violet Wellington was the only child to come out of the swamp. The boys were gone forever. She sat on the side of a muddied dirt road, digging her nails raw against the gravel; her jeans and pink t-shirt were damp but clean. via Pocket Mr. Try Again - Nightmare Magazine via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2vYJAP9
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Strange Horizons - MonitorBot and the King of Pop By Jessica Barber - 0 views

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    The last song and dance number that Izzie Valdes performs in the Elegance Retreat Resort and Spa's Weekly Michael Jackson Tribute Spectacular is "Thriller," copyright 1982 MJJ Records. Usually, this works out well. via Pocket Strange Horizons - MonitorBot and the King of Pop By Jessica Barber via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2L9JYzg
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Exposure - Nightmare Magazine - 0 views

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    The timer clicked, a cicada in the dark. Lifting the tongs off their rest, he swirled the paper gently; watching, judging. Good to go by the rules, better to work by instinct. via Pocket Exposure - Nightmare Magazine via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2PqUxkW
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Flow - 0 views

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    I walk like my father. He has a long, swinging stride with a bounce in the balls of his feet. A cheerful walk but not one that brooks much argument. I am twelve years old and my mother thinks it's time for me to learn to walk "like a girl. via Pocket Flow via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2D7RI0M
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Writing for the end of the world - 0 views

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    What apocalypse am I creating today? I feed two blank sheets of onionskin, carbon paper sandwiched between, through my typewriter's platen. I stop a moment, remembering this joke. This guy gets on a bus, it starts, but I don't write that. via Pocket
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Data - 0 views

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This big - 0 views

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    I should kill them all … What? We're transmitting? Greetings, fellow researchers, wherever you are. Important news! In my laboratory earlier this week. I - Really? Oh, very well. via Pocket
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