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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Charlie Gordon has an IQ of 68 and wants nothing more than to be smart. When scientists offer him an experimental surgery that has already transformed a laboratory mouse named Algernon into a genius, Charlie sees his chance—but becoming intelligent means finally understanding the cruel truth about the world around… Listen ⇢
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The Billiard Ball by Isaac Asimov
When scientist Edward Bloom demonstrated humanity’s first anti-gravity device to the world, a single billiard ball punched through his chest at the speed of light — and the only question that remains is whether the man who aimed it knew exactly what would happen. Listen ⇢
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The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs
A grieving couple’s desperate wish brings something to their door. Three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey’s Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate. Listen ⇢
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Man of Distinction by Frederic Brown
Aliens came to enslave us – but they found Al Hanley instead. Four billion humans nearly became alien slaves, but Earth’s salvation came from the worst possible first (drunk) impression. Listen ⇢
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Exorcism by Ray Bradbury
When her mailman husband delivered a package of forbidden books to the woman up the street, Elmira Brown finally had proof of what she’d suspected all along — and she wasn’t about to let a witch win another election. Listen ⇢
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The Beachcomber by Damon Knight
The ultimate needle in a haystack: a stranded genius from the future spends eternity scouring alien shores for a single lost pebble that happens to contain his entire universe. Listen ⇢
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Tales From the Blue Line – The Elevator
When a methodical security guard discovers that his hospital’s elevator is stopping at a ward that was sealed in 1968, he learns that some “unfinished business” can bridge sixty years of silence in a single camera flash. Listen ⇢
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The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury
When a space-pirate’s telepathic terrors prove to be camera-shy, a cynical photographer and a brawny patrolman must turn the villain’s own illusions into a one-man army to survive sixty minutes of oxygen. Listen ⇢
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Tales From the Blue Line – The Frequent Flyer
At Midway Airport, a gate agent who finds comfort in the familiar discovers that her most punctual passenger has been flying to a ghost town for fifty years on a flight that shouldn’t exist. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line… Listen ⇢
