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The Never-Winner [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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 John Monura has built his career around the space program, and now heads the delegation trying to sign Japan onto a joint project to reach Mars. Yet his own government, and the political system it is built upon, refuses him the bargaining chip he needs: the commitment of the U.S. to see the effort through, for a full twenty years. 1994
Words: 4646 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
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Across the Sky [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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An alien in diplomatic service on Earth faces a life-change for which he feels unprepared, cut off as he is from his own society. The company of a human child provides a rare bit of comfort--and a fleeting one, he fears. 1994
Words: 3709 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
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Smoking Gun [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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Justin Schramm, trying to find out why a fellow professor committed suicide, and why the body immediately disappeared afterwards, finds himself under suspicion by the police because of his own erratic activities. 1989
Words: 7668 - Reading Time: 21-30 min.
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The Real Thing [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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Max, trying to get ready for a date, discovers his cash is no good, in a world gone crazy for proxies, fakes, and imitations. Even his date... 1994
Words: 3488 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
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Invisibility [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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In the Café Henri on Iaca, a world that is a ship that seeks out other intelligent beings around the galaxy, an informal think-tank wrestles with the nature of beings that have just been encountered: they seem totally invisible--except for what they wear. 1993
Words: 3848 - Reading Time: 10-15 min.
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The Asking Place [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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He asks Anne to meet him at a place they both remember, a place no one else knows about. Having returned from an exploratory mission to the farther reaches of the Solar system, Jim needs to prove who he is--for no one else thinks he is the same man. 1994
Words: 5877 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
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To Hunt in Fields [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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Jim Malick returns after a year abroad, and finds things strangely changed in his home town: a policeman tickets him for walking, and a diner waitress asks for his prescription when he orders chicken soup. 1994
Words: 5067 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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Idiosynchronicity [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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Charles Thomas has always wanted to be different. It takes the plans of a strange being on a distant world to help him realize his dream. 1995
Words: 3895 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
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Foggery [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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Reporter Benny Fogg accidentally hits on a way to stop the aggressions of a strange visitor to the newspaper office--and sets off events that leave him facing a full invading horde of vegetable-like aliens. 1996
Words: 6709 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
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Human Lives Saved [MultiFormat]
by Mark Rich
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Late in life, Fred Staupolos has come to grips with his own unusual abilities, and has joined a team working on simulating the human mind. Despite initial success, however, the project is only hold until Fred can confront his own violent past and reconcile with his son, who was not only part of that violent past but a vital part of the human-mind project. 1996
Words: 8044 - Reading Time: 22-32 min.
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