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Andrew Penn Romine | The Parting Glass Dec 03, 2011

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I gulp the whiskey and it burns my plastic throat, sets my nutrient sac on fire. I've got filters, but they haven't been changed in six months. Too expensive. Narrated by Joe Barrett.

Vylar Kaftan | The Sighted Watchmaker Dec 01, 2011

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The Makers had been dead for billions of years, yet Umos discovered one caught in the starship's net. A young one, naked, with still-fused dorsal fins. Narrated by Paul Boehmer.

John Crowley | Snow Nov 22, 2011

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Georgie got rid of most of what she'd inherited from him, liquidated it. It was cash that she had liked best about that marriage anyway; but the Wasp couldn't really be got rid of. Georgie ignored it. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Lisa Nohealani Morton | How Maartje and Uppinder Terraformed Mars (Marsmen Trad.) Nov 01, 2011

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As her breath hissed out it thickened and spread and wrapped around the planet. Before long it was pushing everything down; my mother's breath became the atmosphere of Mars. Narrated by Claire Bloom.

David Farland | Against Eternity Oct 18, 2011

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The wan gray of polluted skies will weigh on your soul, and you will recall bluer days, and wish for your childhood, when the grass seemed taller and would rub your inner thighs as you rambled through the fields. Narrated by Stephan Rudnicki.

Adam-Troy Castro | Her Husband’s Hands Oct 04, 2011

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They opened the box and showed her Bob’s hands, resting side by side on a white pillow. The left one lay palm-down, the right one palm-up. The one that was palm-up twitched and waggled fingers at Rebecca when it saw her. Narrated by Kathe Mazur.

Ursula K. Le Guin | The Island of the Immortals Sep 27, 2011

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Somebody asked me if I'd heard that there were immortal people on the Yendian Plane, and somebody else told me that there were, so when I got there, I asked about them. Narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.

David Brin | Bubbles Sep 13, 2011

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Serena still felt the heat of her passage through Kaluza space. That incandescent journey via the bowels of a singularity had raised her temperature dangerously near the fatal point. Narrated by Harlan Ellison®.

Genevieve Valentine | The Nearest Thing Aug 16, 2011

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We know you love your family. We know you worry about leaving them behind. And we know you've asked for more information about us, which means you're thinking about giving your family the greatest gift of all: You. Narrated by Arte Johnson.

John Varley | Just Another Perfect Day Aug 09, 2011

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I know how you’re feeling. You wake up alone in a strange room, you get up, you look around, you soon discover that both doors are locked from the outside. It’s enough to unsettle anybody. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.