No One’s Future, by Richard Behrens

Black and white comic-style drawing of tense men in uniforms and armor with a robot arm reaching overhead

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 31 (September 2001). (for Hugo Gernsback) Illustration by Matt Morrow monocled eyeball staringat radio waves crossingthe manhattan skylinedreamed a treasure troveof gadgets and inventionswith goodly trowel in handtrailing wires across new yorknightline, television imagesechoing in the aether;gathered into his foldthe lost children of literaturethe Scientifiction crewwith their youthful experienceand … Continue reading No One’s Future, by Richard Behrens →

The Cloud Of The Unknowing, by Frederick Rustam

Murky grey-brown digital art of a symmetrical stone-like figure dissolving into haze

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “Bad Dream” by Jon Eke ...shshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshshsh... The silver aerospaceplane glided respectfully over the Temple of the Holy Cloud with a gentle sibilance -- because its engines had failed and it had to seek the surface prematurely. Keeper Petsamo might not have heard it if he … Continue reading The Cloud Of The Unknowing, by Frederick Rustam →

Martian Underground, by David Edward Gault

Dark reddish digital art of a hulking armored humanoid crouching

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “Nuclear Survivor” by Jon Eke A few years ago, on a planet not that far away... ...the republic is in turmoil. Isolationists and Interventionists in a contest of policy-making and political maneuvering debate the future of their planet, and its safety in the wake of … Continue reading Martian Underground, by David Edward Gault →

The Mission, by Leo Goda

Symmetrical metallic chamber of a particle accelerator with a blazing blue energy core at its center

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “Accelerator” by Carl Goodman I waited in the predawn cold with the elite Omega Team, every man and woman a specialist in his or her field, and a veteran of at least two time travel missions. That we would be successful I never doubted. Our … Continue reading The Mission, by Leo Goda →

Punk-Eeq Pandemic, by Max E. Keele

Symmetrical teal and black digital art resembling a crustacean-like mask

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “Neptune” by Jon Eke The ants have been building a cemetery between the panes of my northern window; they've been at it all winter. Every morning, when I return from work, I check their progress and count the withered ant corpses lying helter skelter along … Continue reading Punk-Eeq Pandemic, by Max E. Keele →

Space-Racing, by Sven Kloepping

Banner reading MEGAFUSION in yellow over a purple city skyline, with a short German caption

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). (from ":MegaFusion: LifeFiction:") Illustration: “:Megafusion: LifeFiction:” by Sven Kloepping Imagine a city with 2,000-yard-high skyscrapers that stretches its arms over the largest oceans and the highest mountains on Earth. A place where "Cyborg Killers" or "Licensing Agents" fight for their daily survival in a brutal, life-absorbing … Continue reading Space-Racing, by Sven Kloepping →

Spacehead, by C.C. Parker

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Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “Lord of the Dead” by Jon Eke It was the first thing in the morning while nursing a hangover that Thomas Bentley gave up drinking for good. He told his wife, Eloise, this over a cup of coffee. "That's it. I'm done." "How many times … Continue reading Spacehead, by C.C. Parker →

Love’s Labour & Deliverance, by Romeo Esparrago

Bright cartoon of a green three-eyed alien baby emerging from a pink and blue space-scape with planets

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). The Birth of an Alien Artwork by Romeo Esparrago SciFaiku by Romeo Esparrago MOTHER'S REFLECTIONSNine stellar cyclesCase hardened exo-bellyWhen's my baby due?!? GOOD NEWSEverything there?Yes, It's got blue skin, three eyes,ten twingers, ten froes. LACK THEREOFzap my energiescelestial infant's crieszero-level sleep DIAPER CHANGEGreenish Betelgeuse!Nebulous supernovasplashes my … Continue reading Love’s Labour & Deliverance, by Romeo Esparrago →

Star That Lives, by Andy Miller

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Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “Bones of the stars, dancing” by Andy Miller sphere of dust or stellar motiongas-illumined point dynamic it is a living thingof birth and death composed. a living thing disposed to dreamand dreaming turns it down in the curvature of space. Poems and illustrations copyright 2001 … Continue reading Star That Lives, by Andy Miller →

Volus Nocturnus, by James Livingston

Symmetrical teal digital art of an alien creature with a bulbous head seated on a pedestal

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “High Brain” by Jon Eke On the end of the southernmostEdge of Borneo,Near the river Barito,In a remote pool,A new kind of creature was found. A chieftain,Of the Punan tribe,A race of cannibalsWho hold the color blueTo be sacred,And tattoo their skinTo resembleThe flesh of … Continue reading Volus Nocturnus, by James Livingston →