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Wage-Slave Avatar

By submission | September 21, 2008
Author : Ryan Somma Ng's eyes were straining as far as they could go in their sockets to get a look at the brand new shiny avataris sapiens parked at the end of the conference room table. His client's attention was on the current speaker, a real-life sales person local to the ...
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit…

By submission | September 20, 2008
Author : Peter Carenza APRIL 14, 2065 3:30 AM The phone startled Lofton out of a restless sleep. He poked the speaker button. “Lofton.” “We’ve got a situation Delta at the compound, Rick…. It’s a runner. This is serious.” “Do you have any idea where he’s headed?” “We’re ...
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Blood and Ozone

By submission | September 19, 2008
Author : Steven C. Rockoff There was no blood, just the smell of ozone. That’s the thing about lasers. They’re cold, impersonal, and efficient; like a seductive bureaucrat. There is something comforting about blood, about seeing your life escape. But here I was, flung on ...
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Red Shift

By submission | September 18, 2008
Author : Ben Spivey 10:25am, on the wall hung an old analog clock. The second hand ticked once forward then once back; the battery was close to dead. Josh sat in front of his pc; its glow illuminated his sharp face. Behind him his fiancé slept under a neon blue blanket. Her ...
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Conspiracy Theory

By submission | September 17, 2008
Author : William Tracy The president leaned back into the couch on Air Force One with a smile and a sigh. She had been in office for only a month, but she was already getting used to the perks. The secretary of defense cleared his throat. “Mrs. President, we need to ...
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Dust Bowl, Day 704

By submission | September 16, 2008
Author : Josh Zingg Ariston crunched his way along Access-01 toward what was left of the capitol, keeping his head down and goggles tight over his eyes. The wind surged at him, and he felt its coarse touch wearing away his spirit. Wasn't much left to wear, these days. He ...
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Human

By Duncan Shields | September 15, 2008
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer It seemed a little silly to admit but I had gotten quite attached to the program that I was loading. I had it start in full surround. Suddenly, I stood at the top of a steep hill. He appeared before me. Doug was his name. The ...
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Windows to the Soul

By submission | September 14, 2008
Author : JY Saville "Iridescent," she said without looking. "Aren't they?" Henry Deaton shook his head, exasperated that his wife still couldn't remember the colour of his eyes. "Never mind," he replied. He raced up on deck and peered through the reinforced bubble covering ...
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Airplane

By submission | September 13, 2008
Author : William Tracy I am an airplane. The wind whistles down my fuselage as I soar in the bright sky, the earth spread beneath me. I pull a barrel roll for the sheer joy of it, weave through an invisible slalom course in the sky. A voice crackles in my mind. “You aren’t ...
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Romeo Uniform November

By Stephen R. Smith | September 12, 2008
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Claire cleared the fire-doors just moments before they sealed the lab. She knew they would hold for a while, but still ran down the corridor dragging the unconscious Doctor behind her. He out-massed her by a wide margin, but she severely ...
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Good Help is Hard to Find

By submission | September 11, 2008
Author : Chrysta Lea Baker “Good help is so hard to find these days,” Roberta said as she sat back in the chair and watched as the technician painted on a metallic finish to her toenails. “I mean I’ve really had a terrible time finding a reliable and hardworking servant ever ...
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The Nerd Harvest

By submission | September 10, 2008
Author : Ryan Somma "You're angry." "I’m not angry, I’m frustrated." "If you're frustrated, that usually means you’re about to learn something." "Don’t quote Philo to me. You know I hate it when you quote Philo." "I'm just trying to think this through like he would do. ...
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Portrait of an Android Hunter as a Child

By submission | September 9, 2008
Author : Leslie Smith I did just what Mommy always told me to do. I got off the bus, said goodbye to the plastic person driver, and walked straight home. I wanted to get home as soon as I could 'cause Mommy said she was gonna bring me a surprise from the ice cream store. I ...
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The Terraforming Equation

By Patricia Stewart | September 8, 2008
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer (Concept by Moebius) “You can’t abandon the project now,” protested Williamson, the Senior Planetary Engineer for the Chacopa Terraforming Project. “We created those life forms. They’ll die if we abandon them.” “Perhaps,” replied ...
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Little Blue Pills

By submission | September 7, 2008
Author : Lokon Richard was forty, paunchy and balding when he came home early and found Susan on the bed they shared. The thing on her and in her was a vibrating mass of warm rubberized orgasm; moving in and out of-across her, her eyes and ears were hidden behind the goggles ...
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Space Muffin

By submission | September 6, 2008
Author : Nik Gregory

The mess hall bustled around Harris; it was like a flock of vultures who had just found an overturned meat truck. Possession yields not only extended onto property but onto food too, woe betide anyone who gets the last muffin.

“All I’m saying ...

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Malice Aforethough

By Sam Clough | September 5, 2008
Author : Sam Clough, Staff Writer "Elass, check your drones. I think they're goofing off." "Thanks, Laurie. They're on target now." The fleet was deep in the 'gravel' region of the asteroid belt. Elass was dragging in the larger chunks for processing, Laurie was filtering ...
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Time and Space

By submission | September 4, 2008
Author : Rayne Adams I stole a lightspeed cruiser today. Went flying. Found Ancient Egypt. You learn in school that time and space are the same interchangeable abstract, but no one really believes it. You walk three steps, you move forward in space and in time, but if you ...
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