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Go out with a Bang

By submission | March 2, 2008
Author : Christopher Kueffner

“I thought you didn’t smoke,” she asked.

“I did, and I quit,” he replied through a bluish cloud, “but it seems an appropriate time to pick up the habit again.”

“Really,” she drew the word out as if stretching it like ...

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Parasite

By submission | March 1, 2008
Author : Lucas Atkinson

In my dream I am wandering through Babylon. Prostitutes linger on every street, thieves wait at every corner. Barefoot children look at me as I pass; shopkeepers watch me too, from shadowed doorways, behind flags and tables piled with weapons and fruit. In ...

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Secrets of the Universe

By submission | February 29, 2008
Author : Scott E Meyer

"Some of what you are about to read you will think is science fiction, " said the front of the dust jacket, "But I assure you, dear reader, that it is not. It is based on sound scientific principles with which we are all familiar." Edgar skipped on. The book ...

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The Supaida Snare

By Patricia Stewart | February 28, 2008
Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer

The SS Furai was traveling at warp three through the Supaida Sector on a survey mission to look for planets that were suitable for human colonization. A decade earlier, an unmanned probe had passed through the sector and reported numerous ...

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Constant Cravings

By submission | February 27, 2008
Author : Catherine Preddle

Wheeze.

I struggle to snatch a breath, wondering with each one if I’ll get the chance to have another. Life’s never felt so fleeting and basic as I fight with its raw elements, breathing and trying to keep the blood pumping round my withered ...

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Special School

By Duncan Shields | February 26, 2008
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer

When we were both sixteen, we made a pact. We said to each other that we would never race ahead without each other. Now we’re eighteen and I barely see you.

I’ve had a whole arsenal installed in my arms and head. You cook the food in ...

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Moving On

By submission | February 25, 2008
Author : Paul Starkey

Vivienne awoke after nine, but lazed in bed for another hour before finally getting up and padding to the window.

The curtains drawn she had a perfect view of the garden, the tree branches hung with golden leaves, a carpet of leaves coating the ground, ...

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Survivor of Olympus Mons

By submission | February 24, 2008
Author : Neil Griffith

Allan sighed and took a deep breath.

“I’m from the Olympus Mons colony, I was a kid when it happened.”

‘It’ didn’t require any explanation, all the worlds knew of Olympus Mons. With over 3000 people tragically killed, it was the ...

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Domestically Disabled

By submission | February 23, 2008
Author : Steven Saus

Inside, she was free.

Her consciousness flitted from desktop to watch to media player. Her sight was composited from surveillance videos, streaming webcams, and a million stuttering stills uploaded from cameraphones. She flexed her arms, and cranes swung ...

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Observation

By J.R. Blackwell | February 22, 2008
Author : J.R. Blackwell, Staff Writer

"I'm not one of your lab monkeys, I'm your investor, so don't give me any more of your scientific jargon." Mr. Bates pointed his cowboy hat at Dr. Copenhagen. "Don't tell me about electrons, tell me about how your machine will send Leroy ...

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To Whom It May Concern

By submission | February 21, 2008
Author : Jason Frank

Dear Fontilibus Corporation rescue crew, space explorers, other would be rescuers, or whom it may concern,

How are you?

Good, I hope. Whether or not you've found my remains,it should be clear to you that I've been better. If I were alive, we would ...

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Ansatz

By Kathy Kachelries | February 20, 2008
Author : Kathy Kachelries, Staff Writer Most of them come at night. They assume that their objective would be easier to complete while the target was fast asleep, so we increase security at dusk: three guards outside of the bedroom door and two inside, and another dozen on patrol. ...
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Adjustment

By Stephen R. Smith | February 19, 2008
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Kurtis leaned back in the broad oak chair, his head gently throbbing. He let his gaze wander from the ordered stacks of papers on his desk to the expanse of woodland visible through the loft window. God he loved this place. So many memorable things ...
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Second Coming

By Duncan Shields | February 18, 2008
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer

I’ve gone over and over that time with the shrinks here on the ground. It was a time-sensitive mission to repair satellite Oricus-11. We were on schedule and nothing was in the red. We were in the pipe, five by five and on ...

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Dinner Date

By submission | February 17, 2008
Author : Steven Saus

"Make your own damn dinner."

He coughed, sputtering foam from his after-work beer onto the cluttered endtable. She showed no signs of malfunction. There were no sparks, no telltale wisps of smoke from the delicate wires in her wrists. Her voice utterly ...

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The Governor

By submission | February 16, 2008
Author : Chris Peterson

I look down at the seat as I climb into the car.

“Well, get in honey,” says a lady entering from the other side. An attractive lady. She’s talking to another attractive lady in a familiar pink outfit, and the familiar pink pillbox hat ...

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Brought to You With Limited Commercial Interruption

By submission | February 15, 2008
Author : Michael Herbaugh a.k.a. "Freeman"

Tonight at 8:00 Eastern, 9:00 Central – 11 hour delay on the Lunar Colonies

HT-MA

Warning – this broadcast contains real battlefield footage, viewer discretion is advised.

This program is broadcast in ...

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Veteran of the [CLASSIFIED] Wars

By submission | February 14, 2008
Author : Joshua Reynolds

VETERAN OF THE [CLASSIFIED] WARS

I/We are/am the last survivor. Hodge-podge helter-skelter jigsaw man/men/woman/women. I/We am/are not sure there's anything left of me/us. I/We sit in this red, red room, alone with my/our thoughts. All of them. ...

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