The Vesta 600

Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “Dammit Joe, it’s freakin’ freezing in here,” complained Thomas Sampati as he checked the spaceship’s thermostat.” “We’re eight hours behind the Phoenix,” replied Joe. “We need to make a non-traditional course adjustment if we hope to ...

Constance Vyke visits the Archangel – HOLOVID

Author : Sean Wallace “Now, we all look forward to entering the Archangel when we retire, but what about those people who go there before then? Constance Vyke reports on the people who keep Archangel running...” Constance, pretty in a thin, blonde sort of way, starts her ...

Good Humor

Author : Eric Kimball It starts as the faintest quiver of sound, a slight singsong beat carried by the wind. The few stray notes that reach my ears instantly spring to the forefront of my consciousness. “Mother, he’s here!” “Hmm?” Mother replies flatly. The mechanical ...

Life Partner

Author : Bill Lombardi Troy sat by his bedside. Watching. Hours past and then Jon’s eyes slowly opened. “I’m thirsty.” His voice wavered, his strength beginning to ebb. Troy poured him a glass of water and stood by him holding the straw. He took several sips. Coughed. ...

Pleuriopotent

Author : Matthew Banks “It thinks,” said the emaciated man, blinking up at the doctor with red-rimmed eyes. The doctor looked down at him for a moment, then turned to the display mounted on the wall. The multiscan of the man's brain was mostly normal, except for the bright ...

Mood Ring

Author : Richard "Zig" Zagorski Amanda awoke from a deep slumber and saw that her alarm clock would be going off in ten minutes. Not pressing enough to climb out of bed to turn it off just yet, but unfortunately also too little time left to fall back asleep. However it only ...

I Was Born on a Pirate Ship

Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer I got pretty good at morse code after a while. My co-pilot had a beak. The only way we could figure out how to communicate was if he clicked his beak at me in morse code. He was a pretty impatient dude so he did it really fast. He was ...

Daedalus

Author : Cesium Each clutching the other's hand, they waited atop the Green Building. They weren't supposed to be here. No one was. But the tallest building in Cambridge, Massachusetts would soon depart the soil on which it had stood for so long, and they couldn't have ...

Duckling

Author : Ian Rennie When the doctor asked Lacey what he could do for her, she explained everything. She told him about growing up plain, being ignored by boys and teased by girls every day of her school life. She told him about Joey LeMartin's hypnotic blue eyes that never ...

Happy Times

Author : Rob Burton I sip champagne, and snatch a truffle from the waiter’s tray. A flush of excitement rushes through me as a handsome man catches my eye from across the room. A moment to politely disengage himself from his group, and he moves towards me like I am the only ...

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 ...

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