The Long Rescue
Author : Bob Newbell
The ship sprang into existence at the edge of the Groombridge 34 A system. The vessel's matter wave attenuator drive, having allowed the vehicle to quantum tunnel across 127 light-years of space, slowly powered down with an audible drop in pitch throughout the ...
Inverse Duplicity
Author : S T Xavier
"Peter! I'm taking the kids out to dinner! Remember our meeting with the school in the morning!"
The yelling of his wife snaps him from his mindset, and he grimaces. With a sigh, he turns to the staircase and yells back, "Thank you, Marsha! I promise to come to ...
The Music of the Sphere
Author : Selso Sam Zaghloul
Cherry woke up at three o’clock local time, sweating and panting. She turned and looked out the window as the light from the smaller moon dripped into the room.
She had the dream again. The same dream she had nearly every night since the colony group had ...
Just Like Old Times
Author : Hillary Lyon
Sheila opened the door to her grandmother's house, flooding the dusty entryway with sunlight. She walked through the little house opening shutters and raising blinds. She put the fresh flowers she'd brought in a vase.
In the kitchen she washed two tea cups and ...
The Forgetting
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer
“Lie back, Daniel Sixteen. This will be over in under five instants.”
I swing my legs up and settle into the logro, feeling the soft curves adjust to the contour and temperature settings supplied by my envi. Things have definitely come long way ...
Jupiter Watches
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer
I miss having Jupiter in the sky.
I know Earth is humanity's homeland and a pilgrimage to her is on everyone's bucket list along with seeing Olympus Mons, the Ganymede Borealis and Titan’s cryovolcanoes in person. However, I am underwhelmed. ...
Lastly
Author : G. Grim
Do I know you? Maybe. Let me think.
I think we met on Betelle.
When I look at your face I remember tasting strange fruit. Like persimmons, but wetter. Sweeter. Like water falling in a garden. They don't have fruit at home. I remember that. Something to do with ...
The Console
Author : Rachelle Shepherd
He came into the house throwing looks back over his shoulder. He had the shuffle to his step that suggested less than legal activities.
“You have something?” I asked. He gave me a quick nod and shut the door. He slid the bolts, city lockdown style.
Barrel ...
Android Adoption Day
Author : Jacqueline Bridges
SWF seeking SM, 40-50, human or android. Looks not important.
The blinking type flooded John’s inbox. Delete, delete, del---he paused on the last: Android adoption today, new shipment, Middleton Square.
The Organization of GoodWill toward Men, Women, ...
Second Shot
Author : Patrick Hueller
The footage is grainy, and getting grainier with each viewing. But Peter Nevins doesn’t notice. To him, what’s on screen is crystal clear. The TV isn’t flickering; the colors aren’t blurry.
There the soccer field is, looking just as it did exactly ...
I Ran
Author : Ken McGrath
My mother often said that before I learned to walk I ran.
I ran everywhere; probably why I wasn’t so quick at learning to read. I couldn’t sit still for very long, didn’t like having my feet parked beneath a desk you see. I’d an abundance of energy, that’s why I ...
The IF
Author : Kraigher Lutz
They had first found it, there at the highway split. They had seen its design in the leaves and grass. The design spiraled out, burning the soil.
We had worked quick trying to contain it; cranes high overhead, holding harshly shining spotlights. Trenches ...
Infectious
Lauren struggled to open her eyes, the lids heavy, the light in the room blinding. What time is it? It was evening when–
“You’re awake, good”
Darren. They were having dinner when she–
“The sedative will wear off shortly, you’ll be a bit groggy, and the epidural will make it impossible ...
Infectious
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Lauren struggled to open her eyes, the lids heavy, the light in the room blinding. What time is it? It was evening when–
"You're awake, good"
Darren. They were having dinner when she–
"The sedative will wear off shortly, you'll be a bit ...
The Final Performance
Author : Soo Kim
I had been taken.
Her hands clutched the bar across her lap, as the seat swung to some soundless melody. It hovered expectantly, like the next carriage of the ghost train at a macabre amusement park, waiting to lurch forward, through the chill, silent night.
Wrists ...
Stranded
Author : David J.Wing
Glen sat there, silently and watched as his star ship slipped backwards and at a slightly funny angle into the Black Hole. It was fair to say that being stranded, as he so clearly now was, would be a hindrance to his plans for a luxurious holiday, but given that ...
Prisoner 64389000
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer
Written this 10th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1708.
My king, I fear for the custody of the charge you bequeathed me, so many years agone. My health is failing, and while that which is our burden seems to be weakening, I am sure that my ...
History
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer
When the Alphas slaughtered the Charlies, Victor7 logged the incursion in his paper notebook and then meticulously removed all evidence of his tampering from both of their communications systems. The Alpha's had received 'intelligence' that ...
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