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1171 Where There's Hope by Jerome Bixby

The women had made up their minds, and nothing--repeat, nothing--could change them. But something had to give....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 281 | Votes: 15 | Score: 6.68
Size: 11KB | 2,218 words | Posted:

1172 The Rosen Bridge Chronicles - Story 1: Open Season by Jon Fenton

This brand-new series of short stories takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity lives in one of many compounds. One of these is experimenting with Time Travel using captured convicts as their guinea pigs. Owen was sent to 1983, given a gun, and instructed to kill a murderer before the killing can take place, but when all doesn't go as planned, he believes the man may be innocent.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Time Travel
Tags: Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Time Travel, Violence, Assassins
Downloads: 729 | Votes: 44 | Score: 6.68
Size: 58KB | 11,544 words | Posted:

1173 Of Time and Texas by William F. Nolan

Open the C. Cydwick Ohms Time Door, take but a single step, and--
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 578 | Votes: 36 | Score: 6.67
Size: 3KB | 582 words | Posted:

1174 Four Miles Within by Anthony Gilmore

Far down into the earth goes a gleaming metal sphere whose passengers are deadly enemies.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 219 | Votes: 8 | Score: 6.67
Size: 78KB | 14,331 words | Posted:

1175 The Adventurer by C. M. Kornbluth

For every evil under the sun, there's an answer. It may be a simple, direct answer; it may be one that takes years, and seems unrelated to the problem. But there's an answer--of a kind....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 442 | Votes: 25 | Score: 6.67
Size: 27KB | 4,916 words | Posted:

1176 Citadel by Algis Budrys

He was looking for a privacy his strange personality needed. And--never quite seemed to achieve it. All his efforts were, somehow--great triumphs of the race, and great failures for him!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 501 | Votes: 19 | Score: 6.66
Size: 49KB | 8,953 words | Posted:

1177 Irresistible Weapon by H. B. Fyfe

There's no such thing as a weapon too horrible to use; weapons will continue to become bigger, and deadlier. Like other things that can't be stopped....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 282 | Votes: 17 | Score: 6.66
Size: 13KB | 2,316 words | Posted:

1178 Manners of the Age by H. B. Fyfe

With everyone gone elsewhere, Earth was perfect for gracious living--only there was nothing gracious about it!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 227 | Votes: 14 | Score: 6.66
Size: 28KB | 5,106 words | Posted:

1179 The Diversions of Angels by Haro James

The Altarai arrive to strip mine the planet, and it's very much the end of life as we know it. But, hey, even all-powerful aliens can get bored and run into trouble. And then humanity's remaining one per cent becomes part of the solution. Linked to “A Burning Love...” ~ 3k words.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Aliens
Downloads: 567 | Votes: 14 | Score: 6.65
Size: 18KB | 3,086 words | Posted:

1180 The Freelancer by Robert Zacks

Copyright law is taken to extreme in a despotic future
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Dystopian, Pulp Classic
Downloads: 347 | Votes: 22 | Score: 6.65
Size: 25KB | 4,680 words | Posted:
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