The Works of Vermin
In a tree-stump metropolis of perfume and vermin, a debt-ridden exterminator is pulled into a citywide struggle over art and power.
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Rosewater
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On a Sunbeam
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A stranded astronaut wanders a physics-breaking alien labyrinth, recounting how the mission went wrong as dread builds.