A graphologist is hired to find a woman who wrote love letters to a scientist killed in an accident at a top secret lab, and discovers a surprising secret. I like a…
Tag: short story
“Computer Friendly” by Eileen Gunn
A girl befriends a pair of rambunctious kids at a test for their future placement in a cybernetic network, and goes on a quest to prevent them from being liquidated as unassimilable….
“Everywhere” by Geoff Ryman
A young man in the near future reflects on his grandfather’s passing and the way technology intersects with his daily life. This is an interesting look into the rather mundane effects that…
“Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly
When the transfer of a person’s consciousness to another planet goes wrong, a human operator of an alien technology has to make a terrible decision. This is an evocative and disturbing story…
“We See Things Differently” by Bruce Sterling
An Arab journalist interviews an American rock star who has become a demagogic focal point in a declining post-imperial world. This has fascinating and troubling contemporary echoes – written in 1989, it…
“Air Raid” by John Varley
A team of time travelers intercepts an airplane moments before its crash in order to collect passengers to serve as colonists on a distant planet. A fast-paced adventure set against a truly…
“Closer” by Greg Egan
A man experiments with a variety of post-human enhancements to try to escape solipsism and experience his partner’s consciousness. More a thought experiment than a story, but inventive and strange.
“Yorrick” by Budi Darma
A student moves to an attic apartment on a quiet street hoping to connect with the beautiful girl across the street, and finds himself squeezed out from the society of the neighborhood…
“Orez” by Budi Darma
A woman whose family seems cursed by miscarriage and birth defects has a child of her own, who seems possessed by an especially rambunctious and even violent nature. This story has an…
“The Family M” by Budi Darma
A man living in a large apartment building becomes obsessed with a family living nearby, at first wishing them ill and then wishing he could participate in their love and affection. This…