The Narrowest Eye, by Howard V. Hendrix

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★★★☆☆ Average

(Utopia) The narrator works with people having trouble adjusting to utopia, but she has trouble counselling one of the men who brought utopia about but now wants to kill himself. (4,886 words; Time: 16m)

This story is a follow-up to “The Girls with Kaleidoscope Eyes,” but there’s no need to read that story first.

A Little Spooky Action, by Howard V. Hendrix

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(SFF Humor) To celebrate the 100th anniversary of General Relativity, Madam Tasha Girl-Friday, Transgender Transgressor of the Boundaries of Space and Time, summons the ghost of Albert Einstein. (985 words; Time: 03m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

The Girls With Kaleidoscope Eyes, by Howard V. Hendrix

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(SF Mystery) When a high school teacher tries to murder his students, the FBI sends Special Agent Ciera Onilongo to Utah to investigate. (25,402 words; Time: 1h:24m)

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement

The Infinite Manqué, by Howard V. Hendrix

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(Hard SF) An experiment in increasing the intelligence of bonobo apes produces a monkey with an unhealthy interest in Shakespeare and Cervantes. (8,517 words)

Rating: 3, Average

 

The Perfect Bracket, by Howard V. Hendrix and Art Holcomb

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(SF) Against impossible odds, John Peoples successfully picked a perfect NCAA bracket, winning the billion-dollar prize. But Richard Mann is determined to prove he cheated. (5,498 words)

Rating: 2, Not recommended