Human Integration
Author : Sam Clough, Staff Writer
"I cannot sing the old songs, the songs I sang so long ago..."
Guin kicked her heels, muttering the misremembered words to herself. She hadn't changed. She still looked as young as ever: her dark skin was as flawless as it had ever been. For ...
War Games
Author : Phillip English
It began with the PC release of Armageddon.
No, it's not what you're thinking, the kids didn't rise up and swallow us with anarchist notions imbued through Satanic images found in a video game. The violence presented in that game was simply ...
Idle
Author : Robert Niescier
When the captain sent the message, he wasn’t thinking of the texture of the button his finger had depressed. He didn’t hear the low bass of the shields as they were freely deactivated, allowing missiles long kept at bay to whisper through the fading dust. ...
The Aquarium
Author : William Tracy
“The commander will see you now.”
King Kôrtof stepped through the doorway. His body was adorned with precious metals and gems, a show of power. Planet Tokonia had little to boast of but its mineral wealth—even as that wealth was rapidly becoming a ...
Space-Time Amnesia
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer
As I slowly regained consciousness, I became aware that my universe was a black, soundless void. Then the thought “where am I?” popped into my mind. I couldn’t remember my name, or what I looked like, but surprisingly, I had knowledge of many ...
A Good Run While It Lasted
Author : Michael Varian Daly
Roegher was dying, which he did not think a tragedy. Everyone was dying one way or another. He was just dying a bit faster and, as he was The Last True Man, his impending death was 'special'.
He had actually been 'dying' for nearly a century ...
Face the Face
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Erik had been in this room before, although it seemed smaller this time.
"Please, Lieutenant Skane, have a seat." The room's other occupant was well weathered, maybe not retirement age, but close to it. The bars on his uniform, like the ...
Carl, the Cubical King
Author : J.R. Blackwell, Staff Writer
Before the Fall, your father was what they called a temp worker, which means he was hardly anyone at all. Temp workers are like the kitchen boy, every day they show up, hoping there is work, and getting paid in scraps and ribbons.
Your ...
The Amazing Outer-Space Adventures of Mark Jackson and Tellis Lynne
Author : S. C. Wells
“Over there. See it?” Tellis’ gaze followed Mark’s pointing finger toward the last planet in the system they were passing through. The surface was invisible, covered entirely by a glowing cloud, deep blue streaked with iridescent greens and yellows and ...
Freedom is Not…
Author : Trip Venturella
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
-Mohandas Ghandi
Asher was heavy. Not fat, as it was impossible, borderline illegal, to be fat any more (for health safety, of course), but heavy.
He had spent the ...
No Logo
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer
The body on the mattress had been there for a while.
She was laying face-down. The pooling blood had left her back unnaturally pale. I knew that when we flipped her stiffly over, the front of her would be a dark maroon. One of her arms ...
The New Pilot
Author : Michael "Freeman" Herbaugh
It was time. The ship was on course for a slow burn into atmosphere, which it hadn’t done in over a millennium. Though Lars had every confidence that the ship would make it, his palms were slick holding the yoke which adjusted attitude ...
Glad
Author : J.R. Blackwell, Staff Writer
My family made me a robot.
“Your sister needed your lungs!” my mother cried, when I ask about my body. “She needed so much.”
My sister and I were both in the crash, our hover cars smashed into a building three stories over street ...
Yer Own Beeswax
Author : Pete Hayward
Wading through the long grass, her eyes and nose prickled by pollen, Erin could hear the thrum of helicopters in the distance. She knew they would soon catch her. As she approached the wire fence, she knew there was no escape; that she had lead them to ...
Relationship
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer
My favourite time is just before dawn while she still sleeps. I stretch out, savour the crisp night air, feel the coolness of the sheets against our naked flesh. Soon the earth will turn us to face the sun again, and I'll feel the warmth as its ...
Coming Home
Author : Leslie Smith
Hi there. Oh..you have a question? Someone at school said we were going somewhere? After dinner honey. No? Now? Okay, sit very still and I will tell you a story.......
Once, very long ago, we lived with our mother. She was large and round. She fed and ...
Desire
Author : John Kuhn
Bata stood beside Danny and held out his soda. The game blared in front of him.
Danny glanced at her.
“Thanks,” he smiled, wondering if the smile really mattered.
“You’re welcome.”
He took the drink and relished the sound of ice cubes clinking against ...
La Valse de Capitaine Merroux
Author : Luke Chmelik
We were about to set in for refitting in the drydocks of Neptune when Capitaine Merroux of the Frégate Royaux Joyeuse came forth with a grand announcement. There would be a night of revelry in her private quarters, a formal ball to commemorate the ...
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