Books tagged: nearfuture sf

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Back to the Old Neighborhood    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 7340 words. Published on May 19, 2011. .

Continuing the story started in "Explosions," Terri makes good on her promise to find out just what caused the fatal explosions at her former place of employment, the brewery. So she goes back home to her old neighborhood, determined to meet one of the alien Wannoshay, to get the whole story. She gets that, and more in this near-future SF story. Part of The Wannoshay Cycle (also an ebook).
Crossing the Camp    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 7910 words. Published on June 2, 2011. .

Two priests, one young and one old, stand at the gates to the detainment camp where the alien Wannoshay have been rounded up and contained. On this day, they will learn valuable lessons not only from each other, but from the aliens themselves. "Crossing the Camp" was first published at Strange Horizons and was reprinted in the SF novel "The Wannoshay Cycle" (also an ebook).
Privileged Lives and Other Lies    by C S McClellan
Price: $2.99 USD. 94780 words. Published on February 3, 2012. .

It’s 2045. A desperate government is besieged by climate change and economic disaster. A last-ditch solution: turn brilliant children into the nation’s problem-solvers. Gifted 15-year-old Linden receives a scholarship to a mysterious elite college program and discovers that he can't refuse it. Only Bennett, his tutor, can make it more than a prison sentence--if Linden can learn to trust him.
Sanctuary    by Sam Seudo
Price: Free! 1750 words. Published on May 25, 2012. .

Set in a near future, “Sanctuary” depicts a conversation between a Catholic deacon and a man who is plunged into an existential crisis when circumstances call his humanity into question.