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17th Story: Zero Hour - ooh, a scary one because I can see it happening. Using children to take over the world.

18th Story: The Rocket - a father who uses all his money to give a world of imagination to his children.

16th Story: The City - a city that comes alive and kills ppl. The city was once an alien race that was killed by the earthlings. And it waited for them to return and it used their bodies for revenge.

Slowly, pleasurably, the city enjoyed the luxury of dying.

15th Story: Marrionettes inc - a niceeee story. This is the kind of sci fi horror I love. Man is loved too much by his wife and wants some me-time that he makes an android of himself but obviously things go wrong. His friend also suffers from an issue with the android business.

14th Story: The Concrete Mixer - this story is very weird. About martians invading earth but earth ppl were big hearted and welcomed them but they were still sus. Its so satirical really with obnoxious earth ppl and clueless martians. The ending was sad. Hmmm. Maybe I just dont get this story?

13th Story: The Visitor - a bunch of lonely men stuck with an incurable contagious disease finds an newly exiled man who has a strange ability and they fight over him. Hmm, the darkness of man kinda story.

12th Story: The Fox and The Forest - Couple from a war-torn 2155 AD goes back to the past to escape. But.... sadly fails. Kinda sad for them, thought they'd be able to run.

7th Story: The Rocket Man - ah, a man who cannot stay home and a woman who considers him dead. Inspired that song.

8th Story: The Fire Balloons - a story of faith and sin. Quite good.

9th Story: The Last Night of the World - short and sweet.

4th Story: The Highway - A war is brewing and a man continues to lives. A little bit on the ignorance of man when the war doesn't impact them as deeply as others.

5th Story: The Man - Jesus?? Is that you?? A story about faith.

6th Story: The Long Rain - oooh this is a good one. I'd give 6/5 stars. It's about men who crashlanded on Venus, and the description of Venus is interesting. A very tension-filled story.

1st Story: Creepy children and their attachment to their creepy house. Poor parents honestly.

2nd Story: Men dying and their final words. Really hits deep.

3rd Story: Written during a time of racial segregation, this story is really interesting. Hmm. Lots of articles on this one.