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Delilah

By Patricia Stewart | February 27, 2012
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “I’m sorry to report Mr. Jones, that your suspicions were correct,” said the private detective that I had hired to follow my wife. “Delilah has been cheating on you.” He rotated his padd so that I could see the cascading slideshow of my ...
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Running On Empty

By Stephen R. Smith | February 26, 2012
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Lewis sprinted the last few yards across the wasteland and dove head first into the trench. He clutched his rifle tight against his chest as he lay in the dirt, chest heaving, heart pounding out of sync with the artillery barrage ...
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Pulse

By submission | February 25, 2012
Author : Langdon Hickman There wasn't a conscious decision to eliminate sound. At least not one that anyone could remember. One day, the world woke up to silence. No one was bothered by the sudden stark silence. It felt freeing, like a burden had been lifted. They wanted it, ...
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The Great Escape

By submission | February 24, 2012
Author : Krista Bunskoek Racing down the barren street, she grinned like an escaped fugitive. She'd done it. She'd done it again! Taking away her network privileges! Ha! It only fueled her flame. With more time to plot, to create, to be on her way to feel the thrill of ...
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Totems

By Julian Miles | February 23, 2012
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer Hadrian’s bloody Wall. Originally built to keep the Picts out when the Romans finally realized my ancestors were too surly to civilise. Since then it’s been used in books and films, every damn time to keep something nasty in the North from ...
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Tin Man

By submission | February 22, 2012
Author : O. Alexander I open my eyes. They burn after another restless night, filled with nightmares. Three weeks in the jungle, playing deadly cat and mouse games with a neo-leftist demolition squad, can have that effect. I get up and walk unsteadily into the bathroom. ...
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Reichmare

By Duncan Shields | February 21, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer Hitler's daughter was ruling with a penchant for experimentation. She talked of a future where Aryans were recognized by their deeds and initiative, not by the colour of their skin or hair. Controversial and beautiful, Hitler's daughter was short ...
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A Patient Found In A Field Near Kent

By submission | February 20, 2012
Author : Jabez Crisp Vagner: Your name please? Niken: Niken, William, Flight Lieutenant, 10039880 Vagner: [pause] Date of birth? Niken: 29th February 1912 Vagner: And you went missing how long ago? Niken: To me, well... it has been two years. To you, sixty? Eighty? I'm ...
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Superfluous

By submission | February 19, 2012
Author : Suzanne Borchers Edwin lay on his metal bed, his android body hooked into a myriad of short cables to feed his systems for the night. How long had it been since Father had touched his cold metallic arm and flooded it with warmth? How long had it been since he had ...
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20,000 Years Ago

By submission | February 18, 2012
Author : B. H. Isaac My surroundings changed in an instant. The neglected display room and my parked martini glass disappeared, replaced by a frozen landscape with glacial winds tearing at my loosened tux. Fear gave me the momentary strength to free myself from the ...
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All Natural

By Stephen R. Smith | February 17, 2012
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Tensevn broke cover on the fourth floor landing and sprinted flat out across the entire expanse of the building, hurdling the refuse of a hundred years of vacancy to take refuge in the fire escape on the South side. Beneath and behind him he ...
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Situation Stranded

By Clint Wilson | February 16, 2012
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer He walked and he calculated. The intense red sun beat down yet, as always, the suit kept things temperate. He urinated without thinking, and on he walked. He glanced at his wrist and saw that it was nearly rest time. The dry little planet ...
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The High Branch

By submission | February 15, 2012
Author : Phil Newton Sammy always used his polished titanium Tek-Tech Grav Boots to reach the Hundred Foot High Branch — cheater. I climbed. I climbed well. Still, grav boots were cool. I wish my parents had money. 'Wiry', that's what coach called me. I should try wrestling. ...
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From Beyond the Gates of Death

By Julian Miles | February 14, 2012
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer She cries into my arms as they come for us. Such a simple thing, this expression of heartbreak through physical reflex. "I thought I'd lost you." Her hand brushes my cheek and curls around my neck. So soft. The touch is like a feather ...
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Oddtown

By Duncan Shields | February 13, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer It was a way of life down here to prove how far you were willing to go. The stew of Oddtown. The people that lived here knew that they'd never work in a place that required a dress code let alone a mannered way of behaving. The ...
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Bringing Up Em

By submission | February 12, 2012
Author : Jason Verch It was time to put Em to sleep, but he could tell there was something on her mind. "Everything ok sweetie?" he asked. "Dad. Kay is an AI, right?" "Well sure, you know that. She is a robot with an AI built in that controls her." "But I thought AIs were ...
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Melting

By submission | February 11, 2012
Author : Peter Andrews The unmoving city. My city. The boy is frozen now, four, maybe five, feet from the ground, cheeks pulled by inertia's invisible fingers. It is up to me--he might never turn into viscera, his limbs and neck at deathly angles. His family might never ...
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Neptune Event

By Clint Wilson | February 10, 2012
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer The Neptune was a first class luxury star liner, the finest of everything from stem to stern; from her massive chandeliers hanging from cavernous twenty meter and higher ceilings to the never-ending filigree of intricately wood-carved ...
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