Editor's Note: This story has been removed at the request of the author. About the Author: Zia Ahmed lives in the Boston area and reluctantly aids corporate world dominance for a living. (c) 2004 Zia Ahmed ziahmed@yahoo.com About the Artist: Romeo Esparrago is one man, but his artwork can be many places at once. (c) … Continue reading “The Traveler” by Zia Ahmed
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*Pr--Sh--Error. Reindexing.* *No threat.* The computer's voice came from nowhere, but just leapt into Allela's eardrums fully formed. It sent a shiver down her back. She looked at Lukas. "Damn it, would you stop that?" Lukas was hunched over the console, paying no attention to her. She couldn't tell why, but his customary arrogance seemed … Continue reading “Mind Weld” by Tristan Palmgren
Malorchia was content, savoring the newness of her first birthling on Pollis as Iron Feather steered his craft out of the Equuid system. Now that the most important and personal matters had been attended to properly, it was time to police the quadrant for the Confederation. The first order of business was for Iron Feather … Continue reading “The Tremors of Squirm (part of The Langford Joh Saga)” by William Alan Rieser
Micker and I spread the map out on the table. "You can see it all here," I told Pagomari. "The sewers are wide enough to fit a man through, and the Temple of Kashell has its own drain." I spoke in a whisper, and Micker kept his eyes peeled to make certain that none of … Continue reading “The Quiet Bard” by Gregory Adams
Thurman stood and walked over to Jeffries, eyes wide, mouth convoluted in a warped smile. "I am reality!" he screamed into Jeffries' indifferent face. "I am being!" Richard cowered behind Barker, the largest of the bunch. The three men looked over at their ranting comrade with growing unrest. "I must find an outlet," Thurman said, … Continue reading “Entity” by James I. Wasserman
"Don’t pay the ferryman Don’t even fix a price Don’t pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side" - popular song, Second Millennium * I was climbing the mountain to be closer to the stars. It was nearly dark when I came upon the hidden cabin and the old woman. She said … Continue reading “Searching for the Ferryman” by Derek Smith
Abstract: From the Proceedings of the 49th Convention of the American Datatician Society Meeting, Akron Hilton, Akron, Ohio. November 1994. Excerpt from author's remarks, Professor Bingham S. Tewksbury: "We of the ADS are pleased to announce that the mystery of where lost socks go has been quantitatively pinpointed subsequent to a lengthy and rigorous double-blind … Continue reading 10 Years Ago in Planet… “The Meaning of Lost Socks” by Biedermeier X. Leeuwenhoek
My code name is Iron Feather, and I am writing this to honor an old request from my father, the former Earth Ambassador to the Confederation, the recently departed and much-admired Langford Joh. I refer to a conversation we had once in which he chided me on my poor ability to select a proper mate. … Continue reading “Malorchia (part of The Langford Joh Saga)” by William Alan Rieser
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