Both Parties Must Press the Button
In a transit station slated for renovation, a technician maintains kiosks that release an apology only if the other person offers one back.…
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Eleven Minutes Between Earth and Mars
A piano tuner on Earth trades recorded messages with her brother on a Martian survey outpost. With a signal delay neither can shorten, they…
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The Cosmonaut Gardener of Station Meridian
On a quiet orbital station, a lone botanist tends a greenhouse for a distant world she may never see again. Then one morning, something in…
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The Astronaut Who Forgot Her Houseplants
Six months on a research station, and the only thing Mira can't stop thinking about is the fern she left on the kitchen windowsill. A quiet…
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