Author: India Choquette The first word that comes to mind when I think about RE-Gen Beach: fresh. As soon as you step onto the property (see my post on cute protective boots), you’ll immediately feel why a day pass costs so much. You won’t find anything this strong in a ...

Author: David Barber So far, the Time Traveller had found nothing worth collecting. Also, he was being stared at as he walked round the market. He seemed to be the only person dressed in a suit and tie as portrayed in pictures from this time, and while some of the locals ...

Author: Alastair Millar I was between cons and heading down towards Damascus, Arkansas, when I heard the Word. It being Sunday, the holoscreens in the corners of the diner were showing a syndicated broadcast from one of the Texan megachurches. “Welcome, friends! Welcome ...

Author: Mark Renney We spend most of our time within the game. Until less than a year ago, I had been one of the majority and I believed that the opportunities we had were unlimited. It is all right there at our fingertips. All we have to do is simply reach out and grab it ...

Author: Julian Miles,  Staff Writer “Time of death: five twenty-one.” Ben glances away from the clock as the doors of the operating theatre swing open. Three figures in grey suits enter. Following behind them is a cadaver drone. The foremost points to the body on the ...

Author: Rick Tobin Emeril Ainsley leaned his head forward, studying the finer details of a satellite probe’s scanning transmission. Martian storms were quelled, leaving the target crater clear for deployment. “We’ve got a go, team. Let’s make it count. One try. One win.” ...

Author: C.R. Kiegle I was a genius inventor and a foolish woman. I was the mortal to transcend the bounds of my own lifespan and invent time travel, the one to beat that final constraint of the universe. I watched the classic plays of the ancient Greeks as they were first ...

Author: Emily Kinsey I was trapped. I awoke from a dreamless sleep with a start, unsure how the fire started. (Although, if you ask me, it was probably my brother’s fault.) Flames licked through the open bedroom door and thick black smoke obscured the lone bedroom ...

Author: Rosa May M. Bayuga It was one of those days when she thought she had a great sense of smell. Freshly-baked bread, raindrops, laughter, screams and wounds and hurts, she could smell them all. She could smell the smoke from the pyre of fallen leaves that her father ...

Author: Soramimi Hanarejima I’m getting a cup of coffee in the office kitchen when suddenly there you are—as the image of yourself you’ve created by projecting your thoughts into mine—fully occupying my attention the way you always do: with emphatic presence. This time in ...

Author: Majoki Generals like to look good. Even in the 34th century. Even after a thousand years of war. They like polish and shine and finely fitted uniforms, so they like me. Their tailor. Otherwise, how could a simple tailor expect to live through the entire Sidereal War. Only ...

Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer Yet again, we’re a long way from home. As usual, I get everyone’s attention with a short blast of the klaxon, which - also as usual - prompts a round of rude guesswork over the comm as the likelihood of me ever having another sex ...

Author: David Dumouriez The fourth initiation, if you got that far, was where it started. Where you found out what you weren’t. The first was just a basic exercise in establishing the proper mindset. Donning the skins. Adopting that grinning mask. And, let’s face it, if ...

Author: Kevin Eric Paul “Hey. Mister,” a melodious voice called to me. I kept my eyes closed for a moment and did not respond. Confusion. Anxiety. Dread. And a gentle, warm breeze. Bright light penetrating my eyelids. Where am I? I thought. What the devil is going ...

Author: Jørn Arnold Jensen “Do you know who I am?” The question was left hanging in the air. The tiny girl struggled to understand what loomed in front of her; taller than the grown-ups in the kindergarten, and the height accentuated by feet hovering several centimetres ...

Author: Mary Lynne Schuster “I’m stuck.” “You’re not stuck. Just get up,” Dylan said, disgusted. “I feel like I’m stuck,” Sara muttered. She knew she could just – get up. Stand up, get a shower, get dressed, get something to eat. Or do a dish. Just do it! she thought. ...

Author: Karen Schauber The massive harvest table swelled with Soylent, Guinea Fowl, Sicilian oranges, Pule cheese, pandemain, honey, cloves, and black cardamon for the wedding. The dead bride propped in the cathedra. Her garland of Delphiniums shrivelling. A suckling pig, ...

Author: Colm O'Shea He types: I see you around. I’m too shy to say hi, so I’m hiding in this avatar. Hope that’s not creepy. Cyrano-Premium converts: Salutations! One cannot miss your radiance as it sweeps the environment, much as the sun rises and obliterates the stars. ...