The Watchers
This month we bring back two characters, Adrian and Serene, mutual mimesis, from some of our earliest stories. Adrian is drawn to Earth hoping to find the resources to …
Laugh!
Hansa one of the working poor in a large city is caught in a happiness sweep and finds herself imprisoned in an odd internment camp run by clowns. When the …
The Thaumaturgist
In this month’s story Illusio, a veteran TV illusionist who is struggling to keep himself interested in his profession is confronted by an eager amateur magician named Dai. When Dai …
Messing With the Universe
Veeda, a mathematical savant who has never miscalculated anything, blanks out on a simple question in an exam. She wakes from her stupor to discover that she used the wrong …
Quicksilver
Coyotl, a slave in a seventh-century new world silver mine, must take on the work of two after some of his brethren escape. However, a very unusual stranger soon arrives, …
The Audit: Planet Fall
In this month’s story we return to the True North a colony ship on a multi-generational voyage. Greta, a devoted auditor discovers something odd about a survey mission, but when …
Teach a Senior How to Phish
To eke out a meager living, Neela, a senior in her early 80’s, must rely on her social engineering and hacking skills to phish. While she is running a phishing …
Short Wave
Lynn’s uncle, an avid ham radio operator, wills his estate to her after he dies. While sorting through her estranged uncle’s belongings, Lynn discovers a shoe box full of notes …
The Audit
In this month’s story Greta, a rising star in the audit division on board the colony ship, the True North, needs one more successful case to ensure her promotion. To …
The Silver Thaw
On a day off, Ramone, an industrial engineer, takes a mountain bike ride to document the damage done to a remote stretch of forest by an extreme weather event. After …
Ambient Noise
In this month’s story, Alejandro a poor fisherman, has been haunted by a constant noise all his life which he has nicknamed the hum. But everyone around him insists that …
An Alien Adventure
In this month’s story, Orman an untalented musician, of dubious origin, on tour in Orbit City New Mexico, meets Garth the curator of the local space museum during one of …
The Last Aleutian
Adrian, the last Aleutian, travels back in time to a backwater of the universe to hide from the agents of the people who have taken over his world, only discover …
Shangri-la of the Seas
Against her family’s wishes, an aging matriarch decides to take a very expensive extended cruise on the Shangri-la of the Seas; an exclusive specially designed ship that promises to take …
Finale
After ten years in a paranormal reality TV show, as the debunking half of a popular ghost hunting duo, Sage finds herself on the flip side of her own arguments …
The Return of Doctor Plastic
An alter ego is another self, a distinct second identity that can allow a person to lead a double life. Jane a meek java developer by day is a crime …
The Last Days of Darkness
Ajit, a fourth generation resident of the arcology GBT Ellesmere, is tasked with the job of clearing out old documents and by accident stumbles upon some disturbing information that is …
Canis Major
Loyalty, according to Wikipedia, is the “faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause.” In this month’s story loyalty comes in many flavours as an aging pack …
Tourist Trap
There are many legends associated with certain famous objects and sites around the world. Loch Ness, the Pyramids, the Nazca Lines, the plain of Jars or Stonehenge, which various groups …
A Perfect Life
Arthur C. Clark’s famous third law of prediction states that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But is understanding how something works any more important than the ultimate …