Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration: “Dark Cloak” by Shelton Bryant we remember the futurelike a dream only less --we move forwardspread so thinstripped by the pressureuntil some fateful daywe crash togetherin our own distant memorieswith sudden color & clarityinevitableyet we're surprisedevery time it happens. Poem copyright 2001 by s.c.virtes Illustration … Continue reading Future Memories, by s.c. virtes
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration by Carl Goodman If God is an algorithmAs you swore one night between usThen heaven must surely exist two steps fromH E R EBeginning broken and chaoticits equations curling as snowflakes and stairwells do.And I wonder if all algorithms are truly coloricColor being purely a … Continue reading Concentric (or) Allah in Circles, by Christine O’Leary-Rockey
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration by Carl Goodman floating lightly in the voidatoms collidinglight speed first attempt to touch the starsimpending doomfor lack of heat shielding Poem copyright 2001 by Andy Brill Illustration copyright 2001 by Carl Goodman ← Back to Planet Magazine No. 29 (contents)
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Altered “Voyager” image by Andrew G. McCann Why do you stare down at me like thatas if all of you could fear one of me --fear my foreign ways?You saw I did nothing to harm youbut then you looked confusedas if you didn't know who I … Continue reading Beacons of Deceit, by Andree Gendron
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration: “Temporal” by Patrick Stacy A whining, nasal voice drifted across the air from an unseen radio somewhere above and behind, and the words were buzzy and incoherent. "Shut that damn thing off!" Sir Bernard Archibald split the air and shattered the calm serenity with his … Continue reading Temporal Exile, by Graham Adair
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration: “Goldilocks” by Charles McChesney Scratching his lopsided head, Mung wondered if he could drag the body across the wasteland before the desert killed him. He stood in the dust of a waterless world with his shoelaces untied and his thick eyelids squinting against the sun, … Continue reading The Goldilocks Zone, by Lance Hawvermale
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration: “Star Studded” by Romeo Esparrago "Five hundred thousand years ago there wasn't a star in the sky," the woman told the child. "And now look at it." The child looked up. In the center of the night sky hung an impenetrable disc of blackness, and … Continue reading A Star-Studded Sky, by Guy Hasson
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration: “Reach” by Shelton Bryant A pinkish cloud of April spritzed from the calendar bottle. When months went on sale at the Time Store, Chanu bought dozens of EconoSpring, her favorite line. Spray the perfumed powder on your electropulse points and there you were, surrounded by … Continue reading I Remember October, by Candi Chu
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration: “Human Heart” by Patrick Stacy You cough. The smoke, tiny particles of carbon and carcinogens, enters your lungs and you cough a deep, rich, helpless rasp of a cough. It always begins this way. You look around the pub, your immediate surroundings, the way a … Continue reading Of Humans and Insects, by Julian Maven
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 29 (March 2001). Illustration by Dennis Calero Antonio Gianni felt the cool air of the building's industrial-strength air-conditioners hit him, and walking through the barrier of cold was like crashing through a pane of glass. Myers, his father's former VP, now the interim CEO of Jenson Toys, was trailing … Continue reading Family Business, by Dennis Calero
