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The Eyes of God - A bit of a twist to PKD precrime surveillance. A person is detected to have malevolent predilections. He is travelling to another country that has guardrails. Before he enters the country, he must undergo a process that inhibits his predilections. All of this while he insists that he hasn't done anything. A view into the future... 4+ Stars

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Home - A reptilian entity makes it's way back to a base. It is confused only to find out that humans had converted to this reptilian entity to explore the Artic. She was a long time lost researcher returning after 20 years. Another twisted tale. Still 4+ Stars.

A Word for Heathens - Another creepy one where a religious zealot commits mass murder only to come back and find himself branded a heretic. The killing was initiated via implant of some kind. As with most of Watts stories, weird, unsettling and interesting. 4+ Stars

The Second Coming of Jasmine Fitzgerald - Another creepy one by Watts. I think I've discovered his niche, but I say that in a good way. He is interesting and dark. This one was about the idea that we are not real but living in a digital construct that can be manipulated. Jasmine is an engineer who figured this out. 4+ Stars

The Island - This was a story about a very deep space vehicle sent by earth thousands of years before to put in a gate to traverse great distances. Turns out the spot they were sent to was occupied by a gigantic alien they called the island. Creepy story, more creepy about the occupants of the space craft and its AI than the alien presence. 4+ Stars So far Watts is interesting...

Things - a bit of a riff off of the movie(s) "The Thing" from the alien point of view. I liked it, but creepy. 4 Stars