Author : Desmond Hussey, Staff Writer It’s oily, amber light which finally penetrates the hazy atmosphere as the first forays of dawn dimly paint the coastal shoreline. Ook-Pak emerges from his dome-like tent and stretches his many limbs, shaking off sleep’s lethargic blanket. His four nostrils flare eagerly, inhaling a deep breath of fresh, methane-rich […]
Author : Roger Dale Trexler “No, no, no!” he said. It just won’t do.” He looked at the workers and shook his head. “Do you call those hands?” He motioned toward the thing lying on the slab in front of him. “And feet? Those look more like claws!” He shook his head again. “It just […]
Author : Rocky Hutson “They’re incompatible: He has no income and she has no patability.” The middle aged couple entered the reception hall. Invited guests of the groom’s family, they were eager to give their condolences to the happy couple, Herkus and Midge, get back to the spaceport and leave Andromeda-five colony far behind them. […]
Author : S. L. Gilbow Nancy is running late again. Not surprising. She’s the type who shows up after you’ve already decided the movie you wanted to see isn’t really worth seeing or after you’ve figured out that the dinner reservation you’ve had for a week was a mistake in the first place. “After all,” […]
Author : Jae Miles, Staff Writer They put me in a mansuit again. I objected until the Hnth decreed and I had to comply. Then to my surprise, they acted upon the other half of my request. The Krntch dropped me on a beach. I stood there, watching men of both genders flee in terror, […]
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer Time travel has always been possible. We’ve been doing it for centuries. Even the most archaic craft in our earliest space faring ventures used to bring back brave voyagers aged a fraction of a second younger than they would have been had they never left. But to really traverse […]
Author : Jay Knioum, Featured Writer He thought he heard crows. When he found the noise, it was just a loose telephone cable blowing against the remains of a wire fence. Crows wouldn’t have survived. Crows built nests, not bomb shelters. “Ramon? Hey Ray!” “Yeah. You find anything, Smitty?” “Not a damn thing. Another fuckin’ […]
Author : Desmond Hussey, Staff Writer “Who am I?” Karen asked the reflection in her bathroom mirror. For years now she couldn’t shake the feeling that the face looking back at her was somehow alien, not really a part of her. As usual, the unspoken response was instantaneous, “Karen Lynn Warden, son of Greg and […]
Author : Matthew Allen A mechanical appendage lifts away from her, its claws curling back as it settles next to the table she is lying on. “And breathe.” Her diaphragm tightens and the pressure in her lungs drops, dragging warm air in from outside. It feels uncomfortable. “Good. And out, that’s it. Keep going.” Cool, […]
Author : Robert Spencer When Dr. Fassenbiender both stepped out of the capsules, it took them half a second to realise who was Dr. Fassenbiender and who was not. And so, in a small laboratory at the back of the Centre for Untested Technologies (or the “Creators of Unspeakable Terrors” as it was known to […]
Author : Nigel G. Mitchell Detective Laura Harman fingered the small device in her pocket as she looked down at the frail old man lying in the bed before her. It took everything she had to keep from wrapping her fingers around that thin and slender neck, and snapping it in half. Harman snarled, “My […]
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Author : Jae Miles, Staff Writer There is smoke coming from my tear ducts. The cause of that is the same as the one that is causing my brain to feel too big for my cranium and is also making the nerves in every tooth throb. Sickening pain in heartbeat-synchronised waves. I roll over and […]
Author : Jay Knioum, Featured Writer Yellow emergency lights make Chrys look like an elf as she gazes up at them, her eyes flashing with reflections. “Shut that shit off.” My voice is robotic. Still not used to it. Merlin’s already at the panel, jacked in through the conduit in his temple. The yellow flashing […]
Author : David Botticello Deep in the heart of the jungle, Mark waited. The party had approached her position with seemingly endless fortitude; rafting rivers, rappelling cliffs, and wading through the darkest mires of Boudicca III’s surface. Renewed energy seemed to course through their veins as they emerged into her clearing. They rushed toward the […]
Author : Roger Dale Trexler He opened the door. He stood there a moment before he turned on the light. On the far wall, opposite the door, he saw the picture of Jane Russell. He stepped into the room, and placed the bag and the roses on the bed. The bag was heavy, and he […]
