Alien Artifacts

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What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars? As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens, and what they’ve left behind.

Alien Artifacts: what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? What might they reveal about the universe? In this anthology, nineteen of today’s leading science fiction and fantasy authors explore how discovering long lost relics of alien civilizations might change humanity. Come along as they discover the stars and the secrets they may hold, both dark and deadly and awe-inspiring.

Contents:
* Introduction • essay by Patricia Bray
* Radio Silence / short story by Walter H. Hunt
* The Nightside / novelette by Julie Novakova
* The Familiar / short story by Dave Wolverton [as by David Farland]
* Me and Alice / short story by Angela Penrose
* The Other Side / short story by S. C. Butler
* The Hunt [Storm and Fury Adventures] / novelette by Gail Z. Martin, Larry N. Martin
* The Sphere / short story by Juliet E. McKenna
* Shame the Devil / short story by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
* The Captain's Throne / short story by Andrija Popovic
* Weird Is the New Normal / short story by Jacey Bedford
* And We Have No Words to Tell You / short story by Sofie Bird
* Titan Descanso / short story by James Van Pelt
* Alien Epilogue / novelette by Gini Koch
* The Haint of Sweetwater River / novelette by Anthony Lowe
* Music of the Stars / short story by Jennifer Dunne
* The Night You Were a Comet / short story by Coral Moore
* The God Emperor of Lassie Point / short story by Daniel J. Davis
* Pandora / short story by C. S. Friedman
* Round and Round We Ride the Carousel of Time / short story by Seanan McGuire
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