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- Short Story:1940: Fall (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:22XX: One-Shot (Jelani Wilson)
- Short Story:26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss (Kij Johnson)
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- Short Story:A Birth in the Woods (Kevin Wilson)
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- Short Story:A Cruelty (Kevin Barry)
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- Short Story:A Dweller in Amenty (Genevieve Valentine)
- Short Story:A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets (Kevin Brockmeier)
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- Short Story:Cookie Jar (Stephen King)

