Science fiction
Haedian Sci-Fi Short Stories: Volume Two
By Paul Haedo
Six more science-fiction stories offer distinct settings and ideas in this second anthology. The collection includes The Venusian Touch, Night’s Kiss, The Loneliness Paradox, Ease, In The Sea, and Lightskipper.
- Type
- Fiction
- Form
- Short-story collection
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Why choose this book?
Choose this second collection for six further, distinct approaches to science-fiction situations. It provides another set of individual reading opportunities.
What to expect
The listed contents run from The Venusian Touch to Lightskipper. Each story has its own introduction on the website.
Before you begin
Volume numbering identifies the collections; it does not establish a single continuous plot across all their stories.
Before you begin
No series prerequisite is recorded. Choose by the premise and themes.
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Questions for your reading
Which selected story’s premise generated the strongest initial question for you?
Where to read next
- Emily Reed And The Humans
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- Future's Guardian
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- Haedian Sci-Fi Short Stories: Volume One
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Plan your reading
Supplied manuscript: 20,640 extracted words. This describes the supplied text, not a verified count for every retail edition.
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Short-story collection.
Planning estimate: about 2–3 hours at 150–300 words per minute. Poetry, rereading and note-taking can take longer; this is not a retail-edition length claim.
Is this part of a collection?
No series prerequisite is recorded for this work.
The Venusian Touch — an original reading introduction
Original AI-prepared editorial introduction; not a manuscript excerpt. © Paul Haedo. Original introduction, not quoted manuscript text.
The Venusian Touch is included in Haedian Sci-Fi Short Stories: Volume Two. A negotiation provides an entry point into questions of cultural understanding and the assumptions people bring to an exchange.
While reading, notice the difference between possessing information and understanding how to use it. Words such as value and fairness may appear straightforward until different participants attach different expectations to them.
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Continue exploring
- Discussing a short-story collection without revealing endings
- A reader’s companion to Haedian Sci-Fi Short Stories Volume Two
- Short stories and the pressure of an opening
- One story at a time: choosing a way through a collection
- The Venusian Touch
- Night's Kiss
- The Loneliness Paradox
- Ease
- In The Sea
- Lightskipper
- A table of contents as a reading choice
Continue exploring
Other paths through the books.
Emily Reed And The Humans
Another science fiction reading option.
Future's Guardian
Another science fiction reading option.
Haedian Sci-Fi Short Stories: Volume One
Another science fiction reading option.