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Unusual Methods

By submission | October 27, 2009
Author : Martin Berka Clawed front feet scrape rock away to the sides, while the back ones push forward. A sensor in the brain judges that the distance traveled is satisfactory. A thought — no, a feeling— is released: too little air. The ascent begins. It has copious amounts ...
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Through the Hoop

By Duncan Shields | October 26, 2009
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer It was like a hula hoop hanging in mid air. Looking through it, Todd could detect a little something that looked like a heat shimmer even though the lab was pretty cool. The hoop-gate didn’t hum which was odd considering the amount of ...
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Extreme Synesthesia

By submission | October 25, 2009
Author : Ali Simpson “Sew him up…and we’ll see what happens.” The letters were crunchy and a distinct scent of Fritos wafted from them. Dr. Paul Marshall’s name tag would go great with bean dip, Leroy thought. He smacked his dry lips and squinted against the bright light ...
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Butter Side Up

By submission | October 24, 2009
Author : Sam Davis Personal Log of Dr. Marcus Milton 163 Years After, Archeological dig site 10. This room was different from the last six. In fact, this room was different from anything either John or I had encountered. It took quite some time to even open the door, so ...
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The Dillinger Act

By submission | October 23, 2009
Author : Lillian Cohen-Moore My marriage was a good idea while it lasted. I know my more romantic neighbors, the idealistic journalists who wanted interviews--they all said The Dillinger Act was what ended it. Legally, it's not untrue to say that. Mikaela and I ceased to be ...
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Combat Botanists

By submission | October 22, 2009
Author : William Tracy The moonless night was interrupted by a bright flash of light. A demolition round gouged a neat twenty-meter hole in the jungle. A light jumper craft settled into the fresh clearing. A group of people emerged from the vehicle, lights casting hazy cones ...
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The Titan Consortium

By Patricia Stewart | October 21, 2009
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “Okay, Mister, er…,” Phillip Richfield glanced at his monitor, “Rousseau, what’s the crisis? Is something wrong with the orbital elevator pump?” Soren Rousseau, one of the many “facilitators” hired by The Greenhouse Gas Project, had ...
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Vendetta

By submission | October 20, 2009
Author : Ken McGrath I’m taking my time, figuring it’s best to be patient. By letting him feel secure and safe he’ll never suspect what’s happening. Never realise that I've been slowly bleeding him dry all this time, running him to bodily ruin. I read something once about ...
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Dark Side of the Sun

By featured writer | October 19, 2009
Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Featured Writer Klaxons screamed inside the ship as she plunged into the Sun. The three crew members on the main flight deck were violently shaken in their couches. Their Kevlar straps strained under the onslaught. “We’re entering the upper ...
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The Scar in the Universe

By submission | October 18, 2009
Author : Matthew Edwin Terry Everything that is, everything that was, is destined for vacuity. It is the undeniable future of all existence. It is the predetermined course of all cognitive dominions. As the many galactic commonwealths before, stretching and grasping at the ...
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Spotted

By submission | October 17, 2009
Author : Ryon Moody A knock at the door caused Gerald to drop the book he was perusing. Carefully keeping out of sight of the large bay windows that fronted the house, he looked through the peep hole. A thin, older man in a disheveled herringbone sport-coat was standing there ...
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Chronovore

By Duncan Shields | October 16, 2009
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer

I hunt the Time Killers.

I am the person they call in when they have a chronovore infestation. These creatures are bright blue and frog-like with the giant faceted eyes of an insect. Millilocular lenses, each one seeing progressively ...

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You're In Good Hands

By submission | October 15, 2009
Author : Martin Berka The young man walks into the room. I know what he's going to say. He looks at me, trying to form the words. "Can you...understand me?" he asks, self-consciously. "That is the least of what I can do," I reply, choosing to use the voice and image of a ...
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Oops

By submission | October 14, 2009
Author : William Tracy Philip had never been very interested in history. If he had been, he might have known about the Fertile Crescent in the ancient Middle East. He might have known how, paradoxically, a barren desert became the birthplace of agriculture. In a parched ...
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Faces

By submission | October 13, 2009
Author : David Richey There it is again. That face. It’s there every morning when I look in the mirror. Staring back at me. I suppose I should be grateful. Not everyone gets this privilege. You have to be judged morally sound and of benefit to the population to be ...
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The Green Hills of Mars

By featured writer | October 12, 2009
Author : Roi R. Czechvala, Featured Writer When the last Earthmen landed on the Martian surface, they would have sworn they were suffering from some form of mass hallucination or hysteria. Perhaps the ship had taken a hit from a micro meteor and the crew was succumbing to ...
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Roland

By submission | October 11, 2009
Author : David Burkhart “Jones! I want your squad to patrol to the far end of sector 6. Don’t engage the enemy unless attacked. We just want to know what’s out there. And take the Roland with you. I know Roland’s new and you haven’t been briefed on all of his capabilities but ...
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Warfare

By submission | October 10, 2009
Author : Chris Faulkner The generals stood in their finest uniforms looking at the war raging on the planet below. Despite being so far above the planet, an occasional bright flash could be seen. A large display showed troop movements and readouts along with live streaming ...
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