The One-Thousand

My Name: Matthew Sanborn Smith. My NEW challenge: Write 1000 stories before I die. Current story count: 206. The One-Thousand is made up of stories that are aimed at publication in professional venues. I've been published at Tor.com, Apex, and Nature, among others. See everything I do at matthewsanbornsmith.com. Shoot me an e-mail at upwithgravity@gmail.com

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Beyond Sky

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BEYOND SKY by Matthew Sanborn Smith Where the other kids watched Orion and the Great Bear, Megan saw right through them. In the forever dom...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Those Darned Aliens

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THOSE DARNED ALIENS by Matthew Sanborn Smith Saltwater got them drunk, so you can imagine what they felt when they discovered Earth. Imagin...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Blame It

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BLAME IT by Matthew Sanborn Smith They danced slow but bouncy in a little bar in Lisbon - some bossa nova on an ancient juke box - her retro...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

The Extremely Brief First Marriage Of Martin Rainer

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THE EXTREMELY BRIEF FIRST MARRIAGE OF MARTIN RAINER by Matthew Sanborn Smith The twenty-third century saw limitless wonders and Martin was a...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Sexy Pants

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SEXY PANTS by Matthew Sanborn Smith Marilyn wouldn’t give Daryl the pleasure of her company outside of work but she did love the way he some...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Stick With Me, Baby

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STICK WITH ME, BABY by Matthew Sanborn Smith There was a reason Johnny ate all that paste in school, although it wasn’t evident until he met...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Aside! Aside!

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ASIDE! ASIDE! by Matthew Sanborn Smith He (And by “he” I mean me (or perhaps I should (and will) say I (aye(!)))) loved (I just use the pas...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Cardboard Delight

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CARDBOARD DELIGHT by Matthew Sanborn Smith Dominic was tired of everyone saying his pizza tasted like cardboard. To prove that it didn’t, h...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Wallpaper

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WALLPAPER by Matthew Sanborn Smith The homes of that late gilded age were built twelve-hundred layers thick and a man like Daiquiri had to s...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Chickenman

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CHICKENMAN by Matthew Sanborn Smith What they’d been after was a creature that was half human/half chicken. Why? I don’t know. Maybe the ...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Stretching For Victory

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STRETCHING FOR VICTORY by Matthew Sanborn Smith Gunther had heard you should always stretch before a race and since he had come in last plac...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Bent Objects

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I just found out about this site from both BoingBoing and Neatorama and it is fantastic. Terry Border creates brilliantly funny scenes with ...

Blackout

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BLACKOUT by Matthew Sanborn Smith Day was light and Ned was fine with all of that, but night should be dark and Ned meant really dark. He d...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Scatman

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SCATMAN by Matthew Sanborn Smith Bob was a regular guy, and by that, I don’t mean he was average. I mean he had some seriously loose bowels...
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