Product Recall
Author : Phillip English
“Listen, that kind of thing ain’t my problem!”
“Well whose problem is it then? I got a lotta pressure from the top brass on this one, and I’ve got to tell ‘em something!”
Ba’rhy and Gleeg stalked along the walkway over the steam cookers, yelling at ...
In the Beginning
Author : Tom Kepler
A large, rectangular container slid silently through the air, a dull, umber metal box, utilitarian and featureless except for the alternating pattern of raised and lowered slabs of metal that were the connecting construction of the rectangle—all the world ...
Unsuitable
Author : Jason Frank
We weren't supposed to take our suits off, not ever. We were supposed to find the survey team that disappeared. We found out what happened to them, all right, and then we took our suits off, just like they did. I'm writing this with my suit off (I had to ...
Grey Days
Author : Ian Goodall
The days started to grey, that was all the warning we were given. At first, it went unnoticed to most. A few obscure colours became blander, faded. Then I saw it in my wife’s visage. Her sparking blue eyes began to fade. Her hair, fiery as the sun, lost ...
Never Ask a Woman Her Age
Author : Martin Berka
Krinna Lorens blinked as she woke up. She felt extremely refreshed, and was wide awake in about 15 seconds – sleeping was healthy. The lid of the bed slid aside, and the date appeared in front of her, hovering in mid-air. With a start, she studied the ...
Jacqui Blue
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Kaine rounded the corner at a full sprint, boots kicking up plumes of sand as he tried to outpace his pursuers. No gun, no backup and rapidly losing daylight, he fought the urge to panic, swallowed it down.
"Nowhere to run to Kaine, ...
Good Night, Eva
Author : Damien Krsteski
He heard the stairs squeak. A jolt of adrenaline shot up his spine, tearing his hand off her plastic face.
"What are you doing, Edgar?" His mother’s voice was shrill and loathsome.
The basement suddenly got colder and turned twice as dark. He was ...
I'm Sorry
Author : Thomas Desrochers
It's just me and her out here. Stranded. Helpless.
I was taking her back home. She needed a change of scenery. Hell, we were a quarter of the way there when everything went wrong.
It was a bad wire. The gauge was too small because some stupid ...
Future Saviors
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer
This is the best of all possible worlds. Or so the time-travelers tell us.
They have given their future away to make our present the best it can be.
They gave science a good, healthy goose early on around the Babylonians times. They ...
High Noon
Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Staff Writer
Tesla shielding is a magnificent thing. Invented in the early Twentieth by the crackpot Serbian inventor Nicola Tesla, it absorbs tremendous amounts of energy harmlessly. A suit sized generator can withstand several plasma bursts or ...
Escape From Aquasphere
Author : Clint Wilson
They all swam around the giant vessel in wonder. If this worked their hive would easily become the most prominent of either the day or the night side. Their queen would be elevated to near godlike status, although it was Quetrum who had made it all ...
Lancaster
Author : D. W. Hughes
Yosef Strand took a moment after stepping out of the drop-pod to look once again at his home planet. It was his first time back after the vacation started, and he noticed for the first time how beautifully it had been terraformed. The plants had been ...
Milliboys
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer
This planet’s dominant life was insectile and large. A special breed of ranch-hand was needed.
Jake was a milliboy.
The millipede was as big around as a tree trunk, bright red and armoured. The saddle looked ridiculous on such a ...
The Next Generation
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer
The double doors whooshed open and an impeccably dressed elderly man strode into the conference room. He was instantly greeted by Sebastian Macy, who firmly gripped his outstretched hand. “Nickolas, you old dog,” said Macy with an ...
Another Flash in the Pan
Author : Mark Wallace
Charles walked in holding a couple of loose pages of manuscript, written in his small, precise hand.
“What ya got for me?” said the agent.
Charles handed him the manuscript.
“Handwriting, dude. Why didn’t you type this up. You’ve got a laptop in your ...
Contact Procedural
Author : Martin Berka
Captain Mu Wharton peered over the rocky outcropping, and was rewarded with humanity's first glimpse of an alien species. Certainly, the Eurasian Union's Mira 17 telescope had been the first to notice activity, but in terms of “first contact,” this was ...
Spiderweb
Author : CJ Bergin
Mathius was a watcher. Simply put, he watched; if it happened within the 22nd district of Virginia, he knew about it. Beyond his assigned territory, it was up to the other watchers on Uncle Sam’s payroll. But here, in a godless era, Mathius was God. Lights ...
Paradigm Shift
Author : Cesium
Professor Sean Katz walked into his lab the next morning, and Katherine was waiting for him.
"So, how did the trials go?"
"You'd better come see for yourself."
He glanced up from his Blackberry. She looked as calm as usual, but there was a tinge of ...
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