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For about a fictional work too small to be called a [novel] or [novella] - usually less than 10-20 thousand words and no chapters. Use to either identify the media on a [story-identification] question or disambiguate works where the tag covers the short story and its form in other media.. If you are looking for a particular anthology of short stories, use the [anthology-book] tag instead.
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Probability distributed man in bar
This is a short story I read years ago and only remember hazily. Still I'm often reminded of it whenever a see a guy in a film propping up the end of a bar. I must have read it while at college perhap …
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Memory recorded at party installed in android body
I read this funny short story a long while ago probably 1980s. It stuck in my mind.
A weedy man goes to a house party. One of the other guests has brought a machine he invented which, he claims, takes …
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Alien diplomat unable to lie settles bet about the most wonderful planet in the galaxy
A short story I read at college, 1977-86ish. I think it was a side story from a bigger space opera series I never read, but it stands alone.
There was a interplanetary mining(?) vessel, the kind where …
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Philosophical aliens without arms quickly create an industrial world using monkeys
This is a philosophical short story I read in the 80s.
On an alien planet the most intellectually advanced beings are creatures with no arms and one foot to hop around on.
They are highly intelligent …
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Christian priest discovers aliens are God's new chosen [duplicate]
I probably read this short story or novella in the 70s-80s but I think it could have been pretty old then.
The Earth has been invaded by aliens. The aliens are pretty horrible people, violent, blood-t …
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Scientist in accident which reverses his molecular handedness
Another short story from some 1970-80s anthology.
A scientist is involved in an explosion at a reactor or collider facility. There's a lot of distruction but he is pulled out of the ruins alive.
Docto …
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Alien invasion averted by termites
A short story found in some anthology in the 1970-80s. Very short, I think, and with no named characters that I remember.
Earth is attacked by an alien force who consider humanity an easy target. They …
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Man rebels against a conformist society, turns into unicorn
I read this short story I think as a student c. 1980s. Most of the stuff I read then were older anthologies from second-hand shops and bargain bins.
A man lives in a house which is identical to every …
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Two astronauts, one heroic, one pathetic
Read this story story while still at school in late 70s, I believe.
There's a little twist to the end of this story.
Two astronauts, the captain and the first person POV character, have arrived on a p …
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Visitor learns news-telling profession to warn planet of impending disaster
After seeing the trailer for the new film 'Don't Look Up' I was reminded of this short story I read many years ago (1980s?)
Astronomers realize some cosmic disaster is going to hit an inhabited planet …
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Pre-80s short story: man finds tape player inside his chest and cuts the tape [duplicate]
A very short story from an anthology. As usual read 79s/80s, in English.
A man discovers he has some kind of tape player in his chest with a reel of tape. He fiddles with it, perhaps rewinding it and …
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Murder in cult of identical people
No idea where I read this short story, but probably 1975-85 and in an anthology.
There has been a murder in a cult community. The unique thing about this cult is that they don't believe in uniqueness. …
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Time traveller going backwards and mad in museum [duplicate]
Interesting short story I read 1970-80s.
A lifepod containing one occupant appears at a museum. At first hairy, dirty and wildly incoherent, the occupant becomes calmer, cleaner and communicative over …
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Twin star, perception disturbances on space station, punning text message
A humorous short story from an anthology read 1970-80s.
Humans have established a space station that orbits both stars of a twin system. As a result days and nights are of radically different lengths. …
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US soldier time travels to ancient Norse Iceland and kills a man in a fight
An American soldier stationed at a military base at Reykjavik, Iceland (UN forces?) somehow gets transported back to early settlement times.
He is taken in by a local Norse family and, realising he's …
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