Science Fiction: Alternate Earths

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Bad Sneakers by P. G. Hurh (1994)
It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your souls are?

Barely Human by JM Schell (1999)
In a world gone mad, our humanity can be our greatest asset--and greatest weapon.

Boy by Ridley McIntyre (1992)

Cannibals Shrink Elvis' Head by Phillip Nolte (1992)

Chronicler by Pat Johanneson (1995)
"He gets involved in his stories" is usually a high compliment to a journalist. But "He becomes part of the story" is an insult. The line between the two can be as sharp as a razor.

Fallen Star, Live-In God by Rachel R. Walker (1994)
People are attracted to the famous. But that attraction works both ways--and not always for the best.

Flying Toasters by Ken Kousen (1995)
So when was the last time you were at a garage sale halfway around the world, offered someone a ride home, crash-landed in the middle of Ohio, and learned about some nifty antiques?

Genetic Moonshine by Jim Cowan (1995)
Watson and Crick are separated from Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker by an ocean of water and a gulf of culture. Or are they?

Ghettoboy and Dos by Craig Boyko (1998)
A boy and a girl. Past, present, or future--some kinds of stories are eternal.

Ghostdancer by Ridley McIntyre (1995)
In a world where a killer clown is the biggest TV star, those who walk the Earth might be less alive than beings who exist only in the depths of cyberspace.

I am Retarded by Tom Armstrong (1999)

Manna by D.C. Bradley (1993)
What is charity? Some would simply define it as "giving of yourself." But that phrase has lots of meanings...

Mercy Street by Ridley McIntyre (1993)
Technology advances faster than our laws or common morality. Clever as we are, can we support the human costs of our ingenuity?

Monkeytrick by Ridley McIntyre (1994)
Which is worse: a dead soul inhabiting a rebuilt body, or a living soul without any body at all? What's more, how about being both?

Nails of Rust by Ridley McIntyre (1993)
After we fail at something, it's usually our first instinct to try and redeem ourselves. For that redemption, we look to our loved ones first. Perhaps, instead, we should look inside ourselves -- no matter what the dangers.

New Orleans Wins the War by Greg Knauss (1991)

Newtopia by Aaron Lyon (1993)
The dirty, dystopian future of cyberpunk writers is quite popular now. But if the future ends up looking more like Leave it to Beaver than Neuromancer, should we consider ourselves lucky or cursed?

Novalight by Greg Knauss (1994)

One Person's Junk... by Warren Ernst (1992)

Regression by Dave Savlin (1991)

Selections From the New World by Marcus Eubanks (1996)
Human history is scarred by battles with tiny enemies. Penicillin and its cousins brought the war to a standstill. We thought the war was won. We were dead wrong.

Seven by Ridley McIntyre (1992)

Star Quality by Melanie Miller (1992)

Take Us We Bulls by Will Sand (1999)
They came in peace. They left in peace. So now what?

The Effort by Richard Cumyn (1994)
Humanity may find that nearly anything can be recycled, if it tries hard enough. However, hope must be made fresh every time.

The Posticheur by David Appell (1999)
The wisps that allow us to retain our humanity are sometimes no wider than a single strand of hair.

The Rebel Cause by Michel Forget (1991)

Wave by Craig Boyko (1996)
It isn't hard to imagine a world without freedom. But try to imagine a world without privacy -- a commodity without which there can be no freedom.