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Colin and Ishmael in the Dark [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Colin is a feckless medieval jailer, keeping watch over hardened criminals in the depths of the local dungeon. But when the lights go out and the tables are turned, will he survive a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the diabolical Ishmael? (Published: 1993)
Words: 4819 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Horror
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Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Hannah Specter is Rescue Star's newest young operative, overseeing the health and welfare of dozens of alien animal species on a distant wildlife preserve. When animals begin dying, she must unravel a biological mystery before time runs out and a precious species goes extinct. (Published: 2000)
Words: 14318 - Reading Time: 40-57 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Divided by Time [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Donny Chavez lives an unremarkable life in Salt Lake City, where he harbors an unrequited passion for a woman halfway around the world. A chance visit to a peculiar little store sends him off on an epic journey in search of his love--but journeys have a strange tendency of changing travelers in unexpected ways. (Published: 2003)
Words: 6700 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
Category: Fantasy
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From Our Point of View We Had Moved to the Left [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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It's January 2009, and the boys of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Memorial Academy Concert Choir have traveled all the way from New Hampshire to sing at the presidential inauguration. But Washington has a way of turning even the most innocent performance into something sinisterly political. (Published: 1993) Locus Recommended Reading List
Words: 6092 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Inclination [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Born in L.A. and raised in Utah, William Shunn has lived for the past ten years in New York City, where he and his wife Laura are proud owners of a soft-coated wheaten terrier named Ella. Since his first publication in 1993, his stories have appeared in Salon, F&SF, Science Fiction Age, Realms of Fantasy, Electric Velocipede, Storyteller, and elsewhere. He has served the past three years as a national juror for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Bill also works as a software developer, and on ... more info>> (Published: 2006) Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 18725 - Reading Time: 53-74 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Kevin[17] [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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It's little Kevin's first day of school and he misses his brothers--all 22 of them, cloned from the selfsame cells that gave him life. Sending him off to school alone in another state is all part of the experiment. But the scientists who created Kevin never took playground bullies into account. (Published: 1995)
Words: 4056 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Mrs. Janokowski Hits One out of the Park [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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As a girl, Matylda Janokowski survived the Nazi occupation of Poland and the horrors of Auschwitz. How will she react as an old woman when angry neighbors in her Manhattan apartment building haul her before a revolutionary tribunal? (Published: 2003)
Words: 1452 - Reading Time: 4-5 min.
Category: Horror
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Rise Up, Ye Women That Are at Ease [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Reggie Teagarden is having a bad day. First of all, he's had to return his engagement ring, and he's taken a huge loss. Second, he can't find his ex-fiancee anywhere. And third--why are all those women rushing off with suitcases in hand? (Published: 1993)
Words: 4602 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Stalin's Candy [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Faina Kankrin is one of the few women in Stalinist Georgia with a steady job. Every day she visits classrooms throughout the land, helping schoolchildren understand the true benevolence of their Great Leader. But Faina knew Stalin when they were both younger, and there's only so long she can keep telling the same old lies. (Published: 1999)
Words: 4415 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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The Day Pietro Coppino Spoke to the Mountain [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Pietro Coppino is a famous old sculptor in 19th-century Italy. Putting the finishing touches on his masterpiece, he notices disturbing a thing--the marble statue has begun to melt. Only a desperate journey to the marble's source can save his greatest work, and perhaps his sanity as well. (Published: 2003)
Words: 6193 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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The Diagnostic Feast [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Elven, Lynx, and Dido are sisters--of a sort. Highly evolved beings of pure energy, they come together billions of year in the future for a taste of life in the flesh, and perhaps to reconstruct what it once meant to be human. (Published: 2002)
Words: 4976 - Reading Time: 14-19 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Ice Queen [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Teri Lynn has been trying to rid her life of the handsome but irresponsible Garth for longer than she can remember. On the coldest night of the Canadian winter, Teri Lynn's fantasy alter-ego might just accomplish what she never could manage on her own. (Published: 2004)
Words: 3179 - Reading Time: 9-12 min.
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The Veil Beyond the Veil [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Emily Gaines is working late at a rural insurance agency when burglars surprise her.and the night turns tragic. When she awakes in a strange city that's not quite like Manhattan, she discovers that death is only the beginning of the greatest adventure of her life. (Published: 2002)
Words: 5264 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Two Paths in the Forest Toulemonde [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Childhood sweethearts Étienne and Marie wandered one day into the dark and magical forest near their village and were never heard from again. But there are two paths through the forest Toulemonde, and if they're careful Étienne and Marie might at least find each other again. (Published: 1994)
Words: 5380 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Why I Think I'll Be Staying Home Tonight [MultiFormat]
by William Shunn
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Bill is a hapless computer programmer with a crush on the woman in the next apartment. A visitor from far in the future may have the key to unlocking his fantasies, but first he'll have to figure out what his fondest dream really is. (Published: 2004)
Words: 3951 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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