Author : Jedd Cole There are a million people in this city, and none of them speak the same language. They are passing through to distant parts, nodding their heads to the immigration officers and their berets. They are carrying their passports in the numb fingers of their right hands. They are dragging their bags […]
Author : Deirdre Coles The key is, you never take anything from really rich people. They’re paranoid, and they often have their own kinds of security. It’s much better, usually, to aim lower. Jackson had gotten four decent cameras from the wedding of anxious, pregnant young bride and a sullen groom on Friday evening. With […]
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer I have successfully synchronized myself with this system’s most evolved planet. As my physical form materializes in the nitrogen rich atmosphere I zero in on an artificially constructed dwelling. It is full of crude technology. Visual/audio and communication devices abound, along with appliances for both preserving and cooking organic […]
Author : Jae Miles, Staff Writer It took me twenty years. I mortgaged everything I had, including family, friends and the love of my life. But G-Nano was worth it. A revolutionary method where leading-edge technology would restore the Earth’s damaged biosphere as a side effect of improving everyone’s lives. The adaptability of the code […]
Author : Jay Knioum, Featured Writer I’m wearing your hand from my neck. I spent a week drying it out, preserving it, taking care that the tattoo was still visible. Once I was convinced that it didn’t stink, I threaded the zip-tie through the wrist, hung it over my head and tucked it inside my […]
Author : R. Daniel Lester The call came out of the clear blue. From the suburbs, beyond the gates. A woman, speaking in a whisper, said, I’ve heard you help. Can you help? He said, No guarantees. She said, Get my daughter before she really hurts herself. Corner of Peco and Ash. He knew what […]
Author : Daniel R. Endres The glasses gave her a headache. With clenched teeth and a hand that wouldn’t stop shaking she put the neurolenses down on the coffee table beside the sofa that served as her bed. Her chest burned again and she cursed not for the first time her inability to resist the […]
Author : Mark Gorton London’s High Court has been hearing how a dream timeshare holiday turned into a nightmare for two senior citizens. In return for £15,000, Bob Plain, 83, and his wife Betty, 82, were promised a luxury fortnight break in the computer-generated splendour of aristocratic Victorian England. Instead, the elderly couple had to […]
Author : Joshua Barella The fronds of the willow hang over the front of the cabin. Tangled and thick, they make it nearly impossible to see from the byway, which is just the way he likes it. It’s early October and last month he ended it with Miranda, she was his nineteenth marriage. The Company’s […]
Author : Theric Jepson A couple of chairs, a couch–sometimes a studio audience, sometimes not–the business hasn’t really changed in the last thirty years. The main thing is smile, ask a bunch of dumb questions,a bunch of easy questions, laugh readily, let them promote what they’re here to promote–and if it’s all gone well, end […]
Author : Dan Endres She was identified by two letters. One capital “A” and one capital “G” stood side by side under her left eye in laser-imprinted ink. She had chestnut hair, green eyes and a healthy tan, but those two letters were what people recognized first. Her name was Angela, but to most of […]
Author : chesterchatfield “So then, you know what he does? He falls to his knees. His knees, like in happiness. I mean can you imagine? Lived on an island for six years alone- hasn’t said a single word since they rescued him, then, gets off the helicopter and at the very sight of L.A. – […]
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Dr. Andreessen ran his hands through his hair and pushed back from his desk. Amid the chaotic disarray of acting and animation books in front of him, the keyboard he’d been hammering away at for hours stood finally at rest. The panorama of monitors rising up from the literature […]
Author : Pavelle Wesser “Stop that,” Steve blinked when Sue snapped his holograph with her new Series 807 Phat Phone. “Calm down,” she pouted, her lips swollen from their latest Hooker’s Passion Red injection. “I’m jittery, Sue. The technomed suggested I increase the meds in my morning coffee.” “The sedatives or amphetamines?” Her blue Lucite […]
Author : Serban Danciu “You know Carmen, it is as if you had lost your soul since you became a Macro operator.” “Is that so?” Replied Carmen bursting into laughter. “My dear, let me tell you something: I DON’T give a rat’s ass. Do you understand? You don’t? All right. When you’ll start pushing the […]
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