Lifeboat
With the first Moon landings in the late 1960s, many may have felt that a Mars mission was not too far off, but since then, no human has left near …
The Shadows
Maya and Tim live in a future powered by coal, kids over eight must work for a living, and reality is not what it seems. Tim’s parents died after …
Return to Start
An astronomer watching for near-earth objects makes a shocking discovery that forces Adrian out of hiding. Adrian realizes that events in the past have led to a disaster in …
C-11’s Quest
An automated planetary mission goes awry when it is hit by solar flares. Unit C-11, one of the landing group’s communication nodes, attempts to repair its damaged memory with information …
Universe 8.1
Lambent Nape Nor works at the Infinite Macro Cosmic Reality Corporation as the assistant head of product design and customer services for Universe 8. Despite Lambent’s concerns, management insists …
The Archives
Maya and Tim live in a future powered by coal, and kids over eight must work for a living, but reality is not what it seems. Tim’s parents died …
Invasion
An imminent invasion derails a 500-year-old terraforming project. No one, except a small group of scientists, understands the threat’s true nature and its implications for the future of their …
Hole in Space – Part 2
After being sucked into a wormhole, created when Luki used Len’s unfinished hyper dry modification to the ship’s clothes dryer, the crew of the Hyper Nova are stranded on a strange planet called Atma, which is being smothered in lost laundry.
Perspectives & the Mission
This month, we present two short stories. In the first one, Perspectives, a routine mission is suddenly changed by a chance encounter in deep space. This story evolved out …
Surveillance
A heavy rain storm breaks Way Station’s heat wave, but along with the storm, two strange customers appear at the Europa Café. They appear to know more than they …
Laika – Dog From Space
A passing celestial being is trapped by Earth’s gravity and reluctantly dragged to its surface in the middle of a Moscow winter. Stranded in the body of a dog, …
Hole in Space
Life on board the Hyper Nova begins to settle down into a routine until a number of random events collide with one of Len’s pet projects causing the ship and its crew to get sucked into a hole in space.
The Shimmering Field
Time can seem to slow down when there is nothing to do, and this was particularly true for Abeo who had been forced to endure a summer without her …
Europa Cafe
Maya and Tim work at the Europa Cafe in Way Station, a place in the past where things are run by steam, trains are the main means of transportation, …
The Boy Who Loved Candy
Sometimes you can love something just a little too much. Under the influence of a mysterious dream, Marco discovers that he can’t stop eating candy and begins to grow …
Hyper Nova
Luki is given his first true command of a starship and immediately plunged into a major mission. With the help of his less-than-loyal crew, he completes the assignment but …
Mirror Image
Sareen is mysteriously transported back in time to a version of her home world that is not entirely correct. The planet is ruled by a group that she has …
Voluntold
During what turns out to be an extremely slow side trip to the home planet of two rogue space probes, Ada receives a coded message that orders them to …
The Endgame
When an unexpected message from deep space turns out to be a Triffal ship, Amos must change his plans and as a result he finds himself with less than …
A Turn of Events
Imprisoned in a GEAA simulation, Tim, Maya, and Adrian become the focal points of two competing forces. Raymore finds the artificial intelligence and starts to use it to reveal …