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Clark has spent every day of his life fighting to survive his terminal illness and provide for his family, but then all his wishes are unexpectedly answered. And he's left asking the question, what now?

Everyone always tells stories about the hero. But what about the guy who wasted his whole frickin’ life looking for the hero? Well, this is the story of that guy, and the day he finally found the hero he’d spent decades looking for.

From a fantasy world where a dragonrider must make an impossible choice when his dragon starts to forget him, to a future where a young surrogate isn't even allowed to speak lest she corrupt the development of the child she carries, each story focuses on some aspect of who we are, and how we each become that person.

What do you do when your best friend is three stories tall, breathes fire, and might be forgetting that you're his friend? That's the dilemma in this short story about an aging dragonrider and his dragon.

Dmitri is a memory eraser, someone capable of removing the worst memories, the ones that haunt and pursue someone for the rest of their lives. He’s the best. But to help those most in need, he has to take on other clients that can actually pay.

It's the year 2030, and the whole world is watching while American soldiers fight insurgents in Syria. But with TV networks in charge of the war, what's the real goal, and is a hero really a hero?

What if you couldn't say no to others, but they never knew? Empathy should have its limits. But for Freya, it doesn't. When others are around she finds herself bending to their will, unable to tell anyone what she wants, unable to assert herself or defend herself. Can she find a way forward or will she forever be drowning in their darkness?

Ka was raised to be a Bearer, a surrogate for wealthy parents who don't want to or can't have their own children. Forced to stay silent and devote every moment of every day and every action to creating the perfect environment for growing someone else's child, she'd never questioned her role. Until now.

When Christy's husband is seriously injured in a skydiving accident, she can't stand the thought of losing him. So when she's given the chance—however unreal—to save him, she takes it. But at what cost?

This audiobook includes two short stories, "Our Story" and "When the Time Comes", both about taking that extra minute to consider the complexities of the people and world around us.

“The essayist needs the objective world,” writes M. Gessen, the guest editor of The Best American Essays 2026, asking, “But does the objective world need the essayist?” There is no straightforward answer to Gessen’s query, yet the authors in this volume tackle it headfirst. In doing so...