Jeremy’s morning started with a splitting headache, a nightmare about aliens, and a lot of emails addressed to a guy named Leonard. The world around him doesn’t seem to be the same as when he went to sleep last night.
She sat at the corner of the path where the dock wandered back to the space station main hall. We weren’t that far apart, only the thin fence of the commissary separated us. She leaned against the wall, her eyes scanning every person who walked by. My eyes were on Read more…
General Kane sat at the head of the table under the flickering fluorescent bulbs. Time wore out their components, but replacements were blown out of existence decades ago. The other generals sat around the table with maps of the old world taped to the concrete walls — the only form Read more…
This evening, Mack was fortunate enough to be chewing on a deep fried vermin, likely a rat, maybe not. Standing alone they leaned against a concrete pillar in the food court enjoying the earthy spices that flavored the meat. Around them Galleria Valley bustled with activity from the penthouses to the markets. Mack had earned the fried treat and relished eating something that wasn’t grown in a vat. It wasn’t easy for an unlicensed kid to reliably earn credits, but Mack thought they’d finally cracked the code…
The jets of the boots burned furiously as they lowered Magvon deeper into the cavern. The sporadic light of the jets caught the magnificent crystals embedded into the walls of the cave. His exploration droid floated near him scanning the intricate system of caverns and creating a map for future Read more…
Wade sat on a barstool in Crocket, Stills, and Nash, the finest bar in the whole space station. At least in Wade’s opinion, which was heavily colored by the fact, no one bothered him here, and it was the last place in this station that served traditional whiskey. Crocket wasn’t Read more…
His garden took on his mood and this summer the garden was struggling to produce anything of value. Unfortunately, the engineer’s shop was producing the same quality of work. He’d sold a few patents years back and the royalties he got from those served him well. They didn’t bring the Read more…
It was magnificent. It was all one color of black, but the blackness warped every ray of light that touched it. It didn’t absorb the light and hoard it from the world as a black hole would. Instead, it shot the rays of light out in every single direction, tweaking Read more…
“Ghaaah,” the man gasped as he filled his lungs with oxygen for the first time. He sat straight up in the lab chair where he had been laid. It was an instinctual reaction, and the needles that had uploaded his mind were pulled out of the nape of his neck. Read more…
UPDATE: This Story can now be found in Podcast form. Checkout the audio short here. When I was living on the streets, I used to think the earlier years of this millennium were better. Afterall, the food was bountiful but had to be cooked by humans out of necessity. Most Read more…