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Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super

A.T. Greenblatt Uncanny 2020 Novelette Superhero 9,691 words

Sam’s ability is modest, but he’s still excited to be accepted into the Super Team. Now he just has to figure out how he can make the biggest difference—assuming he can do more good than harm.

Superhero FictionFriendshipIntrospective

Content warnings 1

violence

Give the Family My Love

A.T. Greenblatt Clarkesworld 2019 ShortStory SF Exploration 5,325 words

The aliens invited one human to their library 32.5 light-years away, and Hazel hopes to find lost research that might still save the Earth from final ecological collapse. If she can get in, that is.

First ContactArtificial IntelligenceEpistolary Adjacent

Content warnings 2

deathpregnancy-loss

And Yet

A.T. Greenblatt Uncanny 2018 ShortStory Uncanny Horror 4,627 words ♪ audio

When you were eight, the haunted house changed your life. Twenty years later, you’re determined to study it, but it’s determined to change your life again.

SlipstreamFound FamilySecond Person

Content warnings 2

child-deathdeath-of-a-loved-one

If We Make It Through This Alive

A.T. Greenblatt Slate 2022 ShortStory 7,088 words

Not reviewed by Rocket Stack Rank.

Between Home and a House on Fire

A.T. Greenblatt Reactor 2024 ShortStory Fantasy 4,197 words

The survivor of an apocalypse event in an alternate universe tries to rebuild and avoid being dragged back into the past when a visitor crosses the in-between and asks for help.

SlipstreamFound FamilyMidwest USA

Waystation City

A.T. Greenblatt Uncanny 2023 ShortStory Fantasy 4,468 words ♪ audio

"I was finishing the last of my nightly coffee when the nineteen-seventies twins approached my table and asked me to bear witness to their disappearance. This was not an unusual request at Cafe Liminalité, being the locale of patrons that dreamed too much...

SlipstreamTrans IdentityWarm

Content warnings 1

death

Before the World Crumbles Away

A.T. Greenblatt Uncanny 2019 ShortStory SF Apocalypse 5,996 words

Intensifying earthquakes are gradually destroying the world, but Marina still has her art, and Elodie is building a robot.

Near FutureQueer IdentityTender

Content warnings 3

deathmental-illnesssuicide

Questions Asked in the Belly of the World

A.T. Greenblatt Tor.com 2021 Novelette Science Fiction 9,310 words

For the residents of this mycological ecosystem, creating art feeds the World around you and requires working in harmony with your inner voice. When one artist’s voice begins screaming, he’s forced to travel farther than he ever has before to reconcile...

BiopunkArt And CreationSlow Burn

Heavy Lifting

A.T. Greenblatt Uncanny 2018 ShortStory Post-Apocalypse 5,007 words

Gina and Bruno are supposed to manage the town’s factory, but someone keeps trying to steal their robots.

Near FutureFriendshipHopeful

A Record of Our Meeting with the Grand Faerie Lord of Vast Space and Its Great Mysteries, Revised

A.T. Greenblatt BCS 2022 Novelette Science Fantasy 7,572 words

"Herein is the account of the evening the crew of the Forever Trying invited the Grand Faerie Lord of Vast Space and Its Great Mysteries into our home. I, Felix, Chronicler of the ship, endeavor to capture a true and accurate record of transpired events on...

MetafictionalMentorshipWhimsical

One Time, a Reluctant Traveler

A.T. Greenblatt Clarkesworld 2020 ShortStory Post-Apocalypse 5,798 words

The narrator tries to find the path to the impossible ocean at the top of the mountain to dispose of the ashes of his/her parents, but there are obstacles in the way.

SlipstreamArt And CreationIntertextual

Content warnings 2

deathdeath-of-a-loved-one

RE: Bubble 476

A.T. Greenblatt Asimov's 2021 ShortStory Science Fiction 5,088 words

"Dear, patient Deni, The trip was fine, thanks for asking. We got to Bubble 476, right before dusk and right before I was about to lose my mind in the transit elevator (which I will now and always call the claustrophobic box of doom). My ride wasn’t even...