The Locus is the focal point of our operation. It exists for a period of one year, at the south pole of the nascent earth. That year is constantly recycled: we've been in operation for twenty-four years, subjective. Geologically speaking, we leave ...

”Say what you want”, said Shane to the house A.I., “ever since the war, this part of the world has spectacular sunsets.” He was on a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean.

“Incoming. Three sigs.” stated the house ...

Fear gripped his guts! Fear turned his spine to water! Fear packed his bowels with ice and made his fingers tremble! That's what Jim thought he should be feeling, but instead his mind was a blank white eternity with a billboard in the middle and written on the ...

"Oh!" Justice jumped, spilling the two hundred year-old cabernet all over his ratty clothes. "Y'know what we got here, fellas?"

The other two looked at him. He was grinning like a fool, strings of diamonds draped over his neck and clothes dark with ...

“I mean, what I’m saying is,” he said, “is that going skinny dipping never killed anyone.”

Her eyes trembled back for a second and her look softened to a vacancy that let him know that she was accessing.

“Brandy and ...

"There's a bug in my drink," said the customer.

I lifted the glass and held it to the light. Sure enough, a little fly floated midway, almost obscured by the amber liquid.

"Sorry about that." I poured him a replacement, and he went back to his ...

Kala waited till the sun rose above the mountains, and then got up out of the dirt to find Awn. Kala was covered in dirt and dust, some of which had gotten into the metal shoes that were locked to her feet. Awn was standing in a stream, cleaning ...

The host of the very popular holovision show slithered to the center of the stage. The thunderous ovation of 1500 tails pounding on the floor died away as the host’s three antennae motioned them to quiet down. The holocameras panned slowly from the ...