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(Historical Fantasy) In 1912 Cairo,
the police investigate the apparent murder of an immortal Djinn.
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(Zombie) In modern India, Krishna encounters
(and ignores) a dead woman's body by the river just before the dead start to
walk. He feels guilty and determines to do something about it.
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(Steam Punk) Anglet is an indentured
laborer working on a suspension bridge. Sir William sees something in her,
and wants to pay off her indenture and give her better work.
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(Superhero SF; Wild Cards) Tiago, a
fifteen-year-old orphan boy scraping by on his own in Rio de Janeiro,
contracts the "Wild Card" virus and ends up horribly disfigured.
But the virus has given him a gift too.
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(Fantasy/Horror) Three years ago,
nine-year-old Madrigal Baker disappeared. Recently, she returned, and she's
still nine. But her mom is sure something else is wrong.
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(Modern Fantasy) Thomas travels from
Berlin to St. Petersburg at the request of his old mentor. The man proves
hard to find, but he must be connected with the bears walking the streets.
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(Hard SF) Left behind on an alien
planet while his shipmates return to Earth to secure their claim, Ross
struggles to fill the time. Then strange things start to happen.
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(Present-day SF; Stan) Stan is sure
he's an alien, or at least that his parents were, and he's happy to accompany
his wife to the abyss, an archaeological site out west associated with
aliens.
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(Present-day SF; Stan) Stan's dad told
the most outrageous stories, and claimed their family were weird because they
were really aliens. In retirement, Stan believes it might even be true.
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(Fantasy) At the end of the
revolution, Ao Laiei raised the war hero Uroie Aei from the dead, but then he
disappeared, and she's been seeking him ever since. A dream told her to wait
at a cafe, and while she waits, a bomb goes off.
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(Historical Fantasy) In Eastern Europe
between the wars, Klara works as a kitchen maid. One night she admits a woman
she thinks is a lost fairy-tale princesses into the castle.
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(Urban Fantasy; Sin du Jour) Ritter's
"Sin du Jour" comes to Wales to extract some Welsh gold from an
abandoned mine. Supposedly abandoned.
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(SF/Mainstream) The crew of the new
Mars mission are coming to the hotel where Emily works, and her mom is
starting to say strange things about her involvement with the last Mars
mission.
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The
Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage by Alix E. Harrow
Time: 29m (Novelette) Issue: Tor.com 12/14/16
(Alternate History Fantasy) Oona works
for The Company making the land across the Mississippi stand still so they
can survey and tame it.
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(Steampunk) In 1880s London, Sir
Arthur's "Illogic Engine" has gone missing, so he seeks help from
Mycroft Holmes.
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(Dark Fantasy) Verena wants to stop
the killer who takes one local girl every year. And she's just barely old
enough to be a target herself.
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(Horror) There's a quiet war in
Boulder between hikers and cyclists, but whatever ripped two hikers' throats
out must have been the cyclist from Hell.
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The Thing
About Growing up in Jokertown by Carrie
Vaughn Time: 28m (Novelette) Issue: Tor.com 12/21/16
(Superhero SF; Wild Cards) In New York
City, ugly mutants stay in Jokertown, but teenage Rikki and her friends want
to do some exploring. It’s not exactly illegal, but it’s not exactly safe
either.
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(Mind Uploading) The prospect of
living forever through "iterations" is still new, and not everyone
likes it. Sonata wants to make a statement by declaring she will only upload
twice.
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(Post Apocalypse) Melody's father pays
the price for murder--exile with the corpse of his victim chained to his
back. Despite the risks, she's willing to do anything to help him.
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(Horror) What if the fairies brought a
changeling but forgot to take the original child? Little Tom wanted a
brother, but "Thom" is strange in many ways.
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(Alternate History) It's 1980, and a
Sasquatch, Bill Williamson, is governor of "Jefferson," a state
carved out of Oregon and California.
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(Historical Fantasy) Around 500 BC,
mercenary soldier Taranis leaves camp for a few days after trouble over a
captured woman who claim to be a witch.
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A Fist of
Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers by Alyssa Wong Time: 11m (ShortStory) Issue: Tor.com 03/02/16
(Magical Realism) Hannah watched her
sister Melanie die, incinerated with her own magic. Hannah can't accept that
and sets out to use her own magic to put things right.
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(Historical Fantasy) Pippa and her
automaton attempt to destroy an undead pest infesting the future site of a
chalet.
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Blue is a
Darkness Weakened by Light by Sarah McCarry
Time: 13m (ShortStory) Issue: Tor.com 10/12/16
(Modern Fantasy) The young narrator is
miserable in New York, and her only real friend is an old vampire who tries
to mentor her.
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(Mannerpunk) 16-year-old Caris tries
to investigate a labor riot to prove she's a journalist. She meets a boy who
seems to enjoy it all too much.
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(Modern Fantasy) Anwar and Joe get an
unexpected cat and a promise of nine years of good luck. Things are great,
until nine years later they get another cat.
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(Post Apocalypse) In the rural
midwest, Nora and her little brother flee the approach of one of the
"dragons" that destroyed civilization eleven years ago.
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(Modern Fantasy) Tariq, a young Arab
revolutionary, joins his brother Hasan in the desert to hide from the police.
