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Behavior Modification

By Patricia Stewart | April 26, 2013
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer The shrimp trawler ”Treadin’ Water” plowed through the calm gulf seas on its way to Baratana Bay. Clasping the wheel in his massive hands, Captain Noyent eyed his son skeptically. “So, your mother and me spend half our life’s savin’s putting you ...
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Frontier Justice

By featured writer | April 25, 2013
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer "Surrender your cargo and you can leave unharmed." The message comes over the radio the moment I come out of a space fold maneuver inside the Gliese 832 system. It's a fairly old trick. There are a finite number of space fold nexuses and of that ...
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Interference

By submission | April 24, 2013
Author : J. R. Hargenrader When Mission Specialist David Branson joined the Solarian Defense Force, his romantic ideal of “see the universe, learn advanced skills, and encounter alien civilizations” never meant hiding on the far side of an asteroid, cleaning regolith-covered optics, ...
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The Loaner

By submission | April 23, 2013
Author : Dave Rigby Steve sat in the beige waiting room idly flipping through channels on the tv, not stopping on any for more than the few seconds of allotted free viewing so as to not incur an automatic charge. At home he had a pretty decent entertainment package with no overrun fees ...
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Runaway

By featured writer | April 22, 2013
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer "Ensign, report!" yelled the captain over the ring of klaxons and the groans of metal fatigue that filled the bridge of his starship. The young officer didn't respond. His eyestalks were fixed on the kaleidoscope of stars streaking past on the ...
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GraviTech Inc.

By submission | April 21, 2013
Author : Stephen LaGioia I stand anxious and apprehensive in the corner of the hallway near the top of my front door. I crawl to the peephole and squint through it, surveying the empty sky below me and blades of grass protruding upwards, my eyes frantically searching for help. Cars ...
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Magnification

By submission | April 20, 2013
Author : Ulrich Lettau “This has never been done before.” I blurted out, watching the massive instrument continue to magnify the fluorine atom image. The gauge rapidly passed the billion power mark and continued toward the 1,750,000,000 times, the theoretical maximum. “Dr. Cronus, you ...
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Warped Drive

By featured writer | April 19, 2013
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer The President of the United States smiled as the press photographed and video recorded her handshake with the Un'Vidik representative. The tall, spindly alien showed no emotion. How could it, encased as it was in its stark white encounter suit? The ...
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The Burgarii Collective

By Desmond Hussey | April 18, 2013
Author : Desmond Hussey, Staff Writer Darwin was wrong. The Burgarii Collective is living proof of that. Watching the massive arcologies floating above the old city is surreal – mountains literally drifting among the clouds. I am reminded of a text book found deep in the library’s ...
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Cheddar Plain and Mordeck

By Duncan Shields | April 17, 2013
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer Mordeck and Cheddar Plain were field-stripping their weapons on top of Concourse B. No one came by here. They talked and smoked openly. Eyes in the sky were a thing of the past. They perched there on an I-beam, ten stories up from the concrete ...
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Special Ops

By featured writer | April 16, 2013
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer "Can you see him?" asked the SWAT team commander. "Yes, commander. I'll stream the video feed to your display," said the CASO officer. A live video of a disheveled, wild-eyed man of about 20 years clutching a girl who appeared to be about 14 ...
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A Day in the Office

By Julian Miles | April 15, 2013
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer It's dark when my ears finally stop ringing. I lie deathly still and carefully inventory my corpse. "Not such an unstoppable bastard now, are ya?" Docherty is still here. That explains the pain in my jaw. He put one in my head, two in my ...
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Lucky Day

By submission | April 14, 2013
Author : Dennis Von Euw “ 'X-ray 3' to 'Harvest Queen', come in, over” “This is 'Harvest Queen', what is your status?, Over” “We've completed the survey on the asteroid. It shows no transuranics, and damn little heavy metals. The bulk is just stony ...
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Priorities

By submission | April 13, 2013
Author : Ryan Watson The war had finally been instigated. Nobody was truly certain how it had started or which nations were involved. All anybody knew was that it had been a month since the missiles were launched. All high profile personnel were secretly escorted to underground ...
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Judge Not

By featured writer | April 12, 2013
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer Vandrin walked into the officer's club and saw Rudneth sitting by himself at a table in a corner. Fleet Admiral Rudneth was drinking shots of straight tyrofin. To all appearances, he'd been at it for some time. Vandrin doubted if his ...
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The Paradox Bomb

By submission | April 11, 2013
Author : Townsend Wright "Now, who can tell me what antimatter does?" said professor Argent as he tightened the rope around his waist. We were all a bit disturbed by the professor's request to go stand out by the empty old building and tie ourselves to a tree, so he was forced to ...
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Built To Last

By submission | April 10, 2013
Author : Rob Sharp He woke with the cursed sun. The sky had been swirling black and crimson, barely enough light passed through the veil of cloud and ash to power his sensory circuits, but he saw and heard all the same. It was an azure blue today, brighter and more vibrant than he'd ...
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Adventure in Space

By featured writer | April 9, 2013
Author : Bob Newbell, Featured Writer Captain Saylor walked on to the bridge of the Starship Endymion. The huge, panoramic windows showed innumerable stars streaking past the vessel. Saylor leaned over Lieutenant Shah's shoulder and looked at the velocity readout on his control panel. ...
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