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Something Crossing Over, Something Coming Back

Timothy Mudie Clarkesworld 2024 Novelette Science Fiction 8,260 words

"Even though the armistice has held for nearly a year now, I know it could shatter at any moment, trapping me here behind enemy lines. The war raged for nearly fifty years—the simple inertia of violence dictates a renewal of hostilities sooner or later....

Social SFGuiltRestrained

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violencewar

Blood for a Stranger

Timothy Mudie Lightspeed 2023 Novelette Military SF 9,434 words

"Crunches and shrieks buffeted the Magellan LLC smartship as it plunged into Enceladus’s kilometers-thick ice crust, making their way to the subsurface ocean and the rival LuxeSpace corporation’s station situated there. Warning signals flashed through...

Space OperaAI PersonhoodPhilosophical

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war

Different People

Timothy Mudie Lightspeed 2021 ShortStory Multiverse 5,026 words ♪ audio

"You never expect to meet one of the refugees. You aren’t a scientist or a politician, you’re a middle school history teacher. The story of the refugees from a destroyed parallel Earth... should fade into the background of your life like every other major...

SlipstreamGuiltSecond Person

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death

The Elephants' Crematorium

Timothy Mudie Lightspeed 2018 ShortStory Apocalypse 3,887 words

A doomsday weapon has changed the laws of physics on Earth, and most of the population has perished. Liyana spends her time trying to have a baby and studying elephants, who have started to spontaneously combust.

SlipstreamMotherhoodPost Apocalyptic

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