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Red Rock the Innocent

By Stephen R. Smith | March 31, 2014
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Baxter stood in the atrium of Marpo One and gazed up through the greenery, through the clear observation port above and into the blackness of space. Three years he'd called this home, he with the sixty three other lost souls that had signed ...
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I Miss Froot Loops

By submission | March 30, 2014
Author : Thomas Fay ‘Some cereal as well, thanks,’ I said to the checkout operator. I didn’t specify what kind as there was no need. There was only one kind of cereal. It was nutritious, filled with all sorts of grains, nuts and dried fruits. Shame it had no taste. Not like Froot ...
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Gone

By submission | March 29, 2014
Author : Dakota Brown His words were calm and thoughtfully processed. Though the harsh and forceful voice wasn’t as evident as it was previously, she still recognized what was at the heart of the matter. He wanted her to finish the job. The room sparked and stank of chemicals. The ...
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Tick!

By submission | March 28, 2014
Author : John Kinney The soldiers walk down the empty street, bathed in red sunlight. A gun falls from above them and clatters to the ground. A body follows it. "Scan!" Says the Captain. He looks at the man who fell. 

 "Tick! Scan!"

 They scan. Two men ...
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Stringmaker

By Julian Miles | March 27, 2014
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer There used to be a saying: “how long is a piece of string?” It meant that you didn’t know how long something would take. I never understood it. A piece of string has to be a specific length, because someone made it. So my reply was usually: “ask ...
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The End Inn

By Desmond Hussey | March 26, 2014
Author : Desmond Hussey, Staff Writer In the years long after the cataclysms of fire and ice, embedded deep within the dark histories of the descent of man, when the waning sun still hung dim and bloated in its senility above the shattered horizon, there once stood, defiantly upon ...
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Heavy

By Stephen R. Smith | March 25, 2014
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Captain Lewis gripped the hand-strap inside the copter's airframe tightly, the wind whipping spray up from the dark ocean below as the pilot tried to maneuver in the gale. "Your ride is below - when we get close enough, drop into the boat," ...
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Vault Six

By submission | March 24, 2014
Author : Andrew Hawnt Frozen in time behind the door to Vault Six is an explosion, and it talks to me. How can an explosion talk to me? I don't really know, but then again I'm just a guard. I sit next to the door to Vault Six and I read, or I clean the corridor, or I check and recheck ...
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Justice

By submission | March 23, 2014
Author : Tyler Hawkins "Well I think it's safe to say this project was a monumental failure" "Gee, you think?" We sit in silence for a while. All that needed to be said has already been screamed, yelled or pleaded in the last 24 hours. It's not like we haven't tried to fix ...
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Eminent Domain

By submission | March 22, 2014
Author : Steven Holland “What’s this?” asked Hoyt Pendergrass, glancing at the envelope that was just handed to him. “The U.S. Government has need of one of your organs. This is the necessary paperwork. Your operation is set to take place tomorrow.” These words came from ...
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Music in Your Veins

By submission | March 21, 2014
Author : Jake Christie “Hundred and fifty bucks.” Harry looked at the tiny vial in the clerk’s hand, filled with a slightly opaque purple liquid, then back at his face. “For that much?” he asked. The clerk nodded. “This is the top of the line stuff, man,” he says. “The Jimi Hendrix. ...
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A Worthy Cause

By submission | March 20, 2014
Author : Tom Coupland Dropping from his vantage point, Sijen kicks out, snapping the neck of the first guard. Hearing his partner's choked scream, the remaining patrolman swings about, weapon leveled. Rising from his landing crouch, Sijen’s blade like hands take the man below the rib ...
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I've Got My Finger on the Trigger

By Stephen R. Smith | March 19, 2014
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer I've got my finger on the trigger. It took the better part of an hour to make the climb from where you forced my fighter into the dirt to this rocky outcrop overlooking your crash site, but I've got the high ground now and you don't stand a ...
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Mechanic's Blues

By featured writer | March 18, 2014
Author : Jay Knioum, Featured Writer I'm getting grease on my sandwich when she walks in. The whole hangar pretends to be busy while throwing glances at her. She looks around, finds me, smiles. She's walking my way, but her eyes are all for her baby. I've been pulling extra shifts ...
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Rapunzel

By submission | March 17, 2014
Author : cchatfield The small group marched forward in loose formation, swaggering with the confidence that their training would kick in when needed. The sandy landscape offered no threats, no hiding places, no life. Their destination: a lone tower, hidden in a secluded valley lined ...
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One Exception

By submission | March 16, 2014
Author : Jay Haytch One exception She stood at the threshold and looked out at a burnt world. It wasn't really a proper threshold. There was no welcome mat, for starters. Just a trod-over pile of rubble where one last stray missile had hit the city wall and left a person-sized crack. ...
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Stealth Education

By submission | March 15, 2014
Author : Glenn S. Austin “Well do you think it did any good at all?” The President asked the others sitting around the large oval conference table in the command bunker. The President asked the question to the entire room, but his tired eyes looked directly at his Press ...
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Symptoms and Side Effects

By submission | March 14, 2014
Author : Rachelle Shepherd The streetlamps sputtered on, spilling buttery fluorescence on Broadway Street litter. Sparrow opened the kitchen cabinets where chrome rows of Midnight Oil hissed in the shadow. “Another night, Sparrow?” He didn’t answer. He never talked anymore, only ...
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