The Kite Maker
When an alien walks into a human kite maker’s store, coveting her kites, the human struggles with her guilt over her part in the alien massacres…
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He Sang the Flowers to Freedom, by Amal Singh – Translunar Travelers …
archived 15 Aug 2022 15:49:05 UTC
He Sang the Flowers to Freedom, by Amal Singh
Your Esteemed Majesty Samrat Maurya, All the suns in all the worlds must hide their glow, so bright may the Empire shine. With these words, I offer you peace and great health.
Endnote, by Susan Taitel – Translunar Travelers Lounge
archived 15 Aug 2022 15:46:25 UTC
Endnote, by Susan Taitel
“How many times have I had the misfortune to die?” Juliet falls into her chair with a dramatic toss of her head. “As many times as the rest of us.” Desdemona rolls her eyes.
The Truth Hunter, by Thea Cooke – Translunar Travelers Lounge
archived 15 Aug 2022 15:39:16 UTC
The Truth Hunter, by Thea Cooke
Truths are vile beasts with needle-like fangs. They prefer to nest in the dark, but once they mature and come to light, they grow exponentially and devour all creatures in their path. The cold-bloo…
Moonville: Death Waltzes in the Sea of Tranquillity - 365tomorrows
Author: Hari Navarro, Staff Writer Silicon ash flutes through ink and glints as ascending blackened leaves in my wake. I can hear my vertebrae as they torque. I hear them and the chatter shatters as they arch. I hear them even as my ears sear from my head and the torque turns to a gut-spat […]
Moonville: Death Waltzes in the Sea of Tranquillity - 365tomorrows
archived 11 Aug 2022 14:26:56 UTC
Cabin Fever - 365tomorrows
Author: Letícia Piroutek Hayden slams the door of his underground metal shoebox. Technology my ass. Everything is cramped and he can hear his neighbors yelling as if they’re inside his “apartment”. It consists of a sink with artificial water that tastes like plastic no matter how many flavor tablets you add to it, one single […]
The Eraser - 365tomorrows
Author: Mark Renney Tanner’s job was to remove the evidence, to wipe away the traces. He considered this task as necessary, that he was an essential part of the system and for more than forty years Tanner’s belief in the system hadn’t wavered. He had remained resolute, diligent and effective. Although he remembered all the […]
Boltzmann's Brain - 365tomorrows
archived 11 Aug 2022 14:22:34 UTC
Boltzmann's Brain - 365tomorrows
Author: Calum Strachan It was an overwhelmingly unlikely occurrence. Somewhere at the end of time, as the universe approached uniformity, a localised phenomenon sprung out of the thin and fragile space. Purely by chance, the particles that had drifted alone for so long coalesced all at once with pugilistic violence and grace. Colliding atoms inadvertently […]
Seventeeners - 365tomorrows
Author: Andrew Dunn They come every seventeenth year. Momma says they are evil, each one a little piece of hell called forth by her ex-husband to torment springtime before summer’s heat dries our corner of Georgia to a crisp. “Cicadas.” Molly said. “They’re just bugs.” Molly was unshouldering her bra in my bedroom, and then […]
The Customer is Always... - 365tomorrows
archived 11 Aug 2022 14:18:07 UTC
The Fungilarity - 365tomorrows
archived 11 Aug 2022 14:18:48 UTC
The Fungilarity - 365tomorrows
Author: Majoki “A synaptic map of the brain.” “Social media pathways on the Internet.” “A spider web. If the spider had taken acid.” The program director waited as each volunteer gave their interpretation of the sprawling diagram being displayed in the research center’s conference room. “A force much more powerful than any robot overlords we […]
The Customer is Always... - 365tomorrows
Author: Jae Miles, Staff Writer The tennis-court sized office is lit like a summer afternoon. Everything within is red, but each item is a different shade. “You must tell me who makes those soft ownership collars for you. I’ve only seen that shade of purple once before.” Rooney turns to meet the six-eyed gaze of […]
Reality Like an Onion - 365tomorrows
archived 11 Aug 2022 14:14:48 UTC
Meta - 365tomorrows
Author: Majoki Her eyes were oceans of possibility. Blue and depthless. And I was shipwrecked. A fallen eyelash crushed the sails and within moments my ship foundered in the shoals of the iris. When I climbed, half drowned, upon the pupil, I was looking straight down into her optic nerve. I almost puked. Which is […]
Gossamer - 365tomorrows
Author: Brian Etta “Breath through the nose and out through the mouth” Justin let that instruction carry him. Sitting in half lotus he resisted the urge to itch as he scanned his body for sensations and in so doing produced and amplified them. There had to be something to that he thought, then he thought, […]
Dear Valued Employees - 365tomorrows
archived 11 Aug 2022 14:03:16 UTC
Dear Valued Employees - 365tomorrows
Author: Lorna McGinnis Dear Valued Employees, As you may know, the world will be destroyed next Wednesday. A massive asteroid will strike the earth at approximately 4:00pm PST, and that will be the end of humanity. Unfortunately, additional requests for paid time off (PTO) in the interim cannot be accommodated as this would violate our […]