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Standalones

Hemlock on Mars — Eric Choi

Essay: Planetary Protection — Giovanni Poggiali

The Dog Star Killer — Renan Bernardo

Essay: That Cold Black Cloud — Stefano Sandrelli

Titan of Chaos — G. David Nordley

Essay: Flying Instead of Diving — Fabian Klenner

Cloudskimmer — Geoffrey A. Landis

Essay: Earth’s Sister Planet — Dennis Höning

The Lament of Kivu Lacus — B. Zelkovich

Essay: Robots in Space are Great — Ania Losiak

Heavy Lies — Rich Larson

Essay: Major Transitions — Stephen Francis Mann

The World of Silver — Tomáš Petrásek

Essay: Wet Wet Wet — William Bains

Spider Plant — Tessa Fisher

Essay: Signs of Life (and How to Find Them) — Tessa Fisher

This is How We Save Them — Deji Bryce Olukotun

Essay: Valuing Life — Erik Persson

The Far Side of the Door — Premee Mohamed

Essay: Space Agriculture — Raymond M. Wheeler

Ranya’s Crash — Lisa Jenny Krieg (translated by Simone Heller)

Essay: You are not Alone! — Jacques Arnould

Spiral — Arula Ratnakar

Essay: Spiraling into the Unknown — Tomáš Petrásek

The Last Cathedral of Earth, in Flight — Tobias S. Buckell

Essay: The Latest Black Hole Planet, in Formation — Amedeo Romagnolo

The Secret History of the Greatest Discovery — Valentin D. Ivanov

Essay: Cooperation without Communication — Valentin D. Ivanov

Human Beans — Eugen Bacon

Essay: Microbial Life and Belonging — Tony Milligan

The Mirrored Symphony — D.A. Xiaolin Spires

Essay: Mirror Images — Dimitra Demertzi

Lumenfabulator — Liu Yang (translated by Ladon Gao)

Essay: Crystal Green Persuasion — Nina Kopacz

Cyclic Amplification, Meaning Family — Bogi Takács

Essay: The Science of Xenolinguistics — Sheri Wells-Jensen

The Diaphanous — Gregory Benford

Essay: Life 2.0 — Geoffrey A. Landis

The Sphinx of Adzhimushkaj — Brian Rappatta

Essay: Finding Common Ground — Philippe Nauny

Defective — Peter Watts

Essay: How did They Know it was Agni? — Joanna Piotrowska

The Dangers We Choose — Malka Older

Essay: The Habitability of Water Worlds — Floris van der Tak

Third Life — Julie E. Czerneda

Essay: The Unveiled Possibilities of Biomaterials in Space — Martina Dimoska

Forever the Forest — Simone Heller

Essay: Astra Narrans — Connor Martini

Still as Bright — Mary Robinette Kowal

Essay: —And the Moon be Still as Bright — José A. Caballero

Devil in the Deep — Lucie Lukačovičová

Essay: Some Like It Hot — Natuschka Lee & Julie Nováková

Deep Blue Neon — Jana Bianchi

Essay: Destined for Symbiosis — Jan Toman

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