They're taking time-lapse photos of the dunes for a documentary. How
dangerous could that be?
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Dune: Red
Plague by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Time: 13m (ShortStory)
Issue: Tor.com 11/01/16
(Space Opera; Dune) People on Walgis
are dying, but the Butlerian Jihad dictates that no advanced medicine may be
used.
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(Post Apocalypse) Just as things are
looking up, survivors in a Northwest community face a threat from the east.
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(High Fantasy) To complete his
apprenticeship in the Assassins Guild, Kiam Miar must prove himself. Oddly,
his target is a prostitute, but how hard could that be?
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From the
Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review (A Lady Trent Story)
by Marie
Brennan Time: 06m (ShortStory) Issue: Tor.com 04/05/16
(Fantasy) In which we read an exchange
of letters between a naturalist who claims to have discovered a cockatrice
and a lady who is skeptical.
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(Fashion SF) Maria is a super model in
a future that doesn't hesitate to modify the bodies of the models for maximum
impact.
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(Fantasy Science) In the far future,
Mika translates for a group of ambassadors who're looking for a new home on
the moon of a gas giant.
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(Horror) Charlotte's sacrifice kept
the forces of chaos at bay, but only for a while, and in her grave, she grows
resentful.
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(Horror) A group of homeless
inner-city vampires struggles to survive in East Baltimore.
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(Urban Fantasy) Little Ivan wants
nothing more than to learn the language of rats so he can talk to them, but
the rats don't appreciate his interest in them.
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(Horror) Dino still loves Jennifer,
seven months after her death, but he's not so fond of her ghost, which
doesn't want him to move on.
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Sic
Semper, Sic Semper, Sic Semper by Douglas
F. Warrick Time: 15m (ShortStory) Issue: Tor.com 07/06/16
(Time Travel) The time traveler sets
up an apartment inside Lincoln's skull in the moment before the bullet
arrives. Then things get strange.
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Something
Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was by Paul
McAuley Time: 20m (ShortStory) Issue: Tor.com 07/20/16
(Hard SF; Jackaroo) On the planet
First Foot, the small town of Joe's Corner faces conflict over building a
radio telescope close to local alien artifacts.
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(Planetary SF) A vast fleet of
"jalopies" carry individuals on a one-way trip from Earth to Mars.
People do it for different reasons, some of which we learn about in this
story.
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(SF) Despite not being a telepath,
Calla worked out a way to play chess with her captor, Major Larn, during the
recent war. Now they're going to finish their game.
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(Mainstream) A group of people travel
from all over the country to meet their mysterious benefactor.
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(Modern Fantasy) A young hustler
discovers that he's supposed to play a big role in transforming New York from
a city to a City. If he can survive it.
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(Scientific Fantasy) In an alternate
history where Rome never fell, a woman scientist clones herself and looks for
ways to augment her creation.
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(Mannerpunk) Newly raised to dutchess
by the untimely death of her inlaws, Diane struggles to understand the role
and not be dominated by others.
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(High Fantasy) Alyiakal wants to join
the Magi'i, but if he can't internalize the rules for Chaos and Order, he'll
be stuck fighting with the Mirror Lancers, like his father. And his obsession
the beautiful girl he sees slipping into the forest isn't help
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(High Fantasy; Stormwrack) Captain
Gale Feliachild and her handsome first mate, Garland Parrish, must find the
inscription for a spell that turns people's skins into glass. Entertaining.
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(Musical SF) A song composed in 1902
influences people for the next 166 years.
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(High Fantasy) Eddie, a private eye
with a sword, seeks help from an unusual quarter as he searches for a missing
boy.
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(Present-day SF) Four retired men meet
every day for conversation. One of them worries he's showing symptoms of
Alzheimer's.
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(Ghost Story) A young person mourning
the loss of their best friend/lover, going days doing nothing but watching a
nest of pigeons and writing letters to a ghost.
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(Chinese Fantasy) Sometimes a unicorn assisted Judge Kao Yu, and because
he was so just and honest, he never feared its judgment. Until now.
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(SFF) Teenage Lolly lives in a dying,
desert town. But something worse than economics is killing the town.
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(Present-day SF) A woman communicates
with her unborn baby, which has all of her memories as a result of an
experiment.
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(Fantasy; Genrenauts) Genrenauts
patrol the multiverse looking for stories about to break out. King plays a
"Max" in a post apocalyptic South Africa.
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(Horror) Elaine works at the Crique
Foudre Community College library, where the books can punish you for
disrespect.
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(Near-Future SF) Once a year, the
government sends someone to visit the secretive Mana's Hearth commune just
outside San Francisco. Tobias shares his experience.
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(SF Humor) Space aliens have invaded,
but they're repairing the world--not destroying it--and not everyone is happy
with that.
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(Fantasy Science) During WWII, Lucy
serves alone on a Pacific atoll. To pass the time, she conducts experiments
to determine if physics works in dreams.
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(High Fantasy Humor) A warrior woman
and a thief fleeing from the south meet a male warrior fleeing from the north
in the middle of a bridge. Then it gets complicated.
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(Fantasy Humor) Angels who operate the
Celestial Switchboard fielding mortal prayer requests get frustrated and even
depressed.
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