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Great Work of Time - Crowley: A secret society of British Empire fanatics mess about with time.

Just Another Perfect Day - Varley: A letter to yourself, every day. Very engaging.

The Loch Moose Monster - Kagan: Reread. Just a really fun story about a special job on another planet.

The Magic Bullet - Stableford: A somewhat limp story of one genetic researcher's particular discovery.

The Odd Old Bird - Davidson: Told in Davidson's unique style, but I saw the punchline coming pretty early on, LOL.

The Third Sex - Brennert: Interesting exploration of a new, third sex with no sexual organs.

Winter on the Belle Fourche - Barrett, Jr.: Liver-Eating Johnson and Emily Dickinson meet. Sure, why not.

Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another - Silverberg: This would've been like 10x more interesting had I read it before 5 years ago.

Relationships - Sampson: Magical realist tale about relationship regrets.

Lottery Night - Somtow: A very silly story, steeped in Thai-ness.

A Deeper Sea - Jablokov: Dolphins are assholes, and so is Stasov.

The Edge of the World - Swanwick: Reread. This story keeps showing up in what I've been reading the last two years. Still fantastic.

Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man - Lindholm: I only know the author's work as Robin Hobb, but this story was delightful and funny.

Visiting the Dead - King: Amateurish story of digital uploads and a genengineered future.

Dori Bangs - Sterling: Bizarre what-if about two famous people who died young.

The Ends of the Earth - Shepard: Expat drama & Mayan dream games. Awful.

The Price of Oranges - Kress: Reread. A grandfather tries to set his granddaughter up with a nice boy from 50 years ago.

At the Rialto - Willis: A frustrating story where she indulges her screwball comedy desires.

Skin Deep - Koja: Dude is addicted to his abusive alien lover. Gross.

The Egg - Popkes: An orphan boy and his alien nanny find an egg.

Tales from the Venia Woods - Silverberg: Reread. An old man reminisces about his youthful encounter with an emperor.

Tiny Tango - Moffett: Interesting story of a woman with AIDS and how she made herself small.

Out of Copyright - Sheffield: Cloning bodies in the public domain.

For I Have Touched the Sky - Resnick: Reread. A Kirinyaga story, where Koriba shows he hates women.

Alphas - Benford: Powerful aliens enter our solar system and fuck up Venus, while Chansing goes on a journey.

Dying in Hull - Smith: An older woman scavenging the remains of her climate-flooded town.

Distances - Koja: People with computerjacks in their head have some issues.

Famous Monsters - Newman: A Martian reminisces on his career in Hollywood.

The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter - Shepard: A young woman is trapped inside a giant time-frozen dragon for years.

Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner - Kessel: Do you really want to win Bingo, though?

Emissary - Kraus: This started out so great but the narrator was just a bit too competent.

It Was the Heat - Cadigan: What happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans, maybe.

Skin Deep - Rusch: Alien farm worker under cover makes a realization and a decision.

The Growth of the House of Usher - Stableford: A dying man is really into his dead sister and bio-buildings.

Glacier - Robinson: A cooling world and a glacier outside Boston.

Sanctuary - Lawson: Cyberpunk mystery in the Southwest.

The Dragon Line - Swanwick: Arthurian characters in the present, dealing with family & pollution.

Our Neural Chernobyl - Sterling: A special virus causes issues globally. Beware the Raccoon Kingdom.

House of Bones - Silverberg: A time traveler is stuck 20k years in the past.

Schrödinger's Kitten - Effinger: A young woman has many futures ahead of her.

Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? - Waldrop: Reread. This was a very enjoyable nostalgia trip to the late '60s with a fun ending.

The Girl Who Loved Animals - McAllister: She really did.

The Last of the Winnebagos - Willis: RVs are banned, the Humane Society are powerful cops, and all the dogs are gone.

Love in Vain - Shiner: Failing marriage, old connections, and a serial killer with powers.

The Hob - Moffett: The hobs of Northern England are apparently real and a bit out of this world.