Cyber World, edited by Jason Heller and Joshua Viola

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(Cyber SF) Stories that reimagine cyberpunk in light of modern technologies and project it forward. (59,623 words; Time: 3h:18m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

How Nothing Happens, by Darin Bradley

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(Time Travel) In which we learn that it's a lot of work to make nothing happen. (1,266 words; Time: 04m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

The Ibex on the Day of Extinction, by Minister Faust

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(Cyber SF) Kam's satellite phone fails while he's doing field work in Niger. But why has GPS failed as well? (4,722 words; Time: 15m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Visible Damage, by Stephen Graham Jones

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(Cyber SF) Raz is a professional hacker, and he accepts a very retro commission with very serious risks. (3,695 words; Time: 12m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

Darkout, by E. Lily Yu

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(Cyber SF) In a zero-privacy future, Brandon can't help watching his ex, even though he knows he needs a break. (5,345 words; Time: 17m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

It's Only Words, by Keith Ferrell

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(Cyber SF) Sem's class project explains why he rejects the Tap technology that everyone else is linked to for information. (3,832 words; Time: 12m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

A Song Transmuted, by Sarah Pinsker

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(Cyber SF) Katja has been all about music from infancy, but she wants to do something really transformative. (2,966 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

We Will Take Care of Our Own, by Angie Hodapp

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(Cyber SF) Tia wants to be elected president badly enough to do almost anything. Almost. (3,454 words; Time: 11m)

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement

wysiomg, by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

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(Cyber SF) What You See Is Oh My God! In which the protagonists go from making ants perform to making them into furniture. (2,542 words; Time: 08m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Other People's Thoughts, by Chinelo Onwualu

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(Psionic SF) A telepathic Nigerian runs a body modification shop and meets a new lover there. (2,311 words; Time: 07m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

Staunch, by Paul Graham Raven

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(Military SF) Mercenary Elaine Stainless takes care of her people, even when it means carrying one into hostile territory for treatment. (4,874 words; Time: 16m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Your Bones Will Not Be Unknown, by Alyssa Wong

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(SF Horror) The young narrator attends a party for crime bosses, on a mission she doesn't expect to survive. (2,788 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Panic City, by Madeline Ashby

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(Post Apocalypse) When fan #6 fails, the underground city's AI decides to abandon it, but an overachieving worker is determined to fix it anyway. (2,962 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

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The Singularity Is in Your Hair, by Matthew Kressel

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(Cyber SF) Stricken with muscular dystrophy, the teenage narrator lives almost entirely in VR, where she hopes a rogue AI can save her. (2,773 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★★☆ Clever use of VR and AI

The Rest Between Two Notes, by Cat Rambo

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(Cyber SF) The narrator kills her mother over and over in virtual reality as a form of therapy. It doesn't seem to be helping. (2,730 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

The Bees of Kiribati, by Warren Hammond

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(SF Mystery) Kaikoa is just a translator, but she wants to understand why a fellow refugee from the drowned Kiribati islands murdered four children. (3,419 words; Time: 11m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Reactions, by Mario Acevedo

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(Military SF) Daryl gets unexpected leave time, which he wants to use to explain why he wants to cancel his wedding, but he's still under the influence of military drugs. (2,830 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

The Mighty Phin, by Nisi Shawl

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(Virtual Reality SF) Stuck in a virtual-reality prison, Phin tries to manipulate the AI to give the inmates more freedom. (4,147 words; Time: 13m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Serenade, by Isabel Yap

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(Cyber SF) Anj and EJ's fledgling hacking business gets a contract to decrypt an old AI-encrypted USB drive. (2,967 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★★☆ Good plot, interesting tech, moving story