Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer The shapeshifting aliens are untrustworthy. Itโs not their fault. They see the world for what it is, through a kaleidoscope. Us humans, we only get to see one viewpoint of the world. People react to our outer shell with no variation. We can get fat or thin or muscled [โฆ]
Author : Mordecai J Banda Michael had come back from his daily walk. He had eaten his breakfast and attended to various things to keep himself healthy. Now it was gaming time. This past month the Future Warfare 3 had had a special event that called on worldwide cooperative multiplayer event. Michael personally didnโt like [โฆ]
Author : Dina Leacock I sat at the table for two and waited for my date to arrive. Weโd been emailing since we first โmetโ on โFind-True-Love.com and now we were finally going to meet. Taking the mirror from my purse I nervously adjusted my face. Would he like me? Would I like him? Does [โฆ]
Author : Jae Miles, Staff Writer The cigar from the dead guardโs pocket has a red and gold band that says itโs from Havana, the first pleasant surprise of tonight. โRicky. Help me.โ I look across to where Estevez lies in a pool of his own blood, his eyes over-bright with pain and anger. Nodding [โฆ]
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer Iโd always wanted my own planet, and now my dreams were about to come true. Sure it was my entire life savings plus everything of value I had. But what a deal! It was remote, but my very own world? With lush jungles, sandy beaches, plentiful resources, and friendly [โฆ]
Author : Scott Shipp Ian was cornered. He had run straight into a dead end alley. Right on his heels were two cyborg cops, and he had the money credits hacked from the bank all over his data stores. There was no escape. Lucky for him, he was augmented with an eye implant that drew [โฆ]
Author : Thomas Keene Every metal surface inside the cabin sang, and the readouts flickered. A steady, pure note that Charles called โthe Bansheeโ. Evan clenched the crew telemetry readout so hard that waves of color flowed across the display. He was the only crew member with a heartbeat. โโBrown dwarfโ my ass.โ Evan looked [โฆ]
Author : Desmond Hussey, Staff Writer I needed to disappear. Fast. I never wanted a criminal life. Itโs not like I killed anybody, or stole the nationโs pension plans, unlike some governments which shall go unmentioned. No. It was much more banal than that. I reneged on my student loans. Now Iโm a wanted man. [โฆ]
Author : Glen Luke Flanagan โThese monstrosities are a threat to national security, to morality as we know it, and to our very sense of self.โ Senator Ethan Calhoun punctuated the last statement by pounding his fist onto the podium. The fiery Texan was the face of the anti-cloning movement in America, and he delivered [โฆ]
Author : Kellie Warren We never thought we would be the ones. We werenโt smart enough. To discover new worlds, new planes of existence, new life. You had to be intelligent for that. Some might have been arrogant enough to call themselves intelligent but they were only fools. The Thinkers thought another would find us [โฆ]
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer The white Silracan clicked its chest-legs together and reared back in what was the human equivalent of a bored sigh. Between it and the hologram of the Earth forces commander lay a chess board made of light. Admiral Grimwald gazed sternly at the board, concern creasing his angry brow. [โฆ]
Author : Jae Miles, Staff Writer โBrigitte! Slow down!โ I thought I loved Adrian. I really did. I even fooled myself for the first year of our Outer Reaches tour. Then on Certys I had to stop him turning the planet into a game reserve so he could quietly harvest the luxurious pelts of the [โฆ]
Author : Clint Wilson, Staff Writer Billy-Jim Crenshaw was snoozing in his swamp shack when the explosion shook him fast awake. โWhat thโโฆ?โ He scrambled to his feet and, throwing the crooked door open, stumbled out onto the back porch. There, upon a small hillock that had been recently occupied by Billy-Jimโs dilapidated outhouse, sat [โฆ]
Author : Trent Isaac The man wrestled a pile of rods, plates, wires, lights, and fingers through the door and let it crash in a heap. โOr thereโs this one,โ the man said as he swabbed his bald head with a towel. Brennan scratched his arm through the frayed hole in his sweater as he [โฆ]
Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer It was a beautiful day for a ship launch. These are the things I remember: I remember the sun shining down out of a blue sky that arced from horizon to horizon over the beach with only a scattering of clouds above the water. I was perched on the [โฆ]
Author : Bob Newbell I remember the day things started disappearing. I was driving into work listening to the news on the satellite radio. Astronomers had observed that a galaxy called MACS0647-JD could no longer be detected. It was one of the most distant objects known, over 13 billion light-years away. A cloud of dust [โฆ]
Author : Robbie Kowalski โHey Marv, have you ever wondered where all the shit goes once you flush the toilet?โ โI donโt know Joe.โ Marv said unenthusiastically as he tried to figure out a crossword puzzle. โMan all that added weight to ship definitely adds up over a period of time. Couple of thousand people [โฆ]
Author : Desmond Hussey, Staff Writer โHello, Mum.โ She stands in the doorway, arms crossed, deciding whether she has the guts to enter. The intervening silence is broken by the repetitive hiss-thunk of my artificial lungs and the various beeps and clicks of the life support equipment esthetically cluttering my immaculate bedroom. She makes up [โฆ]
Author : Jae Miles, Staff Writer The bricks are antique but the ferropoxy used as mortar is a giveaway, after you scrape the film of cement coloured paint mixed with sand off. โThis is the place. Gird your loins, kids. Jig is on in three, two, one โ strike!โ The doors are blackened oak. Their [โฆ]