The Hive
Author : Leanne A. Styles
“Welcome to your new life,” the foreman says, thrusting a set of gardening tools and a pair of overalls at me.
I take them and file in line behind my little brother.
“Have you ever seen so much green in your life, Della?” my brother says, ...
A Better Spycatcher
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer
My dad was a spy. A really good one, according to mum. I couldn’t get her to understand. How could he have been any good if he got caught? It meant there was a better spy, or spycatcher, out there. That was who I wanted to be.
Twelve ...
Waiting
Author : Callum Wallace
"Forward! Move forward!"
I duck the humming blue blow as the throng presses me onwards.
"How much further?" Davos looks afraid, scared of the dark, frightened of the ubiquitous pressing weight above.
I grip his hand, "We'll know soon ...
Zealotry
Author : Bob Newbell
As the sun went down over the giant dome that covered Mesogaea on Mars, moisture condensed on the dome's inner surface. Soon, it was raining over the enclosed metropolis. Detective Vogt had read that rain was common on Earth before the Great Asteroid Collision. But he ...
Revelations And Resolutions
Author : Perry McDaid (Falcon)
Revelation did not come as a rosy warm feeling of wonder, but a rending, ripping divestment of accepted resentment. It left a vacuum: a void greater than that between his adopted planet and the existence into which he had first … ‘been born’. This space ...
Seven Years or Always Read the Fine Print
Author : Travis Gregg
Indentured servitude has been illegal for centuries, at least on Earth. Mars though, Mars is the new frontier. The Wild West. On Mars a lot of things that used to be illegal are being revived.
The deal was seven years of labor, seven years of running ...
Noodles
Author : James Riser
Tetsuo kept a collection of five hundred yen and one hundred yen coins that was worth a lot of money to an antique dealer. Instead, he used them on a noodle vending machine set against the wall of a hollow, ancient building near, what history said, was Akita Port ...
Busy
Author : Callum Wallace
The heavy perfume of roses assaults my nostrils; the smell of youthful summers spent in glittering woodlands, diamond rivers, fields of grass blowing in the wind. I barely remember now.
I stink of my work; darkness, shit and fear. The rank taste sits ...
Dry
Author : Beck Dacus
The organic machine hobbled unsteadily on the shoreline, leaving wet tracks in the sand. The gelatinous-lensed camera gazed up and the blue sky, and noticed a strange crescent, apparently far above, lit by the Sun. This was a surprise to the remote ...
The Decider
Author : Gray Blix
It had been nearly a year since he'd brought a girl home, and his heart raced as he fumbled in his pocket for keys.
"Need help?" she asked, groping in the general area of his pocket.
Her face so close, he couldn't help but say, "You're beautiful."
"You don't have ...
ADSE
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer
The metallic grey blob shot across the cavern and landed with a wet ‘splat’ in the circular tub of turquoise gel. The conical lid had an aperture the exact size to admit the blob, and a length of cone precisely calculated to prevent any gel ...
Ten Gs
Author : Olivia Black, Featured Writer
“Some things are too good to be true.” That’s what my mom would say if she were here. Of course, if she were here she’d also be telling me to tuck in my shirt and watch my language, so thank god she’s not. No, it’s just me here, trying to figure ...
Collision Course
Author : Rick Tobin
“You, Mister…” The pause came as the micro servers moved quietly in the administrator, shiny and stoic, with a mere chest and head. Minute flashes drifted over hardened aluminum oxide in ever flitting artificial eyes. Arms were unnecessary. Improved perforated ...
The Lingering Evacuation
Author : Christopher Ferri
“Wait, just one more look,” Mary said to Arthur before heading back into the house. Having just gotten seated in the car, he put the key into the ignition and let out a sigh before running his hands back through his hair.
Arthur gave a small pound on ...
Real Heroes
Author : Callum Wallace
Ain’t even the puppets that’re the problem, you know?
It’s the heroes.
Useless, mate. Zoomin’ in with their lasers, their super strength. Christ, gimme a rifle and a scope any day, never mind that bollocks.
Shit.
Goes to show, bein’ the world’s ...
It Must Be A Wonderful Place
Author : Sharon Molloy
Every night, a man would look up at the moon and stars.
Astronomy had been his boyhood hobby. He knew about the ice volcanoes on Neptune, and Saturn’s diamond rain. Even more amazing worlds surely existed in outer space. “It must be a wonderful place,” he ...
Can’t Live With ‘Em
Author : Callum Wallace
"They're disgusting."
"Nah. I think they're kind of cute." Loden scratched her nose. "Besides, they're useful."
Donaal sniffed. "As a resource."
One approached them now. Soft and pink in the bulky atmos-suit, thick lips spread over stained ivory in ...
Caught One
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer
A breeze blows down the alley, sweeping past the small crowd, ruffling the blonde hair that lies across the tarmac like a discarded wig. Detective Blake wished it was just that, and not flowing locks attached to a beautiful corpse.
“Did ...
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