The Tribute
Sometimes the way the world is and the systems we toil under, indifferent to our day to day struggles, seem just a little unfair. And no matter how hard we …
The Awakening (part 2)
We assume we know what has happened in the past through archaeological research, museums, archives, and historical texts. What if we have missed something so fundamental that it would …
The Awakening (part 1)
Through archaeological research, museums, archives and historical texts, we assume we know what has happened in the past. What if we have missed something so fundamental that it would …
Jet Pack
Adam receives a rather odd package in the mail and when he checks the postmark realizes that it has taken more than half a century for the thing to be …
Escape Velocity
Zebb and Estrella, two young teens from an industrial moon orbiting the second planet in the Barnard’s Star system, accidentally end up together in the same escape pod. On the …
Quantum Turbulence
During a future world oil shortage a scientist, researching an old idea about the potential energy contained in a vacuum (zero point energy), discovers a cheap simple method of extracting …
The In-between
Catina, the director of online marketing, for an important advertising agency comes up with a revolutionary idea, but forgets what it is before she can write her idea down. Desperate …
Crevasse III – Revenge
Marco had been top ranked in player verses player one on one in the MMO Crevasse for over a year until a nobody with GM like powers poned him. Everett, …
Time Shift
In 1977 Zah Helen, an undercover operative, receives a new high profile assignment to interfere with the human search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), so the efforts at one particular radio …
The Caretaker of Destiny
An accident forces the crew of the interstellar ship Destiny to go in to hibernation while the robotic maintenance systems diagnose and fix the problems. During the emergency crucial instructions …
The Top of the Sky
During a period of intense solar flare activity Marianne and her family take a holiday at a remove wilderness cabin. This brings them close to a place called, the top …
Hale Bopp
In an attempt to regain its reputation as a leader in space research and exploration, the ancient Institute of Solar Studies in Babylon puts all its resources into a mission …
A Crime in 3d
In 1884 a school master named Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote the novella “Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions.” The book explored what it would be like to live in a …
Ghost in the Machine
History is littered with discarded technologies and obsolete skills. In the last few decades whole industries have been swept away by ever moving waves of change, and it seems unavoidable …
The Citizen’s New Town
This month’s story is very loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen short tale The Emperor’s New Clothes. Amber is working as a stage director for the opening celebration of …
The Last Astronomer
This month’s story is based on a comment Steven Hawkins once made: We should probably not try to contact extraterrestrial civilizations. According to Hawkins, our own history has shown that …
Skin Deep
After narrowly evading capture, Maya and Tim arrive in New Hudson and run into the man who had been following them in Waystation. The man claims he works with …
All Inclusive
Alonzo is forced to take his ailing, wealthy mother and her robotic wheel chair to an ultra expensive all inclusive health spa. The doctors and specialists told him that the …
Dreams of a Life
Aura lives with her mother and brothers, making a modest living from a concession stand. Her life in the themed dome park Timber World is thrown into chaos when an …
Caught!
After discovering more incriminating evidence against them planted on the café’s computer, Maya and Tim decide to flee when net regulatory agents appear. In an attempt to find Maya’s …