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• An Interastral Drama • (2010) • short story by Charles Cros (trans. of Un drame interastral 1872)
• The End of the World • short story by Eugène Mouton (trans. of La fin du monde 1872)
• The Supreme Progress • short story by Louis Mullem (trans. of Le progrès suprême 1894)
• The Paradise of Flowers • short fiction by X. B. Saintine (trans. of Le paradis des fleurs 1864)
• The Great Discovery of Animules • short fiction by X. B. Saintine (trans. of Grande découverte des animules 1864)
• The Science of Love • short fiction by Charles Cros (trans. of La science de l'amour 1874)
• A Newspaper of the Future • short fiction by Charles Cros (trans. of Le journal de l'avenir 1880)
• The Pebble That Died of Love • (1886) • short fiction by Charles Cros (trans. of Le caillou mort d'amour 1887)
• The Mirosaurus • (1885) • short fiction by Charles Epheyre (trans. of Le Mirosaurus 1893)
• Professor Bakermann's Microbe • (1890) • short story by Charles Epheyre (trans. of Le microbe du Professeur Bakermann, récit des temps futurs 1892)
• A Tale of the Future • short fiction by Paul Adam (1862-1920) (trans. of Le conte futur 1893)
• The End of a Monopoly • short fiction by Louis Mullem
• The New Year • short fiction by Louis Mullem (trans. of Fin d'année 1890)
• The Invisibility of Monsieur Gridaine • short fiction by Louis Mullem (trans. of L'Invisibilité e de M. Gridaine 1909)
• Club Conversation • short fiction by Louis Mullem (trans. of Causeries de cercle 1909)
• The Shadow and His Man • short fiction by Louis Mullem (trans. of L'ombre et son homme 1904)
• Chemical Eternity • short fiction by Louis Mullem (trans. of L'éternité chimique 1909)
• Introduction (The Supreme Progress) • essay by Brian Stableford
• The Black Pearl • novelette by Victorien Sardou (trans. of La Perle Noire 1862)