The Fortean Bureau -- A Magazine of Speculative Fiction

Issue #23- June, 2004

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The Amoralist: A Grotesque Romance
by Jason Teiken

"Herbert George Wells’ four scientific romances The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898) pioneered the field of speculative fiction, but few know there was a fifth book, long since lost; the novel entitled The Amoralist (1899)."

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Reparations
by Merrie Haskell

"It's a beautiful day, summery and bright. It always is. An all-clear siren sounds in the distant city. It always does."

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My Cows
by Kenneth Brady

"'My cows,' Tiffany says from the back seat."

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Adagio for Flames and Jealousy
by Jay Lake

"Jones and the second Chinee cook froze last month, but there weren't no more snow for a while after that and the diggings resumed. The first cook wailed and banged on pans until Mister Rance and I was forced to beat him to quiet him down."

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