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Little Sarah's Sixth

By submission | September 14, 2012
Author : Thomas Desrochers The crowd is fast on the heels of the gate guards. Evacuation sirens are blaring, deafening. Over everything the massive ship looms, engines warming up. Everybody is running, but from what, or why, nobody can say. They've been trained to for years. ...
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kharla's Getaway

By submission | September 13, 2012
Author : Desmond Hussey We’re cutting it damn close. The three Gyth gliders are closing quickly as we jink in and out of the towering rock spires attempting to stay out of their line of fire. We’re gaining altitude quickly enough, but Kharla’s running low on water to convert ...
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Show and Tell

By Patricia Stewart | September 12, 2012
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “Good morning, children,” said Nek-orf La’Erer. “Good morning, Mx. La’Erer,” replied her students in unison. “We have a lot to get through today,” she said without preamble. “So, we’ll continue where we left off yesterday. Tjen’er, ...
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Contribution

By Stephen R. Smith | September 11, 2012
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Janice curled up in the corner of the overstuffed couch, watching as Dora mixed drinks at the sidebar. She studied the woman with lustful fascination, eager to explore the flesh beneath the low-back, high hemmed dress and learn for herself ...
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Hostage Situation

By Clint Wilson | September 10, 2012
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer The situation was bad; twenty-nine hostages, mostly women and children, and these guys were a whole new breed of terrorist. Similar instances as this had already ended horribly when any type of extraction was attempted. They were usually ...
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Faster Than Life

By submission | September 9, 2012
Author : George R. Shirer There are three types of people who become FTL-pilots: crazies, masochists and sad sacks. I’m the last. At least, that’s what my boss would tell you. That I’m one of those sad bastards who can’t let go of the past. Then he’d probably tell you what ...
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…—…

By submission | September 8, 2012
Author : Sean A. Murphy “I would first like to thank you all for your time and consideration, but I have to open this session with an apology. I do not have any easy solutions to offer you, nor even any that may ask you all for some tremendous investment. I know many of you ...
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Momentary

By Julian Miles | September 7, 2012
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer I’m not in the moment. I am the moment, locked in by law-enforcement combat conditioning. Beyond my fixed perceptions, there is nothing. The instructors told us to take in the whole enhanced experience at these times, letting the moment ...
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The Sybaris Affair

By submission | September 6, 2012
Author : Desmond Hussey Ensign Morecock felt ashamed when he returned from shore leave, but only moderately so. He knew his actions could quite possibly get him discharged from Space Fleet, but it was well worth it. Since first contact with the Sybaris, progress toward ...
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Ghost of Christmas Future

By Duncan Shields | September 5, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer Season six of Starfleet Academy had just started on the television. Pizza boxes were stacked high around him. The lights were out. Underwear and dirty clothes lay strewn about the place. Jim’s laziness was catching up with him. He was ...
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Settled Science

By Patricia Stewart | September 4, 2012
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “You know, Albert,” said Thomas Hoofnagle, “this has all the makings of a stereotypical science fiction story.” “How so?” asked Albert Arnold as he made some final adjustments to the torpedo’s structural integrity field. “Surely you ...
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Too Sexy For My Genes

By submission | September 3, 2012
Author : Desmond Hussey “Twenty-five quid”, the androgynous doorkeeper said, looking bored despite the deafening beats and boisterous atmosphere in the club behind him/her. I waved my hand over the ID scanner/ electronic debit transfer and hoped I had enough cash left for ...
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Impasse

By submission | September 2, 2012
Author : Sierra Corsetti He’s late again, which is becoming the norm. Unless he decided to jump off a high-rise on Level Three without his parachute again, I have no reason to worry. I’m on Level Twelve in a bar that stinks of vomit and cheap liquor. Like Rex’s lateness, ...
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The Day After Millenium Holiday, I Met Zanth

By submission | September 1, 2012
Author : Chris Louie Zanth was cool. He had this bad-ass helio-rocket that could take us out to Moon 2 and be back before curfew. We were always adept at breaking the rules, which was no small feat, considering the punishments for some of the stuff we did. Smoking space-pot, ...
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Bleeding Edge

By Julian Miles | August 31, 2012
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer Space glittered as if strewn with crystals, millions of fragments ranging from a few kilos to hundreds of tonnes reflecting the distant sun. Colonel Defarris turned from the screens, right hand waving in frustration as the left raked his ...
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Drunken Paper Dolls

By Clint Wilson | August 30, 2012
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer Well… here goes nothing. You’d think that when inventing a time machine I’d try it out on a few test subjects first. But just because I’m one of the smartest people I’ve ever met doesn’t mean I’m the wisest. Besides… I’ve been drinking ...
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Earthlings

By Duncan Shields | August 29, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer ‘Captain’ Hugh Manatee floated in the darkness of his chamber monitoring the remnants of his unsuccessful first strike. The bodies of his crew waved lazily in the current of the ammonia ocean that claimed them. It wouldn’t be long before ...
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The Mysterious Case of the Quantum Romantic

By submission | August 28, 2012
Author : Nick Lewandowski Lucy sat at her usual table, skimming the news on her phone. It was therefore some time before she noticed The Crazy Man. Youngish, with rumpled clothes and dark, tortured eyes. All together he looked like someone who spent a great deal of time on ...
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