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Pressure Suite - Digital Science Fiction Anthology #3 (2011)

Coil Gun - Matthew W. Quinn
In an alternate Earth of 2001, the Afrikaner Confederation led by the Boers nukes several countries, including the United States, because the ruling Theonomic (God's Law) Party demands it. Orbital strikes also occur. The cover image is probably about this story.
Blah

50-Foot Woman over Redgunk, Mississippi - William R. Eakin
A borderline fetish material story with a metaphysical ending.
Blah

Beyond Valhalla - Laura J. Campbell
A child's family dies. He now has PTSD. The self-pitying is immense. Everything goes terribly until the end. It's been a long time since I've been so irritated by a story.
Blah

Brae na Ùrd - R.J. Bell
Two guys go camping and when they come back they realize something's gone very wrong. The End. This is a tease at best, but aside from that, not terrible.
Meh

The Blanket Box - David Murphy
I haven't mentioned this previously, but some of these stories in these anthologies remind me a lot of specific Black Mirror episodes. These anthologies preceded its first season though. This story in particular reminded me of the "Playtest" episode because it's also about playtesting a VR horror game.
Meh

Pressure and the Argument Tree - Kyle Aisteach
A rescue mission on the Venus colony goes wrong and he argues with an argument tree sent by his wife.
Meh

Skirmish at Heklara - James C. Glass
It's time to retake the colony from the Snakemen invaders!
Meh

The Crossing - Fox McGeever
A guy crosses dimensions and gets stuck, but has one last hope with a guy asked to come to his residence.
Meh

The Sun Dodgers - Kate O'Connor
Candidates have a 1/300 chance of being compatible with a ship to become an elite pilot. Those who fail have their memory wiped of recent events. Reads like the opening to a longer story.
Ok

Son of Man - Jason Palmer
A space virus has infected him and it wants to LIVE!
Meh