Spot
The thing shrieked like a badly tuned violin.
“It’s been making those sounds for days nowâ€, the woman said. The white-robed man nodded absentmindedly; he was unable to tear his eyes away from the creature on the examining table.
A ...
The Star Prince
Just Like Everyday
You awake; the familiar smell of synthetic, processed food greets you. The pneumatic tube has delivered three packages of food. They contain artificial eggs, sausage, and pancakes today, just like every day. You, Stackhouse, and Sergeant Zimmerman begin ...
An Android's Story
The wind blew fiercely from behind him, ruffling his long chestnut colored hair and brushing it over his eyes. Absentmindedly he took his slender fingers and pushed the shoulder-length strands aside, hardly putting thought to the bellowing gales coming from the ...
Sun Surfing
The red vinyl of the gearshifter was warm from conducting the engine heat. I readjusted my grip on the softening plastic and aimed for the sun. This was gravity surfing at its finest.
The cab of my surfship was alive with luck ...
Freedom Pets
Tom Rush (D-Massachusetts) squatted and hugged his Labrador-Beagle mix at the perfect angle for the camera to see just how much he loved his dog.
“Mashudu is the luckiest dog in the world and I am so proud to play a part in what has been one of the ...
Pinups
"B83-1 was the human designation for the devices. We first thought the images might be related to the trigger mechanism, but it isn't so," explained Intelligence Reporter PLOF-873 as he followed his commander into the storage bunker. "We have the human leader ...
Slice Street
Slice Street is the place to be on a weekend. Part time med students scurry out of university complexes to ply the skills they picked up during classes for a few marks. The sounds of nipping, tucking, and all variety of additions can be heard all over. When ...
An Imperial Promulgation
Hold Hell at Bay
God the Pilot
Two-Hands passed the biofilter test, allowing him into the cockpit to talk to God. The door to God’s house irised open and he stepped through.
Two-Hands had the gross overbite and mental retardation that went hand in hand with the ...
Annabet
Psychic Partners
Before I received my emo chip, I guess I thought I would feel my own emotions and those of the other person as distinct and separate. Somehow, it never quite worked that way.
* * *
“David Woodward,†the bald man in the lab jacket read the ...
Dragon
They called him Dragon. I never understood why until I saw one of his “showsâ€â€”the little gatherings in the dark alley behind the pub. Some folks traveled over from Warshire or Bromley to see the muscled lad, a man no older than twenty-five, who ...
Solution for a Whole Man
“It’s a symbiotic relationship,†explained the salesman, sliding open deep red curtains that lined three of the four building walls. The door and windows to the street were all on the remaining fourth. When the curtains danced back ...
Bugs
(Dark sludge slides across the matte surface like an oil spill. Hands reach down, grip and...)
...effects of the sickgun weren't wearing off like he'd hoped. Joya whimpered from the back seat. She'd taken the worst of it: twelve seconds of flashing ...
New Beginnings
The receptionist smiled. “It’s the third corridor on your left, opposite marriage counselling. Dr Sarkoski is expecting you in his office. That’s room 24.†Simon dutifully thanked the receptionist and followed her instructions. He knocked on the clouded ...
Forever and Ever, Amen
The carriage stopped at the entrance to the NASA Space Propulsion Laboratories and the Grand Inquisitor of the State of Florida strode forth into the facility sending scientists scurrying like frightened chickens. They all knew why he was there: Dr. ...
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