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Results tagged with short-stories
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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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Identify a short story about a wall on a planet at the edge of a tiny universe
Sounds like Arthur C. Clarke's The Wall of Darkness:
Many and strange are the universes that drift like bubbles in the foam upon the River of Time. Some – a very few – move against or athwart its …
- 911
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Looking for a short story about a surgeon with a ring that filters cancerous cells and patho...
You're describing Greg Egan's Yeyuka:
I touched the ring on my left index finger, and felt a reassuring pulse through the metal. Blood flowed constantly around the hollow core of the device, diverted …
- 911