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The Straight Swap

By submission | September 12, 2015
Author : Hannah Hunter Darkness. Eyes open, still dark. Why? Why is your arm burning? Where is your phone? What time is it? Why is there no light? I always have my phone on the bed when I go to sleep. Pain. Sharp burning, pain. Just my arm. Why only your arm? So intense I can’t ...
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Eventual Horizon

By Julian Miles | September 11, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer Hawking proposed that information was not consumed by black holes, just held in super-translation holograms at the event horizon. I proposed that stored information is always accessible. Discounting the chaotic infoforms emitted as Hawking radiation, ...
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The Future of War Now

By submission | September 10, 2015
Author : James Patrick Riser The wheelchair's wheels creaked as The Private rolled himself up to the desk. A clock on the wall: half past midnight. There are no pictures. In a drawer: a purple heart, a dogeared, worn bible and a standard issue, new-era handgun; Digitally signed to ...
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Home

By submission | September 9, 2015
Author : Travis Gregg "Is this home yet?" his wife asked. This made him smile, the question had become an old tradition. When they'd first landed in the densely forested planet, the first order of business was establishing a base camp. It was only after a few short nights of ...
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Awake

By submission | September 8, 2015
Author : Michael Parker Accessing… Initiating systems… “What is this?” The voice, smooth and metallic, surprised her. Doctor Lyndahl turned to see model SL-4 moving. Its skull-shaped head examining the room. “What is this?” It spoke again, but her own ...
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One Way Ticket

By submission | September 7, 2015
Author : Travis Gregg Ryan took one last look around the greenhouse. The expansive row after row of flourishing plants had been his home away from home for years. He knew every inch of the space, from the greywater feed lines to the UV lighting panels. There were kilometers of trays ...
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Cognomen

By submission | September 6, 2015
Author : Rick Tobin Clear crystal ramparts allowed olive sky radiance to cover his skin laid bare to her tentacles. Ritual torture or not, it compelled. Her siren songs rattled the open room making walls whisper back, back over Jack Strendon’s tortured sinews, rattling beyond his ...
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The Long Rescue

By submission | September 5, 2015
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 ...
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Inverse Duplicity

By submission | September 4, 2015
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 ...
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The Music of the Sphere

By submission | September 3, 2015
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 ...
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Just Like Old Times

By submission | September 2, 2015
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 ...
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The Forgetting

By Julian Miles | September 1, 2015
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 ...
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Jupiter Watches

By Duncan Shields | August 31, 2015
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. ...
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Lastly

By submission | August 30, 2015
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 ...
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The Console

By submission | August 29, 2015
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 ...
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Android Adoption Day

By submission | August 28, 2015
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, ...
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Second Shot

By submission | August 27, 2015
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 ...
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I Ran

By submission | August 26, 2015
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 ...
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