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The Long War

By submission | March 25, 2016
Author : Ian Hill Harsh white floodlights drenched the area in a sterile haze. Hundreds had gathered at short notice, all saturated with stomach-burning anxiety as they tried to figure out what was going to happen next. There they stood, packed together tightly, wondering if they ...
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Secret Pawn

By submission | March 24, 2016
Author : Suzanne Borchers Rebkkh stepped into the large rec-pod, surveying the room’s occupants with an experienced eye. Two off-worlds were tipped back in their chairs sipping orange drinks, three off-worlds crowded appendages onto the table jabbering loudly, two more off-worlds ...
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Proscription

By submission | March 23, 2016
Author : Bob Newbell I rub my eyes. I've been staring at a computer screen for hours but my allotted telescope time will soon come to an end. It'll be easier in the coming years when there are more telescopes available. Astronomy has finally become a properly-funded field of study. I ...
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Muscles Remember

By submission | March 22, 2016
Author : Roger Dale Trexler The ship touched down on the barren planet. Tabitha Sandor piloted it alone, because the thing in her belly had killed everyone on the ship. It made her destroy the ship. There was no way for her to go home. She looked down at the ever-growing lump of her ...
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Welcome to ThoughtWrite

By Julian Miles | March 21, 2016
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer *** Welcome to ThoughtWrite *** Property of MSi *** v0.1 BETA *** 19-4-2043 So this is the new write-as-you-think softwa- Blimey! It picked up on that oh my god… *** IMAGE LOAD ERROR Phew! It can’t pick up images. That’s a relief. This is going to ...
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Higher Beings

By submission | March 20, 2016
Author : Callum Wallace “Well, this is a little awkward, but we’ll have to destroy you. Only literally, of course. Metaphysically you’ll be right as rain.” Paul shrank back from this. “Metaphysically?” The speaker nodded, the soft beak spreading into what could have been a smile. ...
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Ianus

By submission | March 19, 2016
Author : Ancus Mitis Scanning another world. You pause in your survey when you see a creature with familiar pinkish skin on four legs. You squint at it for a minute, and then it turns around and you see its human face. “Oh.” You grimace and look down at the “skip” ...
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Hack

By submission | March 18, 2016
Author : R Gene Turchin The lumbering thing on treads wasn't sophisticated or complicated, a 0.50 caliber machine gun mounted on tank tracks. An array of sensors rotated on top along with a pincushion of antennas. “We can send it into neighborhoods where the bad guys are without ...
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The Maze

By submission | March 17, 2016
Author : Kate Runels Mary Slade slipped her ship into the maze kilometers ahead of the police’s patrol craft still trailing her. Trailing since Ganymede station days ago. It was annoying to say the least. Slade didn’t know why they had decided to trail her ship, why her, ...
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Flag Rights

By submission | March 16, 2016
Author : Philip Berry We had been on Tenlek III half a year before Yolande struck through. The thin metalloid crust gave way to the sharp end of her hammer, and momentum carried it, her arm, and her shoulder through the ship's degraded shell. Yolande fell forward, off balance, and the ...
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The Secret of the Lost Eagle

By submission | March 15, 2016
Author : George S. Walker “The bird couldn’t have just flown away,” said Ms. Donaldson, pointing to the vacated spot in the photos. The Director nodded. They spoke quietly in his office as rain lashed against the window behind him. “Maybe the last ones there simply forgot to ...
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The Luminary

By submission | March 14, 2016
Author : Rachel Khosrowshahi The patient in question is male, race and age unknown, who refers to himself in what can be translated as The Luminary. When asked to explain his origin, he lapses into long silences and appears to suffer from memory loss or else paces his small room ...
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Pale Blue Dot Redux

By submission | March 13, 2016
Author : E.S. Wynn One ferrous meteor. That's all it took to end it all. That little world– they put up a hell of a fight, far more than any of us expected. When we arrived in-system, they were too busy organizing tribes in massive attempts to wipe each other out to notice us. Hell, ...
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The Wish

By submission | March 12, 2016
Author : Jason X. Bergman “You hold my amulet. I am bound to grant you three wishes. Three wishes and no more,” spoke the jinn. “I need only one,” said the prince. “My beloved Meredith, killed by the dark wizard Neirin. I want her back.” “This I cannot do,” said the jinn, shaking his ...
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Pinions

By Julian Miles | March 11, 2016
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer “Teatray!” We all duck behind or under solid objects until the sound of a small crash landing gives us the all-clear. Wandering over to check the corpse, there are expressions of dismay. We’ve just clocked our first RAPTOR. I don’t know what the ...
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Isltopia

By submission | March 10, 2016
Author : Steve Zabaldo “Cerell, come on, the Departure Gathering begins shortly. We don’t want to miss the launch.” “Is it true a citizen is passing?” “Yes, that is why today’s departure is special. Citizen Herald has chosen to pass off-isle and journey the Feralands.” “Will we be ...
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Contamination

By submission | March 9, 2016
Author : Beck Dacus The ship had suddenly appeared in front of our Mars transport, instantly matching our speed. Then they requested to come aboard, and we felt like we had no choice but to accept. One of them, a strange being that didn't seem to be in any one place, spoke to me in a ...
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Lifetime Warranty

By submission | March 8, 2016
Author : T Anthony Allen The off-world floor product salesman arrived while mom was visiting her sister or he would have been chased off with a warning shot. But no mom, not here, so when he landed in our back clearing, he was met by my father, knee high me and four sisters. Dad was a ...
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