Dancing on the Second Half of the Chessboard
Time changes us. At age 81, we will be a different person from our 18 year old self. What are the consequences for (scientific) resurrection?

Published in Bards and Sages Quarterly, Vol 11, Issue 1 (January, 2019).
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The Rubbish Researchers Puzzle
Who invented the Blue-eyed Islanders Puzzle?

Published in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 8 Issue 2 (July 2018).
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Included in Alex Kasman’s Mathematical Fiction Database

Closing Schrödinger’s Box
Is it possible for contradictory realities to co-exist?

Published in The Chronos Chronicles: a SF Anthology, Indie Authors Press (May 2018).
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First published in Wicked Words Quarterly, Issue 2 (September 2014).
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Wildtopia
Should humanity take action to end the suffering of wild animals? (Serious treatment.)

Published in Issues of Tomorrow: a SF Anthology, Indie Authors Press (January 2018).
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600 Years Ago, Today
Until fairly recently, most people were forgotten three generations after their deaths. Today, the most trivial aspects of billions of lives can be preserved for millennia to come. Should it?

Published in Stupefying Stories Showcase (January 9, 2018).
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Poetic Justice
Should humanity take action to end the suffering of wild animals? (Humorous treatment.)

Published in Alternate Hilarities 4: Weirder Science, Strange Musings Press (September 2015).
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The Wizard Who Knew Not Much
Just how much should one trust prophecies?

Published in Alternate Hilarities 3: Hysterical Realms, Strange Musings Press (April 2015).
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After Experiment Seven
What kind of experiments do Experimental Metaphysicists work on?

First published in Nature (7 June 2012).
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Estonian translation published in Reaktor (July 2013).
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Included in “Futures 2” eBook published by Tor (September 2014).
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How I Crippled a World for Just 0.01 Cents
What would a world be like in which scientific theories, like the Theory of Relativity, could be copyrighted?

First published in Bards and Sages Quarterly (July, 2010).
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Audio publication (edited to make it punchier) in The Drabblecast #247 (25 June 2012).
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Selected in 2014 by SF Signal for their list of The Best Podcast Fiction of All Time

Selected by Diabolical Plots for their list of The Best of The Drabblecast 2012

The New PR Test
What if Australia instituted a radical permanent residency test for screening out faith-based terrorists?

Published in Island Magazine, #118 (Spring 2009).
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BioFuture
What would motivate someone to create the first human clone?

Golden Pen Award Winner in the Media Development Authority of Singapore National Scriptwriting Competition 2002 in the Drama Category.
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