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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …