A Beast comes to the comet where one of the last humans hides with her son. But she’s prepared a surprise for it—if it works.
Ted Kosmatka
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On a decades-long journey to another star, two men take shifts managing the sleeping crew, but after a year or two, they’re ready to kill each other.
A woman appears to be helping a child recover from some form of brain damage. His perceptions and memory are off, but something is off about her too.
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"He took the elevator up to the nineteenth, just like the email said. Elevator ding, white tile, and he crossed the hall through a set of glass doors. “Can I help you?” the receptionist asked from behind a curving white counter. “I have an interview at...