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The Perfect Game

By submission | December 10, 2010
Author : J.D. Rice [Serial 3: Level One. Simulation Start] The words fade from my vision as the VR hud appears on the edges of the “screen.” From this point on, I’ll be able to track my environmental impact just by focusing on the little blips of light around my eyes. Noise ...
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Ringside Seats

By submission | December 9, 2010
Author : James C.G. Shirk The automated countdown clock flashed: one hour, twenty-one minutes. Commander Albright grimaced and adjusted the controls to retract the dome ...
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Twelve Days

By submission | December 8, 2010
Author : Daniel Euphrat Beginning on August the twentieth, they received a series of twelve and only twelve transmissions, one a day from deep space probe Nocturnum. This was ...
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The Seeds of the Comet’s Tail

By Patricia Stewart | December 7, 2010
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer As the comet approached the sun, trillions of trillions of Fultons withdrew from their hibernated state and joined the collective. Individually, the microscopic Fultons had no power of reasoning, merely instinctive drives to survive ...
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A Dark and Stormy Knight

By Roi R. Czechvala | December 6, 2010
Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Staff Writer He pulled the collar of the leather duster tight around his neck. It offered little protection against the rain. It wasn’t rain. It was the unceasing, oily downpour of condensation dripping from the environment units of the dwellings of ...
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Schrödinger's Revolver

By submission | December 5, 2010
Author : David Perry He had figured it out at the all-too-young age of 26. At the time it was just a theory, a crazy idea – he wouldn’t even test it until 38. That day he put a loaded revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger six times. He took his discovery to the ...
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Doctor John

By submission | December 4, 2010
Author : Asher Wismer "It's worse than that," I said. "Everyone coming out of sleep at the same time, my staff is overtaxed, and you tell me half the ship is missing?" "Entirely gone," Captain Stefan said. "Almost the bottom third of the ship. Sleep pods, living quarters, ...
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Hunter, Builder

By Duncan Shields | December 3, 2010
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer Trees lay flat behind the ship where it had crashed to the ground in the forest. Its silver shell winked in the sunlight, shuddering occasionally as whatever machinery inside of it quaked to a wounded stop. The hunter had seen nothing ...
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2020 Hindsight

By submission | December 2, 2010
Author : Sean Austin Murphy I was 19 when I first heard them. I thought I was crazy. They assured me I was not. I told my family. My family agreed I was crazy. I went to the doctors. The doctors gave me pills. The pills don’t work. They said they were from the future. ...
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The Great Leap Ahead

By submission | December 1, 2010
Author : Matt Matlo Jeremy Davenport awoke in an apple orchard outside Somerville, Massachusetts, sometime in June, 12,459 A.D.. Back in the 2200's, some genius invented the temportation machine. They used it to see into the future, and then, before anyone asked if they ...
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Ergo Sum

By submission | November 30, 2010
Author : Scott Angus Morrison There is a small metal ball on the table before me. An object at rest shall remain at rest. I touch it. It rolls away from me. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It rolls until it reaches the edge of the smooth white ...
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Turistas

By submission | November 29, 2010
Author : Make Penmarche “Isn’t it just lovely, Jenm?” Mary pulled her sunhat off and tossed her hair in the sea breeze. “It’s nothing like home!” “Jim. It’s Jim.” He glanced at her, then turned back to watching the crowd. “Keep slipping up like that, and someone will hear ...
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First Stop

By submission | November 28, 2010
Author : N. Thomas Parshall The world blinked and Martin found himself surrounded by a wide plaza filled with people in odd clothing. Time travel to the future worked and Martin had discovered it. Seventeen years of work, and now I’m standing one-hundred years in my own ...
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Intra Machina Sine Deus

By submission | November 27, 2010
Author : Martin Berka Nothing about hell could be pleasant, and that included departure, but joy matched pain. Slowly, my consciousness was drifting through the wires. A thought or a memory would drift away from the others, accelerating, then slowing. More would follow, and ...
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The Worst Part

By submission | November 26, 2010
Author : J.D. Rice I twist my ankle as I land in the ditch. Mud spatters over my uniform, filthy water pooling in my socks. I ignore the stench, the reek of the jungle, the pain stabbing up my leg, and press on. If I can only make it another ten minutes, I’ll be free. Ten ...
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Caveat Emptor

By Patricia Stewart | November 25, 2010
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer Viisas signaled the plaintiff that it was ready to receive its opening statement. “Your Honor,” transmitted Rotalutsop, “Reus sold me a planet that is completely unusable, and I want a full refund.” Viisas processed the opening ...
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Kulbit Blindness

By Stephen R. Smith | November 24, 2010
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Nicola pushed the throttle further forward, feeling the massive airframe surge as he tripled the speed of sound. "There are now eight aircraft in pursuit, finger four formations, over under," Sev, the aircraft's control system, broke the ...
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Time To Think

By submission | November 23, 2010
Author : Clint Wilson It always felt lonely when the ship sailed off to tow more rocks. After all, being the only companions for eighteen light-years Jim didn’t want to see them wander too far. But somebody had to stay here in the processor and make sure things ran smoothly. ...
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