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Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko

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The Heist for the Soul of Humanity

Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Lightspeed 2024 Novelette Science Fiction 10,045 words

"The simulation blossomed around Nadja Gavrić like a hypercube unpacking itself into three dimensions. The plain metal floors of the Roses’ cargo bay turned the shiny white of faux marble. The walls closed in, became a circular chamber. Display cases...

Space OperaCorporate PowerSardonic

The Cuckoo of Vrežna Mountain

Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko BCS 2023 ShortStory Fantasy 5,922 words

"I realized I was in love with Ivor the day he went up the mountain to speak with the goddess. We were at that age when the affectionate ease of childhood tips over into something different, when every touch could be the casual brush of friendship or...

Historical FantasyDiasporaSecondary World

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death

Intimacies

Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Strange Horizons 2022 ShortStory Science Fiction 4,066 words

"I have heard the humans say that sex is the most intimate act of which they are capable, and though I did not say so to their faces, I felt great sorrow for them. Demendrenna’s tail twines twice around my torso, above and below the point where my scales...

SlipstreamMotherhoodPhilosophical

Content warnings 1

death-of-a-loved-one

The AI That Looked at the Sun

Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Clarkesworld 2020 ShortStory AI Adventure 4,695 words

A “subroutine” on a science station observing the Sun tells how its desire to look at the sun led to it become truly intelligent.

AI FictionArtificial IntelligencePhilosophical

Escape Pod 1031: The Anatomy of Miracles (Flashback Friday)

Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Escape Pod 2026 ♪ audio

Author : Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Narrators : David D. Levine and S.B. Divya Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Tina Connolly Audio Producers : Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht Escape Pod 1031: The Anatomy of Miracles (Flashback Friday) is an Escape Pod original....

First ContactGuiltFragmented