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Plan B
Shane jerked awake at his desk with a look of horror on his face.
It was late at the laboratory. He’d been going over calibrations on the atmosphere processing equipment prototypes that he’d designed. There was full funding for NASA and ...
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
“Objection, your honor; asked and answered,†stated the defense attorney.
“Sustained,†replied the judge. Then addressing the plaintiff’s attorney, “Move on, counselor.â€
“Your honor,†he protested, “the ...
Ashes to Ashes
The high preacher approached the lone figure at the front of the hall of remembrances. He passed gases through his membranes in such a manner, that if he were human, would have been called a polite cough. The particle entity turned it’s ...
The Trifid Nebula
The UES Celeste coasted into the outskirts of the Trifid Nebula, and pulled alongside two stationary vessels that were tethered to each other. Captain Briggs studied the view screen suspiciously. “Well chief, what do you make ...
Koshka
“This is the last call for evacuation. Everyone must leave. Go to the park for water, food, and medical care. If you cannot move, call out or make a noise, and we will help you.â€
Spaceman Kuzmin tried not to look at the bloated red sun as ...
A Modern Girl
Murphy took a bench and pulled a paperback from his coat pocket. He dialed down his shades to read better, and sipped his coffee. After a few pages, he became aware of a presence on the bench next to him.
"Oh, wow. Paper. You drive gas, too, ...
Solving the Stealth Problem
“Hey boss, can you come down to the lab? Ah, the prototype has disappeared.â€
“It’s supposed to, you idiot. That’s what stealth technology does.â€
“Sorry, sir, I didn’t mean to say it disappeared. I ...
Failed Mission
The air scrubbers were failing. Generators were running at less than fifteen percent. Only one large bio dome and four of the sixty life support shelters remained of the mission complex.
Father Nandres died a week ago and there was no one left who ...
37 Hands
37 hands. Zed shook his head. The 84 candidates running for President were asked if they believed in Sixism, and only 37 raised their hands.
He couldn’t believe this debate was still going on. For years they had assumed that the Manhattan ...
Displacement
Crumpled Space
“How’s this thing work?†asked Dean O’Banion, the man Alan Mitchell had reluctantly asked to come to Seattle to bankroll his invention that could provide the world with unlimited, cheap, green energy. Although O’Banion ...
Left
"I'd like to order an arm, please. Left, if you have them. I've always liked left arms."
"Certainly, sir. Have a seat while -- oh, my apologies, that was quite rude of me."
"Think nothing of it. It's by choice, not by circumstance; ...
Getting Old
When new Aunt Sally arrived, David had just one question burning in his brain. He managed to make it all the way through her visit before it came out.
“What happened to old Aunt Sally?†he asked.
“She’s gone on to a wonderful ...
The Oceans of Jupiter
The USS Jovian Explorer skimmed above the turbulent cloud tops of Jupiter’s upper atmosphere. The large clamshell doors on its underbelly slowly opened and locked into position. Moments later, the restraining clamps released ...
Explaining the unexplained
"But what is it?" asked Brian. He was examining the softly humming sphere on the table with skepticism.
"I told you, it's an explanitarium. I invented it!" I said again with more than a little pride and just a little impatience.
"And what, exactly, ...
Beyond Beliefs
It was always the same, Bojorn counted on it, and he was never disappointed. He had fine tuned the process over time, but the basics were still the same. Part of this tuning had been to add an anthropologist to his crew, and it had made the selection go ...
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