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When Yoana Hernandez decided to become a psychiatrist she never imagined one day her patients would be artificial intelligence.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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My name is John Price AD, and I have to decide if someone lives or dies.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Detailing Dr Ludwig Boitus' studies of the strangely charastmatic Caliguinas bird.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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A woman who lives wild in a remote valley struggles to survive. This story contains adult material.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: 15
4 Stars
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A perfectly simple time travel experiment is made increasingly complex by the involvement of the inventor's other half.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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You won't find me on any map either. I, too, have been buried, not by Tarmac and sand, but by time and indifference.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: U
5 Stars
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Quince sells death. No wonder he likes his job.
- Length: 17 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Fantasy, in the vein of Jean Auel, about a lost tribe who's future is threatened by the encroachment of modern man. Contains descriptions of violence.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: 15
4 Stars
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The first thing any physicist learns about traveling faster than light is that it is impossible.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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In the southeast region of the plains of Buenos Aires, you might come across the Cubelli Lagoon, known as the "Lake of the Dancing Alligator."
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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A man investigates an increasingly common phenomenon involving carnivorous lambs with a highly developed sense of justice.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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I would be staring past the characters at the painted background. Faraway hills and tall summer trees against a wide horizon. What was there?
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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“I know.” He gently brushed the hair from her face. “It’s a nice dream, but it’s not me.”
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Ed slammed through the front door and looked wildly around the tavern. “Quick! What year is this?”
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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They would have the time of their lives. A long time.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars