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Reunion

By submission | July 11, 2009
Author : Brian Armitage The field sputtered light, a cloud of particles flashing in waves and sparkles. Edward was surprised, and a little disturbed, at how bright and colorful it was. He looked over at Sandra, the company liaison, with her carefully neutral expression. ...
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Productivity

By submission | July 10, 2009
Author : Steven Odhner I'm staring at the clock. Just staring at it, waiting for it to tick off a minute at which point I will have exactly one hour left of this hell. My brother the crazy artist says I'm not living my life. He says that I've sold my soul. If he knew my ...
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The Long Journey Home

By Patricia Stewart | July 9, 2009
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer “Are you telling me a spaceship really did crash in Roswell in 1947?” asked Dr. Ambien as he panned the badly damaged spaceship that had been laid out in the spacious hangar. “Yes, Doctor. The spaceship contained three aliens, but ...
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Unimagined Fears

By submission | July 8, 2009
Author : M. Tyler Gillett We should have known it was a foolish hope. None of us knew each other, but we recognized each other as members of the same faith. We had all signed up with various cryonics companies, preserving our bodies – or more often, just our post-mortem, ...
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Prima Notte

By Duncan Shields | July 7, 2009
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer Aside from the “more-arms-than-us” thing and the blue colour of their skin, they weren’t as alien as they could have been. They didn’t look like insects or floating blobs, for instance. At first contact, we all conceitedly thought it ...
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Passage

By Stephen R. Smith | July 6, 2009
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Tucker went through the drills with the rest of the squad in a state of meditative indifference. It took focused effort to keep his mech and chem systems in check while still performing well enough to earn one of the dozen seats on the Mars ...
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The End

By submission | July 5, 2009
Author : Todd Hammrich I never thought I’d live to see The End. In fact, the way I figured it, no one should see The End, I mean, that’s why it’s called The End, there is nothing after that, and certainly no one to see it. And yet, here I was. Floating gently in the shuttle. ...
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Dead Men Died For Your Freedom

By submission | July 4, 2009
Author : Lillian Cohen-Moore I died for this country. Then.. ...I came back. Mock me all you want. Say, no, what I mean to say is, "I would have died for this country." Or, "I nearly died for this country." You weren't there, were you? With the grit in your eyes and the ...
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The Amazing Transported Man

By submission | July 3, 2009
Author : David Bradshaw I always believed that magic was simply what science had yet to explain or tame. When Ashford’s empty frame crashed to the ground, the wild forces at work became far more significant. “It’s going to be one of mankind’s defining moments!” Ashford ...
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Morning Rounds

By submission | July 2, 2009
Author : Gavin Raine When he entered the room, Olivia was sitting on the edge of her bed and looking out of the window. He allowed the door to close noisily behind him and waited to see if she would notice, but it was hopeless. She was looking at the gardens without seeing ...
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Close Encounters

By submission | July 1, 2009
Author : Stephen Graham Jones It came like a Buick from the sky but it was on fire or close enough, hot anyway, blistering white and maybe even velour in places, its rocket engine disturbing the neighborhood at a molecular level, at an emotional level, the individual blades ...
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Six Degrees of Separation and the Collapse of the Interstellar Flyway System

By Patricia Stewart | June 30, 2009
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer In the twenty fifth century, scientists were convinced that the longest single jump possible through hyperspace within the spiral arms of the Milky Way was 3.3 parsecs. This limit was the consequence of the density of dark matter and ...
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The Ballad of the Sad Flying Saucer

By submission | June 29, 2009
Author : Kyle Hemmings Another scorched day in Area 51. My job is to keep a surveillance over the “Groom box,” a rectangle of restricted airspace and the large area of land surrounding it. I enforce public restrictions. I also help reverse engineer alien spacecraft. From my ...
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The Meaning of Life?

By submission | June 28, 2009
Author : Michael Varian Daly The Jaruzelski Institute buzzed with quiet excitement. JAIC [pronounced 'Jack'], the Jaruzelski Artificial Intelligence Computer, was coming on line today. Security was high. Many groups, not reassured by statements of 'friendly AI programing', ...
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Updated Expectations

By submission | June 27, 2009
Author : Kevin Jewell I looked up from my screen and was shocked to find the trading floor quiet. When the market was open, that did not happen. Just a moment ago, the floor had been a hectic blur of waving arms and yelling voices; runners hurrying orders from pit to pit, ...
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Behemoth

By submission | June 26, 2009
Author : Helstrom The sense that something was missing had been nagging me ever since I came out of the previous surgery. I always seemed to want to take bigger steps, or see out the sides of my head, or move limbs that weren't there. I felt small and clumsy and soft. The ...
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Foreclosure Sale

By submission | June 25, 2009
Author : D. R. Porterfield "I believe I've found just the property you're looking for, Mr. DelRay," the agent smiled optimistically. Across the broad, polished desk, his client nodded and said, "Show me." "Of course. Let's start with the general area." A holographic map ...
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A Hole in the Web

By submission | June 24, 2009
Author : Todd Hammrich Martin’s Crawler moved along the outside of the web like a giant spider lightly dancing among the thin strings of light that made up its surface. A breach had been made in sector EZ-109 and he was moving with all speed for repairs. The Crawler was a ...
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