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Fox Talionis

By Julian Miles | February 3, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer Jardine dragged himself over the log, gasping in agony as the belt that formed the tourniquet on his leg caught. His jodhpurs were stained and the lower sections were covered in bloody handprints where he’d had to kick Harvey loose. It had been ...
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Shell

By Duncan Shields | February 2, 2015
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer Are we robot zombies or are we the pinnacle of humanity? Are we ahead of the evolutionary curve? Did we make the leap that all creatures with a finite lifespan have to or are we freaks? The universe remains as silent as it ever has on the ...
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Sugar High

By submission | February 1, 2015
Author : Rick Tobin Log Entry: Friday, August 19, 2033 I doubt anyone aboard will miss me, but how to go? No cords or a decent rope for hanging. Not a belt on the whole ship. Velcro won’t cut it with the smooth walls on the Jones. If I had a decent cook’s apron I could use the ...
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Stella by Starshine

By submission | January 31, 2015
Author : Gray Blix "I don't see anything, mommy. I want to go inside." He was lying in his child-sized lounge chair next to her adult-sized lounge. The nights were clear and warm in Stella's corner of the world after the astronomers' announcement, so people looked up at the sky ...
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Empty

By submission | January 30, 2015
Author : Richard D. Deverell My name is Jackson Smith. I work as the coroner for a large county with a small population and even smaller infrastructure. Last week, a train derailed in our county, dumping toxic chemicals that killed more people in the week after the accident than the ...
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Perdition's Divulgence

By submission | January 29, 2015
Author : Bob Newbell The President of the United States watched the viewscreen in the Oval Office as it displayed what appeared to be mist condensing on the lens of the camera that had recorded the video. After a few seconds, the tiny droplets started coming together and sliding to the ...
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Transmigration

By submission | January 28, 2015
Author : Michael Jagunic Brick stands motionless as mechanical arms snap the exosuit around him: torso first, then limbs, weapons, and finally helmet. “It’s like God creating life, you know?” he says. “You start with a soul, slap a body around it, and then send it shrieking into the ...
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New Age

By submission | January 27, 2015
Author : Lindsey McLeod When the doorbell beeped, Henry didn't bother looking up from the Independent Galactic Dispatch. It would beep again in a few moments, once the customer had glanced around the shop and decided that there was nothing they wished to peruse further. Even a ...
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Flight

By submission | January 26, 2015
Author : chesterchatfield “What’s that supposed to be?” The student guffawed. “Some kind of dragon or something?” The professor gave her a look completely devoid of all amusement. “Dragons, do not exist. This creature is reptilian and has the ability of flight—after that all ...
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The Confederacy

By submission | January 25, 2015
Author : Willis Weatherford Cold concrete, suppressed breathing, hands pressed flat to the grey rooftop. Winds whistled by his high-altitude haunt. The clatter of metal caterpillar tracks filtered up seventy stories to tingle in his straining ears, but Diemer was listening for ...
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P53

By submission | January 24, 2015
Author : Alex Skryl Jack Thompson carefully placed Roger into his cage as Patrick Hughes entered the lab. "Hey Jack. Yuri missed our weekly. Any idea where he is?" asked the Director, looking concerned. "What?! He didn't tell you?" replied Thompson, grinning. "Tell me what?" ...
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Migrations

By submission | January 23, 2015
Author : Gray Blix "Whoa, what's that approaching Mars, a comet breaking apart?" he said as he excitedly examined the images. He realized it would be quite a find for an amateur astronomer -- another Shoemaker-Levy 9 magnitude event. But to make sure it wasn't just hot pixels or other ...
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Last Man

By submission | January 22, 2015
Author : George R. Shirer Adam woke, as usual, with a headache and a weird taste in his mouth. There was a woman by his bed, wearing a prim white nurse’s uniform. “Good morning,” she said. “Good morning.” His eyes rolled past her, taking in the familiar institutional green walls of ...
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Too Many Coppers

By Julian Miles | January 21, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer She’s screaming like her life is being dragged from her using blunt instruments. Occasionally she’ll stop, but after a series of ominous ‘thuds’, she’ll start again. “We ‘ave control of zis street.” This from the blue-uniformed Avantacop. ...
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Coal Miners

By Duncan Shields | January 20, 2015
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer The cure for the plague that killed half of the planet’s population forced mankind’s biology to outgrow what was previously defined as human. We skipped ahead six chapters in our evolution, overachieving little tryhards that we are. Those ...
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All Right, Have It Your Way – You Heard a Seal Bark

By submission | January 19, 2015
Author : Theric Jepson “Did you hear that?” Dave fiddled with these and those switches and dials and flung his hands across a dozen touchscreens. “Huh.” Liz swallowed her water and let the bottle float across the cockpit. “Hear what?” “I don’t know. Like a barking sound.” “Like a ...
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A Short Dark Night

By submission | January 18, 2015
Author : Benjamin Sixsmith Samuel Kurzon leaned back in his chair and looked down at the Earth, missing the home that he feared he had left for good. He turned back into the room and drummed his fingers on his arm-rests. The pale tones and smooth furnishings of the station had been ...
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The Calm

By submission | January 17, 2015
Author : Ian Hill “You look like an angel.” the old woman croaked between breaths, her voice strained and genuine. She lay on her back in a large Peach Medical Industries bed, all arrayed in tubes and healing equipment. Allison Stafford looked down at her patient and beamed. “Now ...
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