Breakaway, Backdown by James Patrick Kelly (Science Fiction)
You know, in space nobody wears shoes.
Someone to Watch Over Me by Nancy Kress (Science Fiction)
My screen showed somersaulting kittens made of light, seen from Becky’s perspective as the camera behind her cornea sent its images to the receiver.
Chip Runner by Robert Silverberg (Science Fiction)
What I want is to disappear. I have to be weightless in order to get there. Where I am now, it's only a beginning. I need to lose all the rest.
Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel (Science Fiction)
"Mary gasped, and pulled Kitty toward her. A great peal of thunder rolled across the sky. She saw, beneath the trees not ten feet from them, the giant figure of a man."
On “Who Put Back the Clock?” by E.H.B. by David Langford (Science Fiction)
Author Note: “This looks very like a book review but conceals a guilty secret to be revealed in the afterword comments.”
Always True to Thee, in My Fashion by Nancy Kress (Science Fiction)
“Come on, Cade, try the feelings on.” But he only went on looking troubled, holding the pills in his long-fingered hand.
The Dark Man by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Science Fiction)
The Organization of Strange Phenomenon Ancient and Modern was paying for everything, including the tiny, expensive bottle of Coke resting damply in her right hand.
The Perfect Book by Ken Liu (Science Fiction)
He glanced at the display on the dock. “I see there’s a bit of Woolf, a bit of Joyce, and a lot of this new author from Taipei, Annie W. She’s popular. Very malleable prose, I understand, adaptable to lots of books.”
Cocoons by Nancy Kress (Science Fiction)
The “spiders,” which were not really spiders, had done more of their work. A thin, filmy web of very fine, dull red filaments was being spun over her naked body.
Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg (Science Fiction)
Gripping time travel tale of a penal colony located in the Cambrian period. Fraught with political overtones, this critically acclaimed story is one of Silverberg's personal favorites.
When We Went to See the End of the World by Robert Silverberg (Science Fiction)
A couple at a dinner party explain their latest excursion.
The Miracle of Ivar Avenue by John Kessel (Science Fiction)
“Nevertheless. I’m a talent scout. I work for the future equivalent of a film studio, a big company that makes entertainment. In the future, Hollywood is still the heart of the industry.”
The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum by James Patrick Kelly (Science Fiction)
My imaginary wife and I are much happier these days, thank you. We’ve come through some tough times and we’re still together. So far. But we still have a way to go. Exactly how long, I’m not sure. When you attempt to exceed 299,792.46 kilometers per second, here and there are only probabilities. Relative to you, I am no place. I do not exist.