Tag: fiction
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The Panel on the Reef
On Nikumaroro, a TV producer finds a shiny panel on the reef and needs it to be Amelia’s plane by Friday. The young observer from Tarawa thinks the rivets look wrong. Read more
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The Speck That Would Not Go Away
At Goddard, Pip has until Monday to dig one stubborn speck out of Roman’s first dark-hole picture. Hutch says to check the ruler before you blame the mirror. Read more
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Roses Keep a Secret
In Essen, Leni has until 8:30 to clear the last man out of a garden colony before a WW2 bomb is defused. But Opa Willi will not leave the roses his papa planted in 1946. Read more
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5 Beautiful Truths Buried Under a Roman Temple
In the Taunus pines north of Frankfurt, Sam marks trees for a timber sale that pays her internship – until diggers find a Mars shrine under the needles, and tourism wants a “Warrior Temple” flyer before the truth is known. Read more
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5 Beautiful Truths Hidden in an Asteroid Near Earth
On top of Haleakala, Kai finds a faint new object coming closer than the Moon, and her boss wants it on the news before Friday. But it moves too slowly, and it flashes like a tin can turning in the sun. Read more
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5 Beautiful Truths Hidden in a Secret Prisoner of War Story
Behind a garage wall in Waterloo, New York, Bree finds a box of secret 1945 pages from freed prisoners of war. Her uncle has a $9,000 buyer coming Saturday, and one nameless page about bread won’t let her sleep. Read more
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5 Beautiful Truths Hidden in a Dead Satellite’s Last Night
An old Soviet satellite breaks apart over Earth, and Jo’s boss wants a doomsday headline by morning. Then one piece of the junk starts to climb. Read more
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5 Beautiful Truths Behind a Soldier’s Lost Name
A Korean War soldier short story: in a military lab in Honolulu, a young scientist races her boss's record deadline to name a 20-year-old lost at the frozen Chosin Reservoir in 1950, while a stranger's old letters wait in his file. This is fiction. The people and the case are made up, but the science… Read more
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5 Beautiful Truths Under the Northern Lights
On solar storm night in Maine, Dot’s editor wants a scary front page. All she wants is the truth, one hour off, and her first look at the northern lights. Read more
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5 Stunning Secrets Hidden in a Satellite’s First Photo
Days after Kyrgyzstan’s first satellite reached orbit, Ace saw a glacier lake swelling above Granny’s village. Her boss wanted one perfect ceremony photo. Granny wanted one look at her hill. Read more