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Comeback

By Duncan Shields | April 20, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer The pins and needles stopped caressing her body. Her muscles twitched to life as she took her first gasping steps out of the cryotube and lit a cigarette from the pack beside her clothes. She tossed back the two whiskey shots provided by ...
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Union Blues

By Stephen R. Smith | April 19, 2012
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer "That suit's not safe on my dock," the voice boomed across the row of vacant lifter pads to the mezzanine, "who gave you clearance to come out here?" Horik's visor was up, the bulky exo-suit exaggerating his movements as he marched across ...
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Anchoring Shot

By submission | April 18, 2012
Author : Ian Hill, of 14 The crimson clothed hunter stood leaning against a large boulder smoking a cigar lazily, his pointed brown fedora angled towards the ground to ward off any unnecessary light. His outfit was a mismatched black and red military formal with large collars ...
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Make a Dog Mean

By submission | April 17, 2012
Author : Jason Frank Breikf was heading back with a fresh beer and he looked over where they had the lead space man all trussed up so anybody wanted could get a kick in. Everybody got in a bunch, looked like. Breikf sure had, but just then something in the cool of the evening ...
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Shore Leave

By Clint Wilson | April 16, 2012
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer Shore leave at last! Ensign Pull Crimson was wide-eyed as he made his way through the dirty bustling streets of Port Tidaria. Thousands of aliens, both humanoid and otherwise shaped, filed past the endless teahouses, massage parlors and ...
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Dispatch Runner

By submission | April 15, 2012
Author : Bob Newbell A thin cloud of red dust trailed behind Orton's motorcycle. I'm running out of time, he thought to himself as he rode across Cydonia Mensae. The temperature was already down to -40 degrees Celsius and continued steadily dropping. The sun would be setting ...
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Condemned to Repeat History

By Patricia Stewart | April 14, 2012
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer Shortly after 13:30 on 11 April 2112, the HMTS Temporal Voyager left Roches Point in Ireland. Its mission: to resolve some unanswered questions concerning the sinking of the RMS Titanic. “Time flows like a river,” lectured Dr. ...
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Dots in the Sky

By submission | April 13, 2012
Author : Drew Dunlap My phone would vibrate approximately every fifteen to twenty minutes. “Hey bro, there’s a celestial event going on,” said a friend. “Can you see it from your place?” asked another. “Heaven’s Veil is tonight!!!!!!!” buzzed a text. You get the ...
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The Space Fold Drive

By submission | April 12, 2012
Author : Bob Newbell Dr. José Zhang gently rotated an 800 credit bottle of champagne in a bucket of ice. The price of champagne had skyrocketed in the last several weeks in anticipation of the completion of Project Hermes. Zhang's colleague, Dr. Ian Bartlett, looked at the ...
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Face Down in Wonderland

By Julian Miles | April 11, 2012
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer I’m splayed in the waterlogged grass, covered in mud and blood as the screams stop behind me. The white rabbit lied to us; I knew we should have stomped its furry ass. That damn Jabberwock has way too many sharp bits, the attitude of a ...
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Grey Ghost

By Duncan Shields | April 10, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer The grey ghost of no-longer-used subway tunnels echoed with heavy footsteps. Eyes the colour of brake lights swept the halls for any signs of intelligent life. The civilization that lived here was long gone. The metal creature walking ...
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Mobile Threat

By Clint Wilson | April 9, 2012
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer The grand patriarch, Thoxphall The 19th stood in his familiar spot, perched on the cliff’s edge overlooking the thousands of members of his kingdom. Off to the side the tight cluster of his offspring served as advisors while they stood in ...
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Misconceptions

By submission | April 8, 2012
Author : Greg Lowry Waving his antennae in amused confusion, the Commander responded, "That is a preposterous demand. I don't know where you strange, primitive humans got that ship, but my task force has you outnumbered both qualitatively and quantitatively. Our scientists ...
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The Device

By submission | April 7, 2012
Author : Keigan Ewing It was too good to be true. As Sonny hovered above the city, all but weightless, he couldn?t believe such technology existed. The feeling was indescribable. He marvelled at the device, humbly glowing in his palm as it worked its magic. Magic. That?s ...
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Hope

By submission | April 6, 2012
Author : Suzanne Borchers Edwin studied the soft-fleshed android beside him on the laboratory bed. Fred had the same plug-in cables as himself, same size arms, legs, head and torso. What made Fred better? Was it his flesh colored appendages, his manipulative facial features, and ...
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Be Careful What you Ask For

By Patricia Stewart | April 5, 2012
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “It was one hundred years ago today, on April 6, 1992,” stated Joshua Noyle, “that one of the greatest minds in the history of mankind passed away.” “And who might that be?” inquired Tom Vittna, although to be honest, he didn’t really ...
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Chronos

By Julian Miles | April 4, 2012
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer “Underarm with the knife!” Every instructor I have ever had said that. It’s not strictly true, but it’s a good start. When it comes right down to it, you stick the knife through any gap available, switching grip as necessary. You need to ...
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Badass Benny Boots

By Clint Wilson | April 3, 2012
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer The depressing gloom of twelve noon hanging dark in brown smog was only outdone by the endless rows of ash grey skyscrapers; so many housing projects, so many broken windows, so many bodies rotting in the steel towers of the eastern ...
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