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Contraband

By submission | June 5, 2009
Author : Ian Rennie "Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my apartment?" The man at the window didn't turn to look at Lloyd's outburst. When he spoke, his voice sounded bored. "You know who I am, and if you have any sense, you know why I'm here." Finally he did ...
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Spoils

By submission | June 4, 2009
Author : Clare Tong Lee Elizabeth stared at herself in the mirror as her ladies flittered about twisting her hair into elaborate braids and adorning her with jewellery. In less than an hour they would be docking at the Rammajek spaceport and then they would be out of time. ...
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There Is No Was

By submission | June 3, 2009
Author : Ken McGrath He woke screaming, just as he always did. The chains held him in place, tearing into his flesh, causing his wounds to tear open and start to bleed again. The other place was gone, all that existed now was this horrible twisted metal hole, pumped full of ...
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The Honeymooners

By submission | June 2, 2009
Author : Roi R. Czechvala She squeezed his hand, hard, as the main engines kicked in. His fingers turned white. It was her first launch, their first as husband and wife. “Take it easy Sweetheart. I’ll need that hand later.” “Sorry.” She said, releasing his hand. “Is it ...
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Medic

By Duncan Shields | June 1, 2009
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer I can’t believe that it used to take years and years of real-time school to become a doctor. I slip the jack with the red cross on the dust-cover into the plug at the base of my skull. Just like that, I’m a surgeon, which is good news ...
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That Somniferous Interlude

By submission | May 31, 2009
Author : Zachary Whitten Looking out the plexiglass window, he could see almost all the way across the station. In bed behind him, his Jane sighed and rolled over. She obviously wasn’t a Sardine, her body was too short, her muscles were too big and her skin had the fading ...
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Blue Eyes

By submission | May 30, 2009
Author : Robert Stise He opens his eyes and looks around. His eyes are blue. “Good morning.” I say. He turns and looks at me then out the window at the dark sky. “It is still night.” He says sitting up on the steel table. I don’t even wonder about why they say that any ...
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Opting Out

By submission | May 29, 2009
Author : Adam Zabell It started seven years ago when I was diagnosed with sudden onset electrophoretic meningitis. They had to dope me unconscious, take me off-line, electronically isolate me from the rest of the hospital, force doctors and nurses to use archaic diagnostic ...
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Five Aitch

By submission | May 28, 2009
Author : K° Pittman They stopped at Hatch 5. "In and out, ten minutes, tops. No tourism." Bremmer's gloved hands fluttered over the fittings and straps of Aplon's dull grey outdoor suit, readjusting his rebreather mask and visor. "Righto, pops." Aplon toungued off the mask's ...
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Ignoring the Overlay

By submission | May 27, 2009
Author : J. M. Perkins Jenny sat, tapping her fingers to keep from biting her nails. She was having trouble concentrating. She was having trouble being here and now, in this hot vinyl booth in the retro burger joint. The display contacts in Jenny's eyes flashed red, all ...
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Awakening

By submission | May 26, 2009
Author : Juilan Kehaya It was bright and he couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. William panicked. Every limb tingled like static running through his veins. Something was in his throat. His eyes adjusted, a ceiling, a light. Electric shock forced him to blink. Hadn’t he just been ...
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Duty, Honor, Planet

By Patricia Stewart | May 25, 2009
Author : Patricia Stewart Conflict ('kän-,flikt), noun: The opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to a dramatic action or struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, wishes, or demands. **** “Captain,” announced Lieutenant Harriman at the Tactical ...
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Sunset

By submission | May 24, 2009
Author : Debbie Mac Rory “It’s beautiful” “What is?” Jake looked over at Sara, sitting on the ledge where the window used to be. She was hugging her knees and staring out at the sunset. “The sky. It’s pretty tonight, like someone reached out with a paintbrush and dabbed ...
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Burial at Sea

By submission | May 23, 2009
Author : Steven Odhner It was May when the Highway arrived from some distant place in the Northwest. On the fairly open ground the caterpillar-like monstrosity traveled at the alarming rate of about a mile per day, efficiently clearing away rubble and brush, flattening the ...
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Synchro-City

By submission | May 22, 2009
Author : D. K. Janmaat They breathed in unison. All over the city, all over the planet, the bots were breathing together. They moved and walked and spoke as their individual programming dictated, but their breathing was synchronised, in and out with the constancy of a ticking ...
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The Scan

By submission | May 21, 2009
Author : Helstrom In a flicker, it was gone. I just caught a glimpse of it, not enough to make out anything more than the sweep code overwriting its tracks. It cycled fast. What it left in its wake, though, was unmistakable. Lobotomized subroutines churned through aimless ...
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Righty

By submission | May 20, 2009
Author : Roi R. Czechvala They were on me like white trash on Velveeta. I knew being a courier was risky business, but damn these guys were playing for keeps, and all I had was this lousy Chicom .22 semi-auto. I was in deep kimchee. I should have known this wasn’t a normal ...
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Yes Boss

By Duncan Shields | May 19, 2009
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer “Oh please let me die for you! Please!” said the gleeful soldier in front of me. Soldier. I couldn’t believe we called them soldiers. I mean, she’d had the proper basic training and had passed all the physicals and all that but I don’t ...
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