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The Billiard Ball by Isaac Asimov

When scientist Edward Bloom demonstrated humanity’s first anti-gravity device to the world, a single billiard ball punched through his chest at the speed of light — and the only question that remains is whether the man who aimed it knew exactly what would happen.

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