By: Neil LaBute

Mine alone to keep or to take home or to play with as I wished.

By: Blake Butler

The globe containing UTAH made a burning sound against my head.

By: Merrill Markoe

What if you are the kind of person who wishes to remember the bad times?

By: Matthew Klam

There is a loud clicking sound coming from the control module.

By: Paul Maliszewski

My discovery was luck made manifest.

By: Curtis Sittenfeld

Larry just flat-out adored me.

By: Becky Neiman

“Velveeta boxes are good boxes, well-made, and you can keep things in them.”

By: Lucy Sante

A light bulb appeared directly over my head.

By: Joshua Glenn

“Or will you only be able to quote Baudelaire?”

By: Margaret Wertheim

Not merely another age is conjured here, but a near-alien mindset.

By: John Keen

It reminds me of a time when the future seemed both exciting and foreboding.

By: Chika Azuma

I was particularly impressed with the laser-cut foam.

By: Beth Daniels

Where the hell was I?

By: Tom Frank

I find it helpful to gaze upon that steel helmet and remember the lessons its wearer learned.

By: Alex Gerasev

Each time I put on the parka after that my shame felt fresh.