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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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The IF

By submission | August 25, 2015
Author : Kraigher Lutz They had first found it, there at the highway split. They had seen its design in the leaves and grass. The design spiraled out, burning the soil. We had worked quick trying to contain it; cranes high overhead, holding harshly shining spotlights. Trenches ...
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Infectious

By Stephen R. Smith | August 24, 2015
Lauren struggled to open her eyes, the lids heavy, the light in the room blinding. What time is it? It was evening when– “You’re awake, good” Darren. They were having dinner when she– “The sedative will wear off shortly, you’ll be a bit groggy, and the epidural will make it impossible ...
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Infectious

By Stephen R. Smith | August 24, 2015
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Lauren struggled to open her eyes, the lids heavy, the light in the room blinding. What time is it? It was evening when– "You're awake, good" Darren. They were having dinner when she– "The sedative will wear off shortly, you'll be a bit ...
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The Final Performance

By submission | August 23, 2015
Author : Soo Kim I had been taken. Her hands clutched the bar across her lap, as the seat swung to some soundless melody. It hovered expectantly, like the next carriage of the ghost train at a macabre amusement park, waiting to lurch forward, through the chill, silent night. Wrists ...
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Stranded

By submission | August 22, 2015
Author : David J.Wing Glen sat there, silently and watched as his star ship slipped backwards and at a slightly funny angle into the Black Hole. It was fair to say that being stranded, as he so clearly now was, would be a hindrance to his plans for a luxurious holiday, but given that ...
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Prisoner 64389000

By Julian Miles | August 21, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer Written this 10th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1708. My king, I fear for the custody of the charge you bequeathed me, so many years agone. My health is failing, and while that which is our burden seems to be weakening, I am sure that my ...
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History

By Stephen R. Smith | August 20, 2015
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer When the Alphas slaughtered the Charlies, Victor7 logged the incursion in his paper notebook and then meticulously removed all evidence of his tampering from both of their communications systems. The Alpha's had received 'intelligence' that ...
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Unraveled

By submission | August 19, 2015
Author : Bob Newbell It's been a subjective month since we changed history. It feels like ten years. In reality, an infinitesimal fraction of a second has passed for us in the Stopwatch. That's the unofficial and pathetically unoriginal name some smart aleck gave to the Temporal ...
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A Girl And Her Tree

By submission | August 18, 2015
Author : A. Katherine Black Titanium corridors were empty, galleys and docking bays silent, save the faint echo of rodents scuttling about. Still the ship continued on. At its center stood a tree, supported by a system set in motion centuries ago. Its enormous black trunk sprouted ...
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Robots Don’t Kill People

By submission | August 17, 2015
Author : Gray Blix "Why do we have a dog bot in the first place?" Offended, "Robot K91 is my PARTNER, sir, and its very shape deters crime by evoking a primal human fear of wolves." "'Deters crime'? The only bot on Mars that can harm humans has KILLED one." "K91 is not ...
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Kids and Pets

By Julian Miles | August 17, 2015
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer My world is Kayden, and it is orbited by a plethora of satellites with deadly defensive natures that all look really pretty from the ground. In higher orbit, space stations and roving warships patrol like sharks at idle. No ship matches it’s ...
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One Man, One Vote

By submission | August 15, 2015
Author : Sean Kavanagh A third term as President. No one since FDR had served three terms, but he could feel that tingling sense of anticipation, that odd, pulsing of the blood that foretold victory. He was on the verge of making history. The campaign had gone well. He’d connected ...
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Gray Magic

By submission | August 14, 2015
Author : Rick Tobin “So why spray millions of tons of toxic soup on the U.S. for years in chem trails if we had this fungus ready?” Harold Simpson leaned forward over half-finished plates of veal chop Milanese and Coho salmon amandine, adding impact while interrogating Elliot ...
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