Gifts From a Grateful Nation…

Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Staff Writer “Another fuckin’ night at the VFW,” Jerry Pesetski thought gloomily to himself. His arm hummed loudly as he raised the glass to his mouth. Halfway to his lips the movement stopped with a sharp grinding sound. “Damn government piece of ...

What Would Tinky Do

Author : Sharoda Sitting in front of the large group of children, the scarred Captain continued reading the dog-eared picture book. “Then, Tinky the Tiny Tank moved out into the open” “No Tinky, stay in the rocks!” cried many of the younger children; the cave echoed with ...

Gateway to Nowhere

Author : James King The gate shimmered like a disk of melted solder. After all this time, the idea of inter-dimensional travel still amazed Alex. Wrapping his mind around the fact that, though it is a new world that is being explored, it's the same time, same location in ...

An understanding

Author : Helstrom “What are you doing?” I looked up from the astrogation table and into the curious eyes of a five-year-old girl hovering in the access hatch. “Hey, hey,” I said, “I don't think you're supposed to be here.” “I wanted to see out the window. Captain said it ...

D.M.Z.

Author : Timothy E. Bacon & Paul J. Green Jones lowered the thermal imager from his eyes and wiped the adrenaline sweat from his face. There were still a dozen heat signatures secured down the street amidst the no man’s land of twisted girders and stone rubble. The last ...

Resurrected

Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Staff Writer “You're dead.” She said. Her voice was ice. Her eyes held no emotion. “So you say.” I lit a cigarette, exhaling blue smoke towards the ceiling. “That's illegal you know.” I snapped the antique lighter shut. “What are they going to ...

Let Buy Gones be Bygones

Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer Judge Roy Phantly entered his chambers and took the seat at the head of the conference table. To his right, sat Stanley Matthews, CEO of Buy Gones Inc, and his attorney. To the Judge’s left, sat Samantha Blatchford, Lead attorney for ...

Long Neck Dinner

Author : Duncan Shields , Staff Writer Mapping the human genome made it easier to map the genomes of the rest of the world’s animals. Myself, I have a bit of wolf in my nose and some alligator in my spine. Nothing that stands out, mind you. The business world is still ...

Sunwatcher

Author : Matthew Banks Dr. Menkal gently removed Miller's bandages. When the last strip peeled away from his eyes, he looked around, not fixating on anything. His irises were blue and cloudy with cataracts, the whites shot through with red. The bandage had pulled away a lot ...

Thanks For The Memories

Author : Liz Lafferty Memory swap was the addictive drug of the 23rd Century. Swap was rather a misnomer; one had to be dead in order to be relieved of the memories locked inside the brain. No known process had been developed to remove the memories from a living person ...

Logos Ex Machina

Author : Eric Rosenfield This will be my last post. A warning. A cautionary tale. Those of you who've known me these past few years know how I love my Mistress. She raised me. Loved me. Linked me. I remember before link, much as humans say they remember their early ...

You Either Love It Or You Hate It

Author : Phill English 'Gaeriy, I've got some bad news.' 'What's that Broux?' 'Well, I've finished the calculations and it turns out that in order for us to co-habit this planet, we're going to have to wipe out half of them.' 'Oh, wow, that's a bit of a bummer isn't it? ...

Checkmate

Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Staff Writer President James Jonathon Mathews spent the first evening of his administration alone staring out the window of the Oval Office. He contemplated the events that had led him to this moment. He considered the countless intertwined series ...

Preempting the Martian Attack

Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer After trudging for miles through the soft, shifting red sand, I was nearly exhausted. Using all the strength that I could muster, I climbed over the lip of a crater, and ducked into the shadows. I’d be virtually invisible now. I’d be ...

All Will Be Gooden

Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer It’s dawn. Unisun now, Twosun later. Wee mickle Trisun appresta that. The colony’s ticking up. Auld’uns like me waken up early. Shipment-time belding crops back to Earth coming down uswards. Myself, I’m worrying. The woild musk ...

Eighty Tons of Happiness

Author : Helstrom Neil hadn't been the same since he became a MALCIV. For one, he didn't drink anymore. Couldn't, really. Of course we all tried to find ways around that, Neil first and foremost – leave it to the Marines to find new and interesting ways of killing braincells. ...

Two Minutes

Author : Axel Taiari ...And warps him back two minutes ago through an internal blizzard of gunmetal sparkles, the time-storm scrambling his brain before the world reboots. Swirling colors rearrange themselves. Janus stands still, gulping down the motion sickness, his confused ...

When It's Time

Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer "I don't care if it's selfish, I don't want you to go." Sam stood halfway between the doorway and the foot of the bed, caught between staying and walking away. "It is selfish, but I understand. I'm tired Sam, I'm worn out and it's time for ...

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