Ah, speculative fiction... It's genres like this that make it so very hard to create a decent scientific classification system for fiction.
(Which I actually have tried to do, because I'm a librarian with OCPD, and certain things follow naturally from that.)
Anyway, reviews!
Twos Company, Threes A Crowd. (Ian Fortytwo) - There's a woman with a blue box feeling awfully jealous right now.
Phaseolus vulgaris (dannymcg) - Also: when you make jelly from it, it goes terribly with peanut butter.
The Startling Readings of the EKG (D.A. Xiaolin Spires) - You know, you should probably see a doctor for that.
there (Cat's Cradle) - A month of paradise has a high price.
Security Update (benwerd) - This is why I don't trust smart devices. It's all hunky-dory until some hacker gets an instant army.
We Reap What We Sow (juelz4sure) - The death of the Earth is the death of Man as well.
Virtuosity at Paganini's (Luiglin) - My grandmother was right all along - it is the devil's music!
The Final Hope (elvet) - So it turns out weeding out the 99% of germs not resistant to antibiotics was a bad idea. Who knew?
Untitled (IanMH) - Never trust a glowing, pulsating stone, my grandmother used to say. She's proving very wise, today.
Post-hoc (Daysman) - And that's why that doctor got sued.
Twinkle, twinkle little star (scarpelius) - Boy, won't they feel silly when they realise they've been sacrificing people to an uncaring natural phenomenon all this time!
First Contact Troubles (Stable) - I dunno; with a biology that different, the doctor has a point.
Diagnosis (Victoria Silverwolf) - Seems like a fair price to pay for immortality.
The Perks of the Job (Shyrka) - Really, the medical profession does seem like a better place for bloodsuckers than the usual accusation.
Birth (Peter V) - Always so needy, these aliens. It's not like they really need a heartbeat, right?
Consciousness, but not as we know it.... (Hugh) - And this is why I steadfastly refuse to eat beans. Once again, paranoia pays off.
The Fate of the ESS Monitor (Karn's Return) - There's always one egg that escapes destruction. Always.
IDLE (Ashleyne) - An exhausting punishment for a non-exhausting crime.
He Might Have Moved Too Far Down the Hot-Crazy Scale Tonight (Tywin) - You'd be surprised how many of my dates end this way.
WARNING... (Calliopenjo) - An ominous warning, but I'm sure someone will ignore it.
Hell Hath No Fury (D3athw4lker) - The Earth is slow to anger, but terrible in her wrath.
Voice of the Pulsar (johnnyjet) - I would scoff at this, but the History Channel assures me that it's both possible and probable, so...
Creation (nixie) - And that how the Earth was made!
Time to move on (Marvin) - Waiting is so boring, especially when you've got something better coming afterwards.
Going on a Bug Hunt (Pedro Del Mar) - Bug extermination is a hard business in the far-flung future.
Game Over, Man! (reiver33) - Good thing they've got a weapon to fight it off with, huh?
