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    SFReader Story Contest 2010, 1st Place: Sagrada Familia, by Michael Barretta 

    Published on 04-18-2011 01:19 PM  Number of Views: 380 
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    Sagrada Familia
    by
    Michael Barretta


    Samdra took a deep breath of the salt air trying to chase away the fatigue from her long journey in stasis sleep. Her head was wrapped in a smothering blanket of pain and her stomach turned as if she was still in free-fall. She put on a thin tight-lipped smile that would not fool her husband for a second. ...
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    SFReader Story Contest 2010 2nd Place: Blood Debt, by Fadzlishah Johanabas Rosli 

    Published on 04-18-2011 05:57 AM  Number of Views: 504 
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    Blood Debt
    By Fadzlishah Johanabas

    There was blood everywhere.

    Two men lay on the forest floor near the village, limbs twitching in a final fight for their lives. Their abdomens had been similarly ripped open, wet entrails slipping out, turning dusky fast in the cold night air. Blood dripped from nearby leaves, brush and tree-trunks, and flowed thickly from where they lay, forming rivulets between saplings and rotting leaves. ...
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    SFReader Story Contest 2010 3rd Place: Forged, by Margaret McGaffey Fisk 

    Published on 04-18-2011 04:56 AM  Number of Views: 398 
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    Forged
    By Margaret McGaffey Fisk

    Aki staggered as one of the water buckets on her shoulder bar jerked toward the ground. High-pitched laughter assaulted her ears.

    "Leave me be." She glared at the little gods who grinned from within her bucket. "If I don't get the water to the smithy before Starn's done working the sword, I'll feel his strap for days."

    The little gods frowned and shook their heads, but at least they leapt down. In midair, they transformed into water and sank into the dirt path, leaving a muddy patch to snare the next wagon to come through. ...
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    2009 Story Contest 1st Place: Cold Comfort, by Mario Milosevic 

    Published on 03-19-2010 01:59 PM  Number of Views: 4993 
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    Cold Comfort
    By Mario Milosevic

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    Ted thought the idea of freezing yourself against the possibility of being revived in some future date was, at best, a romp, at worst, a shameless waste of resources and perhaps the most arrogant action anyone could take. Indeed, the thought that some civilization yet to flourish might find themselves compelled to bring back people from his own time, evoked in him only a dismissive sneer. ...
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    2009 Story Contest 2nd Place: Dry Ice, by Samuel Mae 

    Published on 03-19-2010 01:58 PM  Number of Views: 2570 
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    Dry Ice
    By Samuel Mae

    Four hours more to Simpton and five back to Porter. Jesse Matten had nothing ahead of him but hard, cold clay and nothing behind him but hard, cold clay. He turned the truck radio up loud--just because he was feeling reckless--and reached over into his cooler for a bottle of Dry. ...
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    2009 Story Contest 3rd Place: Technically, Males Are Dummies, by Robert J. Sullivan 

    Published on 03-19-2010 01:57 PM  Number of Views: 67274 
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    Technically, Males are Dummies
    by Robert J. Sullivan

    I was sitting on a bench enjoying the spring day in the park when a man walked into the "No Parking" sign across the path and fell down. I got up to see if he was okay. ...
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