Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer I remember entering the room. I was eighteen, cold, naked except for the paper underwear, bred for this and still nervous. I suppose terrified is more apt. Even after the rigorous physical training I was still very skinny. My breathing ...

Author : John Logan “I don’t want you to die,” said Vincent. The words didn’t actually transfer as sound to any part of my ear. They were signals which ran from a dermal connection on Vincent’s body, through my hand, and up into my brain where they were interpreted by my ...

Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Staff Writer He had been a brilliant physicist, she a promising graduate student. “I love you,” he said. “And I you,” was her reply. Autumn threw off her many coloured coat and bowed to the dominance of Winter. “Marry me,” he said. She ...

Author : Liz Lafferty Three weeks ago, there were lights on the horizon. Solar lights from the small town to the south flickered in the night, reminding me that I lived within walking distance. One day, I woke up and life was different. An eerie dark mist had settled over ...

Author : James Boone Dryden In the world beyond tomorrow, Dr. Gregor Lustovicz would be remembered for his greatness, his ingenuity, his wit. There were things that the doctor would invent that were beyond the imaginations of the people of St. Rustof. They would wonder how ...

Author : Jeromy Henry Before the day ended, Tam knew someone would die. He dug his claws into the tree branch and chattered to himself. Nearby, other squirrels scampered along the twisty highway made by branches of the great oak. Tails twitched, beady black eyes darted as ...

Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer To be a CEO of a company that’s grown as large and as fast as this one has, a person needs a mind that deals quickly with high pressure situations and possesses a natural talent for leadership. One needs to be charming, ruthless, and ...

Author : Liz Lafferty I squatted to examine the crime scene. The woman was obviously dead. The alien? Well, there was a wet spot, a round sort of blobbish something lying next to the girl’s body. “What happened here?” “Doc says the girl was suffocated.” “Not ...

Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer The debate was over; it was time for action. Peter Scott grasped the thruster controls and pushed them to their stops. The massive cargo vessel started its slow, terminal, decent toward its target in the southwest quadrant of the ...

Author : Devon McDonough “Relax. Breathe through your nose and count backward from ten,” said the technician. She was wearing a white isolation suit, one gloved hand twisting the flow regulator of the anesthetic, the other on my arm in a sterile and entirely unsuccessful ...