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Aurora Award Finalist story from a multi-award winning author. "Doug Smith is, quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and he's also the most prolific. His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." --Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids... [click here for more]
The neo-fascist armies of the Liberator have swept across the Americas like a plague. Montreal is in flames, and the front is less than a kilometre away.
Seventeen year-old Private Joanie Morgernstern can expect no mercy from the victors. As a Canadian soldier, an Augmented Human and a Jew, she is a blood enemy to the Liberator three times over. Aircraftman Michael Cross, 16, a technician in the... [click here for more]
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Aurora Award Finalist story from a multi-award winning author. "Doug Smith is, quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and he's also the most prolific. His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." --Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids... [click here for more]
Imagine waking up in a strange hospital with no memory of how you got there and surrounded by people who might be your enemies.
Russian agent Lina Ivanova finds herself in just such a predicament. To make matters worse, she quickly discovers that someone is out to kill her -- and the last attempt nearly succeeded. Now she must navigate a maze of plots and counter-plots... [click here for more]
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Aurora Award Finalist story from a multi-award winning author. "Doug Smith is, quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and he's also the most prolific. His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." --Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids... [click here for more]
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An SF novelette from a multi-award winning author.
"Doug Smith is, quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and he's also the most prolific. His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." --Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids... [click here for more]
Aiden stepped into the teleport with his family, but never reached mars. At least, this version of him didn't.
While his original is enjoying a holiday, he—the illegal duplicate—is paralysed from the neck down and told to steal sensitive data from the interplanetary security corporation he works for. If he doesn't, his family and his original self will be killed.
What he doesn't know is that... [click here for more]