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Sailors, Steeplejacks, and Scouring Men

By submission | October 30, 2015
Author : G. Grim Jim could hear chanting over his headpiece. “Blessed Saint Elmo, who walks in the high places, defend us from being cast down into the darkness of the void…” Bunch of superstitious crap. Didn’t they outlaw shamanic religion a few cycles back? It wasn’t like some dead ...
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B-eye-onic

By submission | October 29, 2015
Author : Nicolas Frame “How many people have you successfully implanted this in?” The man chuckled. “I’m an engineer by trade,” He held the small robotic eye up between his fingers, examining it for imperfections. “Not a doctor.” “How many?” Blane sat nervously on the makeshift ...
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Exit 451

By submission | October 28, 2015
Author : Gray Blix QM-451, wrists and ankles shackled, sat outside the conference room where its fate was being debated. A uniformed officer in full riot gear sat next to it. The officer's helmet was on the floor, testimony to his trust in 451, despite the recent head-crushing ...
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Toren’s Love

By submission | October 27, 2015
Author : Morrow Brady Under camouflage, Talia’s shimmerlight spaceship hugged a darkened crater of a slowly spinning asteroid. Her implant flooding with incoming data about the approaching ship. Purple reflections waned to reveal a divergent spaceship that was familiar such that it ...
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Long Haul

By submission | October 26, 2015
Author : Bob Newbell I extend my hand to Jerry. He decides a handshake won't suffice and gives me a hug. I return his embrace while I roll my eyes. "Will I see you again, Chris?" he asks. "Of course you will," I lie. Jerry turns and walks through the entrance to the hospital. ...
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Twinkle

By submission | October 25, 2015
Author : Zach Williams Alex felt his eyes blink open before he realized he was awake. The window peering into the speckled darkness outside was the first sight that greeted him as consciousness reasserted control over his mind. He yawned and stretched out his arms as he glanced ...
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Unjust

By submission | October 24, 2015
Author : Beck Dacus A problem philosophers have had for a long time is the difference between consensus and truth. In a court, for example. One can present evidence, call witnesses, and use common sense to confirm the perpetrator of a crime. But they will never really know. There is ...
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Say Goodnight

By submission | October 23, 2015
Author : Angie Gibson An old man noted Grain’s uniform, tugging his elbow. Grain turned to the whittled, pockmarked, and radiation burned face, nose like a pointed finger. “Get me on.” “I can’t.” A woman, starved, ragged, children like clinging tumors to her body. “Please, ...
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The Space In the Numbers

By submission | October 22, 2015
Author : Ray Burke Maybe he was broken. It would certainly explain a lot. He always felt lost, hurt, angry even. It never mattered how many were around him, who he talked to, even when sleeping with them in the throes of romance. He just felt alone, detached, like none of it was ...
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Start The Cycle

By submission | October 21, 2015
Author : Ryan D. Harris "They'll get what's coming to them. Isn't that right, dear?" Dr. Charles Kilborne had his last remaining--and live--specimen in front of him. With his left gloved hand on his tweezers, his right hand took a syringe from a table littered with lifeless male ...
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Extinction 74

By Julian Miles | October 20, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer It sat there, yellow feline eyes glowing gently in a face that reminded me of the top of a burned rice pudding. Short, bald, muscular - if what moved under the garment was muscle – and completely at ease. “Can you understand me, Evan?” The ...
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Space Slobs

By submission | October 19, 2015
Author : Thomas Tilton “Stax, hull breach!” Wattler gurneyed from portside of the Excelsior, his plastoscreens ablaze, his catheter tube streaming a current of nervous yellow piss to the ship’s water purification system. “I need refueling!” cried Stax--telepathically, of course. The ...
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Living Chromatography

By submission | October 18, 2015
Author : D.H. Arnold Okay, don’t panic, you’re not dead yet, get a grip, dammit, DON’T PANIC! God, how I hate that cliché in movies where someone in ZedGee space pauses to note the beauty and wonder of the planet above which they float. God, I hate those movies, I hate this, why the ...
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Amongst the Stars

By submission | October 17, 2015
Author : Tino Didriksen The crying boy slunk down by the obelisk. "Everyone says you listen at these stones", he whispered, "so if you really do exist, please take me away from here." To his surprise, the aliens whispered back, "why do you wish to fly amongst the stars, young ...
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Nothing but a Sigh

By submission | October 16, 2015
Author : Suzanne Borchers Larry 360 wished he could sigh. Larry 360 checked again through his integrals and components. How could he hide his broken Integrating Unit? The night before, Sigmund 4 (Larry 360 referred to him as Bossy) had said during Larry 360’s last work evaluation, “I ...
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Joe’s Stake

By submission | October 15, 2015
Author : Morrow Brady Like fireflies born from air, the HoloTV image morphed into view. Through its ethereal glow, lay scattered beer cans and ecig batteries. Everyone's favourite reality show Joe's Stake was about to start. "Hurry up Honey, they're plugging in the Joe!" said a grey ...
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Five Alien Hours

By submission | October 14, 2015
Author : Kate Runnels Saree had been sentenced to five hours on the alien planet where her crime had been committed. Where on any human controlled planet or sector, what she had done would not even be considered a crime. And five hours. Five hours didn’t seem like that bad of a ...
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{BLINK}

By submission | October 13, 2015
Author : Brad Crawford {BLINK} There it went again. This time he noted the time and severity of the event. For the last two days or so, Dr. Samuel Coughlin, world-renowned physicist had experienced a strange phase in/phase out effect. It started with a gradual feeling as though he was ...
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