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Googling Tinkerbell

By submission | January 10, 2012
Author : George S. Walker Before the EMP went off, the sky over Stonehenge had been aflitter with fairies scattering pixie dust. Agent Jack Bishop pulled off his mirrorshades as tourists around him tried to blink away the afterimage of the electromagnetic flash. "Mummy," ...
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Xenosympathizer

By Duncan Shields | January 9, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer Do I consider myself a citizen of Earth? Do I consider myself a human? Am I an alien sympathizer? Members of the council, I fear I no longer know what these questions even pertain to. They are meaningless sounds to me now with no more ...
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Greener

By submission | January 8, 2012
Author : Z. J. Woods Crowley said, "You sure you wanna do this?" I brushed at the front of the faded jumpsuit. Nothing on it, of course. Nervous habit. He took a long drag from his cigarette, sighed the smoke out. "Well," he said. Expecting me to fill the silence. With ...
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Edwin

By submission | January 7, 2012
Author : Suzanne Borchers Creak. Edwin stopped his writing stylus. The screen pulsated waiting for the next letter. Silence. Once more, he began gliding the stylus, writing his letters with meticulous care. Edwin did not know why this was necessary when thoughts could ...
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Dry Lightning & Providence

By submission | January 6, 2012
Author : Shaun.K.Adams South of his lofty position in Tempest stations observation tower, Kane De Souza observed a vast cyclonic column of dust drifting across the Syria Planum. He marvelled at its frenetic energy as it tracked slowly across the highest plateau elevations on ...
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Jen-6

By submission | January 5, 2012
Author : Erin Cole Dawn fractures through the glades of the development. Solar-paneled rooftops refract the cadmium light of sun and men prepare for their busy days, hefting briefcase to hybrid. Jen-6 wakes and rises erect. Inside a petite helmet, embedded with black silks, ...
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Nervous

By Julian Miles | January 4, 2012
Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer It looks too soft. This thread-like network of blue filaments and their pale red host substrate cannot possibly give me my right arm back. For the eighteenth time, I reconsider my decision to volunteer for this experimental ...
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Skeletons

By Roi R. Czechvala | January 3, 2012
Author : Roi R. Cechvala, Staff Writer Helmut Rose made his way down the broad avenue to his office at the Aerospace Centre. He looked up at the hundred foot long banners displaying the movie star good looks of the President's face. Hitler's picture was everywhere. The only ...
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In Good Times and in Bad, Er, Never Mind

By Patricia Stewart | January 2, 2012
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer "Receiving a distress call, Captain," reported the communications officer of the SS Diciotti. "It's coming from Lavello III." "Lavello III?" repeated Captain Campbell. "What idiot would land on Lavello III? It's a death trap." "Captain," ...
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Fame

By Duncan Shields | January 1, 2012
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer My entire celebrity life is online for people. There are over a million people looking out through my eyes, breathing in time with me, feeling my exhilaration as six months of rehearsal come to a head and I perform my number-one hits to ...
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Orbital Debris

By submission | December 31, 2011
Author : Aradhana Choudhuri "No. There's no funds, Mr. Lawrence. None. We work with what we've got." "Then you have to repurpose this satellite, Mrs. President, or we start losing vital assets. We're deep in Kessler syndrome time — LEO and GEO are going to have one ...
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Glass

By submission | December 30, 2011
Author : TJMoore Sam squinted into the dimly lit cupboard, the all but extinguished ICL held out in front of him like a jar of fireflies. With a sigh he gave up on the fading lamp and began searching for the rye seeds by hand. He did like a good seeded bread and if he didn't ...
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Lost In Time

By submission | December 29, 2011
Author : Ian Rennie It's not really time travel. Not how that expression is traditionally meant, anyway. It has long been a maxim of those involved in my kind of research that you can look back and travel forward, but never the other way round. In a way, everything we know ...
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Goodbye Jenny

By submission | December 28, 2011
Author : Tris Smith She sat down on the bench, overlooking the local park. She and James used to meet here. It seemed a fitting place to say goodbye. After the operation, she might never come here again. Worse, she might never want to come here again. At 13, it had been ...
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For Love of Kraytor

By submission | December 27, 2011
Author : Julia Reynolds My darling Lord Kraytor, I'm so sorry. You know I would never leave you; you are my love, my life, my everything. I long to feel your tentacles wrapped around my hips, to kiss your face parts, and feel the delicious sting of your mandibles when you honor ...
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Dust

By submission | December 26, 2011
Author : Chris Daly The dust was unbearable. Dry, grey, clinging powder draped over every surface, clogging the machinery, grinding against gears and wheels. Water refused to wash away the dirt, forming only a cloying mud that was just as abrasive. His hands bled, crisp and ...
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The Message Goes On

By submission | December 25, 2011
Author : Andrew Bale "Jack! Come in here a minute!" "All right Mary, what is it?" "Check this out. I was running down that noise on the comms channel, but it wasn't noise. Listen." Mary touched one of the controls in front of her, and a crackling voice erupted from the ...
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Passing of the Baton

By Patricia Stewart | December 24, 2011
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer There was a knock at the door. Now who would be calling at this time of night, I wondered? I got up from my workbench and headed toward the door. When I opened it, I found myself staring at myself. "Now, I can't possibly be that fat," I ...
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