Cybtech Disconnect
Author : Joseph Patrick Pascale
An imposing man with the makings of a beard splotched across his face, Garrard skulked down the grimy Philadelphia streets slouched forward as if his muscles were barely contained within his hoodie. He crunched the plastic coffee cups that ...
Third Person
Author : Steven Saus
She is within two hexes before my character notices her perfume. She is approaching from behind. I left-toggle the camera angle back to third person, floating above his head. Minicams hover and spin, filling in the the peripheral things a 120 degree ...
Adolescence
Author : Debbie Mac Rory
“Now commencing system test number twenty-three. Ship designation VX1965, given name Skipper, are you receiving me”.
“Affirmative”
Jacob sighed and knuckled his eyes as his other hand reached to the desk to cradle his warm coffee. He wasn’t looking ...
Phosphorousdimethylbenzaldpotassiumdicholoroethane
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer and J. S. Kachelries
Back in 2023, researchers at the Beijing Chemical Company (BCC) discovered a way to reverse the effects of global warming. It involved using a unique new molecule that converts carbon dioxide into atomic carbon and ...
Pixelator
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer
We called the rich kids ‘Upgrades’.
They were the ones that had been born with all of the benevolent tweaks and cellular advantages that money could buy. Longer life spans, all possible congenital defects erased, optimum health, even ...
What's in a Name?
Author : Helstrom
Paydirt rolled deftly away from the asteroid we'd hid her behind and launched a volley across the Wayfarer's bow. Some junior officer now had the task of rushing the captain out of his cabin. It was exactly those few minutes we used to put all the dominoes ...
Mister Experience
Author : Ross Baxter
The ducting was tighter than expected, and full of choking dust and accumulated detritus. Filth caked my uniform, the billowing clouds of dirt coating the inside of my mouth and making my eyes stream. But I was nearly there. I struggled forwards to the ...
Counseling
Author : Ian Rennie
Richard reached for the jug of water on the coffee table and stopped, face caught between a frown and a smile. He sat back in his chair and spoke to the couple.
"Mrs Lyell, Patricia, you were saying that Thomas had been distant lately."
The woman on the ...
Pan-dimensional Bacon
Author : Samuel Evrard
“Oh. Fuck.” As the blinding light of the teleporter dimmed, Sarin knew she was in trouble. There were a dozen pig faced man-creatures wielding crude clubs in front of her, crowded around a small fire where something was being roasted. She had ...
Amped
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Tanya rested her head on the table sideways, watching the needle slip through the flesh in the crook of her elbow. Dr. Tetler attached a line and hung a clear bag on the I.V. stand beside her.
“We’ll let the saline run for a minute before ...
The Centennialists
Author : Steven Holland
Their time was up – 100 years had past. Fourteen vitrified bodies began the slow warming process. The cryoprotectants that had saved their bodies from the ravages of water’s freezing expansion were slowly pumped out, replaced with fresh blood. The ...
Sometimes We Wake Up Alone
Author : Steven Odhner
I can't stop staring at the massive crater, watching the clouds of dust that blow out past its rim before curling down into the bowl and dissipating. For the hundredth time I wonder why the crater hasn't filled up with water; maybe it just doesn't rain ...
Tattoos
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer
The tattoos writhed.
The tattoos strobed through creatures and colours in time to the music and the backbeat of her heart. They’d flash up in blues and purples, mapping out her internal organs before slashing to a zoom-in of Hercules ...
Aftermath of the Fountain of Youth
Author : Lliir
Mary Ellen Gratcke had never contemplated murder before. She'd never felt so betrayed, helpless, and naked before, either. A mere thought, a flip of a switch, and the killing began. The fluid levels in the special bath that protected her betrayer from the ...
The First Superluminal Data Stream
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer
“You know, Cyrus, you can’t violate the law of causality. Even a freshman Liberal Arts major understands Feinberg’s reinterpretation principle. I swear, if I’ve lugged this receiver out here for nothing, I’m going to kick your ass ...
The Future Was What We Made It
Author : Adam Zabell
Commander Deborah Sagmeiser began the ‘big reveal’ of Project Beta. This briefing used to be a formality which celebrated the human race. She looked across the table at a bespectacled middle-aged man, brought into the fold against her better judgement, ...
Insomnia
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Thirty two years. He’d lost count of the number of homicides.
A Detective for twenty one of those years, John Barrick wished he knew how good he’d had it as a beat cop.
There was no going back now.
John opened the back door of his ...
Malfunction Onboard the Rosetta
Author : Jamison B. Medcalf
Technical officer Jones had had his first job at 12 during the 2127 crash following the Antarctic War. Those were simpler times when perma-jacks that fed the Internet into your brain were less common.
Nowadays only those aboard colony ships got ...
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