Author : James Riser Tetsuo kept a collection of five hundred yen and one hundred yen coins that was worth a lot of money to an antique dealer. Instead, he used them on a noodle vending machine setโฆ
Author : Janet Shell Anderson All our executions are political. Of course, that makes them right, and no one rich or well-connected dies. The poor manโs on his knees in his orange jumpsuit, with thโฆ
Author : Perry McDaid (Falcon) Revelation did not come as a rosy warm feeling of wonder, but a rending, ripping divestment of accepted resentment. It left a vacuum: a void greater than that betweenโฆ
Author : Bob Newbell โYouโre gone, arenโt you, Pete?โ I ask my beloved dog who now stares up at me without recognition. His breathing is fast and deep. There are flecks of bโฆ
Author : Bob Newbell The spaceshipโs aerodyne engines groaned as the vessel entered the upper atmosphere of Venus. Even after 90 years of terraforming, the air on Venus was still thick and hoโฆ
โYouโre gone, arenโt you, Pete?โ I ask my beloved dog who now stares up at me without recognition. His breathing is fast and deep. There are flecks of blood around his mouth. Iโve been coughing up blood, too. So has every surviving member of the humโฆ
Today was the day, Kari decided. Today she was going to tell Abe. She was going to have a drink and work up the nerve and send him a message and then he would come by and then she could just tell him. She could take her time and explainโAbe was a goโฆ
Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Tzen sat on the third floor of the abandoned building in near darkness. Only those streetlights that remained unbroken filtered light through shattered windows anโฆ
Here in the Quiet Dark, a raygun can be your dearest friend. It warms to your touch, responds to your requests, and clears your way. It is the best partner one can expect to have in the Quiet Dark.โฆ
Across the table, gowned and goggled the ranking surgeon held a hand out expectantly. โCorporal. Is my operating room not Feng Shui enough for you? Or is this โpretend we donโt understand Englishโ day? Or are you just stupid?โ The majorโs voice impoโฆ
โThirty minutes until heart failureโ chirps a voice in Markโs head. He flips through the internal photographs on his heads-up display, but thereโs nothing new there. His heart is a confused, rotting lump of electrified meat rattling his ribcage. Fivโฆ
Alex pulled the coffee mug from under the drip spout and raised it to his lips. โThanks, House,โ Alex replied. He didnโt know how to address the sentient home, other than to call it House. via Pocket