Reading Material

Privacy Most Public, by Andrew Burt (Science Fiction, 16000 words, read 25% free)

In the future, the Minuteman software system listens to all phone calls, reads all messages, watches everything, to keep Americans safe... but what happens when it mis-hears what someone says? Who's watching the watchers?

The Flight of the Sarah Mae, by Andrew Burt (Science Fiction, 16000 words, read 25% free)

Walsh McKeeg had tried before to salvage the wreck of the old bomber from the desolate planet where they'd crashed during the war. Was the old girl up to one last flight when it really mattered -- and could Walsh overcome his own ghosts?

Delta Pi, by Andrew Burt (Science Fiction, 5300 words, read 15% free)

A Hard SF story about Math. Whoever says Pi is a constant simply hasn't checked it precisely enough — which may be a good thing!

A Sailor on the Sea of Humanity, by Andrew Burt (Science Fiction, 2000 words, read 100% free)

If you'd wiped out humanity, perhaps you'd find time dilation has its uses...

A Bird in Hand, by Andrew Burt (Science Fiction, words, read 10% free)

Sometimes I wish birds had never discovered that humans were intelligent...

(If you like playing Angry Birds then you've got to read this one. First published in Outside SF / FarSector in 2003.)

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