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SHORT FICTION: Dark Planet
apexbookcompany.com - 2/6/2009
SHORT FICTION: Dark Planet
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by Lavie Tidhar One: Weirdies and Bombies The Weirdy was directly ahead of Chamberlain, partially obscured by the thick foliage of the jungle, but there . Chamberlain’s gun was in his hand but it was hard to take aim. The Weirdy was moving. It looked like a localized maelstrom of air, a cone of turbulence tapering onto the ground where it stirred the rotting leaves into new configurations. The only organic part of the Weirdy was at the top where air gave way to a face like a dragonfly, a ...

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SHORT FICTION: Dark Planet - Lavie Tidhar, SF Books
Planet-x.com.au — SHORT FICTION: Dark Planet - by Lavie Tidhar One: Weirdies and Bombies The Weirdy was directly ahead of Chamberlain, partially obscured by the thick foliage of the jungle, but there . Chamberlain’s gun was in … Read the original: SHORT FICTION: Dark Planet - Lavie Tidhar, SF Books

Friday Free Fiction for 6th February
Futurismic — ... entitled “Vignette” about a character named Vignette. No prizes for guessing it’s by Jeff VanderMeer, then. *** Chris Roberson’s getting back into the giveaways: this week’s offering is “Secret Histories: Jake Carmody, 1961” *** Here’s the latest batch from Apex Online: “Dark Planet” by Lavie Tidhar “Cai and Her Ten Thousand ...

Gobs and Gobs of Free Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories
SF Signal — ... Things Are Lights (Ballantine, 1986) Robert Shea: "Resurrection" (Fantastic Universe, December 1957) Robert Shea: Shike (Ballantine, 1981) Robert Shea: "The Helpful Robots" (Fantastic Universe, September 1957) Lavie Tidhar: "All the Wonder in the World" (Abyss & Apex, 2006) Lavie Tidhar: "Blakenjel" (Apex Online, October 2008) Lavie Tidhar: "Dark Planet" (Apex Online, February 2009) Lavie Tidhar: "The Jerusalem ...

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