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I think it's also an indie author showcase.

As a general observation on the collection of stories: there aren't many male characters in this collection (and only one of them is the lead character.) In those few stories where a male character appears, they're all bloodthirsty, trigger-happy idiots. In "Animal Planet", "Dragonet", & "To Catch an Actor", the male character is a murderous idiot; In "Winner Takes All", he's just an idiot. (The one exception is Annie Bellet's Nos Morituri Te Salutamus, and maybe 2092 where most of the males are duplicitous jerks but the human male seems well-meaning and smart. )

"Containment",
"Lulu Ad Infinitum",
"2092", &
"Carindi".

I remember being a bit displeased with the shallow, one dimensional characterization of the "trigger happy idiots" but I guess I wasn't keeping track from story to story how many times that was repeated. In retrospect it is more than a little annoying as a male reader.
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Please comment of each individual story in it's own topic in the Dark Beyond the Stars folder (Links to each story's topic in the Table of Content below.) You can use this topic for general discussions of the anthology as a whole.
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"Containment" by Susan Kaye Quinn (-->> DISCUSSION)
"Nos Morituri Te Salutamus" by Annie Bellet (-->> DISCUSSION)
"Protocol A235" by Theresa Kay (-->> DISCUSSION)
"Winner Takes All" by Elle Casey (-->> DISCUSSION)
"Carindi" by Jennifer Foehner Wells (-->> DISCUSSION)
"Animal Planet" by Patrice Fitzgerald (-->> DISCUSSION)
"The Event" by Autumn Kalquist (-->> DISCUSSION)
"Dragonet" by Sara Reine (-->> DISCUSSION)
"Lulu Ad Infinitum" by Ann Christy (-->> DISCUSSION)
"To Catch an Actor" by Blair C. Babylon (-->> DISCUSSION)
"2092" by Rysa Walker (-->> DISCUSSION)
I didn't find any of the stories in this collection available (legitimately) free on-line.