Birth

Author : Matthew Allen A mechanical appendage lifts away from her, its claws curling back as it settles next to the table she is lying on. "And breathe." Her diaphragm tightens and the pressure in her lungs drops, dragging warm air in from outside. It feels ...

Genesis

Author : Robert Spencer When Dr. Fassenbiender both stepped out of the capsules, it took them half a second to realise who was Dr. Fassenbiender and who was not. And so, in a small laboratory at the back of the Centre for Untested Technologies (or the "Creators of Unspeakable Terrors" ...

Life Sentence

Author : Nigel G. Mitchell Detective Laura Harman fingered the small device in her pocket as she looked down at the frail old man lying in the bed before her. It took everything she had to keep from wrapping her fingers around that thin and slender neck, and snapping it in ...

Box Medical

Author : Morrow Brady ABOUT Congratulations for considering Box Medical for your healthcare needs. Box Medical are proud to bring an efficient, cost neutral, recovery and treatment service, to meet the needs of all citizens. This info-page explains the origins of Box Medical and how ...

Is My Friend

Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer There is smoke coming from my tear ducts. The cause of that is the same as the one that is causing my brain to feel too big for my cranium and is also making the nerves in every tooth throb. Sickening pain in heartbeat-synchronised waves. I roll over ...

Carrier Lost

Author : Jay Knioum, Featured Writer Yellow emergency lights make Chrys look like an elf as she gazes up at them, her eyes flashing with reflections. "Shut that shit off." My voice is robotic. Still not used to it. Merlin's already at the panel, jacked in through the conduit in his ...

Sufficiently Advanced Technology

Author : David Botticello Deep in the heart of the jungle, Mark waited. The party had approached her position with seemingly endless fortitude; rafting rivers, rappelling cliffs, and wading through the darkest mires of Boudicca III’s surface. Renewed energy seemed to course through ...

Time Was

Author : Roger Dale Trexler He opened the door. He stood there a moment before he turned on the light. On the far wall, opposite the door, he saw the picture of Jane Russell. He stepped into the room, and placed the bag and the roses on the bed. The bag was heavy, and he wasn’t as ...

Yes Fever

Author : Jedd Cole There are a million people in this city, and none of them speak the same language. They are passing through to distant parts, nodding their heads to the immigration officers and their berets. They are carrying their passports in the numb fingers of their ...

Snapshot

Author : Deirdre Coles The key is, you never take anything from really rich people. They’re paranoid, and they often have their own kinds of security. It’s much better, usually, to aim lower. Jackson had gotten four decent cameras from the wedding of anxious, pregnant young bride and ...

First Contact

Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer I have successfully synchronized myself with this system’s most evolved planet. As my physical form materializes in the nitrogen rich atmosphere I zero in on an artificially constructed dwelling. It is full of crude technology. Visual/audio and ...

Industrial Lies

Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer It took me twenty years. I mortgaged everything I had, including family, friends and the love of my life. But G-Nano was worth it. A revolutionary method where leading-edge technology would restore the Earth’s damaged biosphere as a side effect of ...

Ink

Author : Jay Knioum, Featured Writer I'm wearing your hand from my neck. I spent a week drying it out, preserving it, taking care that the tattoo was still visible. Once I was convinced that it didn't stink, I threaded the zip-tie through the wrist, hung it over my head and tucked it ...

GIFbaby

Author : R. Daniel Lester The call came out of the clear blue. From the suburbs, beyond the gates. A woman, speaking in a whisper, said, I’ve heard you help. Can you help? He said, No guarantees. She said, Get my daughter before she really hurts herself. Corner of Peco and ...

Dreamsavior

Author : Daniel R. Endres The glasses gave her a headache. With clenched teeth and a hand that wouldn't stop shaking she put the neurolenses down on the coffee table beside the sofa that served as her bed. Her chest burned again and she cursed not for the first time her inability to ...

Timeshare Sharks

Author : Mark Gorton London’s High Court has been hearing how a dream timeshare holiday turned into a nightmare for two senior citizens. In return for £15,000, Bob Plain, 83, and his wife Betty, 82, were promised a luxury fortnight break in the computer-generated splendour of ...

When You Can't Live Without Them

Author : Joshua Barella The fronds of the willow hang over the front of the cabin. Tangled and thick, they make it nearly impossible to see from the byway, which is just the way he likes it. It’s early October and last month he ended it with Miranda, she was his nineteenth ...

Then, at 2:30. . . .

Author : Theric Jepson A couple of chairs, a couch--sometimes a studio audience, sometimes not--the business hasn't really changed in the last thirty years. The main thing is smile, ask a bunch of dumb questions,a bunch of easy questions, laugh readily, let them promote what they're ...

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