Come Home to Atropos, by Steven Barnes

[Anthology]

★★☆☆☆

(Near-Future SF) In which we read an advertisement for a Caribbean island where Euthanasia is legal. (1,519 words; Time: 05m)

Fugue State, by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due

[Apex]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(Horror) As Charlotte’s husband sinks into early Alzheimer’s, he becomes more and more obsessed with a cult religious figure known only as The Reverend. (5,501 words; Time: 18m)

Mozart on the Kalahari, by Steven Barnes

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(SF Adventure) Meek dreams of visiting a luxury space station, but a black teen living in poverty hasn’t got much chance of that—until a science contest offers him the chance of a free trip to it. (5,780 words; Time: 19m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Uneven

Fifty Shades of Grays, by Steven Barnes

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(SF) The end of the world starts when an ambitious marketing guy gets a cryptic assignment to create an ad campaign to "make ugly sexy." (11,319 words; Time: 37m)

Rating: ★★★★☆ Recommended

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