Author : David Stevenson You had to have a hobby. Sure, he had spent hundred of hours on this project, but at least he had built something. You might as well do it right. He could use cardboard covered in metallic foil, but why bother? Far better to spend an hour or two at the lathe, ...

Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer Just because mankind has invented time travel doesn’t mean we can go traipsing along down through the ages all willy-nilly. Firstly, one may not, under any circumstances, completely materialize into any previous plane of existence at any time ...

Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer The speaker hums as the decoder scans for the encrypted channels that the Chendrin use. I know I shouldn’t give in to this ghoulish need to eavesdrop, but I cannot help myself. “Seventy-four. Seventy-four. Anything on your sweeps?” “Negative, ...

Author : Alex Bauer It never started here, my dear. We are victims of circumstance. It started with the fires, with her, as we watched the skyline burn in the middle of terrific night. Standing there on the lake shore, horrified beyond rational thought, among wailing multitudes while ...

Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer The survival group, pulled from Earth by the alien craft mere hours before the cataclysmic solar event scrubbed the planet clean of all life, were still in absolute shock. Some seven hundred refugees, huddled together in the large hold, listened as ...

Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer “Helph mi.” John’s my next door neighbour. He’s growing into a fine specimen of xenorchis caucasia. By the look of the scalar development that has absorbed his ears, his head will blossom in about a week. His body is mottled cream and purple, with ...

Author : Jonathan Pigno There were weapons stashed in the Frigidaire. Alien toys. Things Elaine kept nestled under her dress for safekeeping when company arrived. But her house-guests didn’t know it. They remained unsuspecting and silent as she leaned in to reach for the cola ...

Author : David Barber The pale young woman had a tap in her wrist. The time-traveller asked for a glass and we watched her fill it with blood. "Bring her salt water." "Salt.. like sea water?" "If you have that." There were isotonic sports drinks somewhere in the back, but I didn't ...

Author : Matthew Wells Clink. Clink. Clink. Aden’s chains struck the floor like bursts from a lazy pulsar. The voices from the other side of the clear partition, chaotic and full of rage, were strangely mute. He saw the crowd without really seeing it, and he knew only the sounds of ...

Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer This was my fourth summer paving the flat parts of Nevada with solar panels. The project had been going on for four years and looked like it would go on for another six. A summer under the cruel desert sun will teach you about yourself. The sun ...