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The Metaphorical Car For The New Generation

By submission | January 28, 2007
Author : Idan Cohen

The car was like lightning beneath the curve of his body, electricity and steam pumping in unholy unison to create a movement that was never meant for mortal men. Cities flashed by the windows, kaleidoscopic – Petrograd, Birmingham, Chicago, Tel Aviv, a ...

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Dealing with the devil

By submission | January 27, 2007
Author : V.L. Ilian

“Have you come to a decision?”

The voice of the negotiator is breaking my concentration. Just like I’ve been told… it’s a fair deal but I can’t help feeling like I’m selling my soul.

“Some feel that they’re selling themselves but ...

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Strings

By submission | January 26, 2007
Author : Kate Thornborough

David was able to make the transition as soon as he finished University. I’ve been in Secondary for a little more than seven years. I should have undergone the transition years ago. If only my brain was faster. Everyone else in my compound can perform ...

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History Redux

By submission | January 25, 2007
Author : Allen McGill

LEADER was about to impart; hoards of followers pressed toward the sanctified podium in the domed plaza, along the warren of tunnels leading from it, and on every crag and terrace where the stentorian resonance could be felt. The silence of static thousands ...

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SC Bounty

By submission | January 24, 2007
Author : L. Hall

Martin’s hand waved lazily at the string of scented smoke that hung in the air. The tent smelled of sand and hot breezes, mixed with heady aromas of spices and metal. The mines on Cypress 304 provided the Wan Military with their massive ships, but the ...

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Space Colony Delta

By submission | January 23, 2007
Author : Patricia Stewart

Space Colony Delta was the largest manned spacecraft in history. It was a three-mile in diameter donut that rotated in the most stable location in the Earth-Moon system, the Lagrange L4 position. The population of 12,176 souls lived and worked in the six ...

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Serene

By submission | January 22, 2007
Author : V.L. Ilian

With only a beep the small wrist recorder came to life extending its minute sensors.

“Casefile 2501 /12– Primary analysis of crimescene. Hello Neko… what do we have today?”

A rather tall man in a containment suit approached. “Well ...

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Big Surprises

By submission | January 21, 2007
Author : Rollin Jeglum

“Sam, would you check the sensor detection module? Some of the readings are scrambled.”

“Sure, no problem. Any specifics?”

“Try the logic board in slot A3. I’ve switched to backup already.”

- - - - - - - -

Mining ...

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A Peace of your Mind

By submission | January 20, 2007
Author : Martin Spernau

I was in deep trauma when I first met her.

They had suspended me from active duty after cutting me from the remains of my fighter six days after the battle in deep void. Recreation! But the war wasn't over! It was my duty to fight, to protect ...

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Singularity

By submission | January 19, 2007
Author : Aelanna Cessara Within a fraction of a second of its birth, it had already consumed its environment in its entirety, every last nook and cranny and crack available to it, and already it hungered for more. With blinding speed, it expanded, met the barrier that had meant to ...
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Sierra and Blackie

By submission | January 18, 2007
Author : S. Clough (Hrekka) "...you see, the Commonwealth is actually a net exporter, primarily of unprocessed ores and foodstuffs..." Michael Struss was the regional ambassador for the Nomad Republic. His job had been easy in the past, just a simple admin job on a backwater world. ...
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Little Brother

By Stephen R. Smith | January 17, 2007
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Marcus leaned, hands shoulder width apart on the pipe steel railing, looking down upon his brothers vacated domain. He'd been gone three weeks, and yet the tear inside was as raw now as it had been when the call had finally come from the ...
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Under New Management

By submission | January 16, 2007
Author : Benjamin Fischer

For her display of courage of the highest order in the defense of Mother Diana, Mariel was given a promotion and command of the newest space station in all of Luna’s territories. There were still bullet holes and bloodstains on the bulkheads, and the ...

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Virus

By submission | January 15, 2007
Author : Duncan Shields

It wasn’t the blood or their still-staring eyes that did it. It was the smile I could feel fading on my cheeks. My throat hurt like I’d screamed myself hoarse and the muscles in my face hurt like I’d been laughing for hours. Everyone in the department ...

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Knock Knock

By submission | January 14, 2007
Author : Lauren L. Wheeler

I walk to the front door, rubbing sleep out of my eyes.

"Hello?" I say, trying to look through the peephole, but it's so dark, I can't make out anything. And now everything's silent.

It's 3:14 in the morning, so everything should be silent. ...

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Into Ye Bodies Ye Go

By submission | January 13, 2007
Author : Pyai (aka Megan Hoffman)

Three years and two continents later, they reunited in an airport in Nairobi. As far as airports go, it was one of the worst they could have picked. The dust blew in and aluminum clusters of waste rolled into the traps the homeless set up to catch ...

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When The Sunlight Is No More

By submission | January 12, 2007
Author : V.L. Ilian

The vault doors closed unceremoniously under the gaze of thousands. The sound of the heavy machinery could still be heard for a few moments but people turned away from the massive gates. On the platform stood several men whose faces everybody ...

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One in a Trillion

By submission | January 11, 2007
Author : Josh Romond

“One more time. CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?”

“Ugh, would you please STOP already?”

“H-hello?”

“Did it ever occur to you that simply no one’s interested in what you have to say?”

“You can hear me! You can hear my ...

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