Stories, poems and art reprinted from the classic Planet Magazine back issues (1994–2004).
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). Illustration: “Frozen Sun” by Zac Story © 2003 by Lewayne L. White Illustration © 2003 by Zac Lowing http://www.angelfire.com/il2/zvr/ ← Back to Planet Magazine No. 38 (contents)
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). (A Langford Joh Story) Illustration: “Lah Shipyard” by ehrad This is kind of like one of those space opera telecasts that I generally despise, except that the story is personally very real to me. I can't help it if it reminds people of the Maltese Falcon … Continue reading Voiders, by William Alan Rieser
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). Illustration: “Rat Mage” by Rebecca Kemp By all accounts, Thomas Grayweed was a good fellow. He had made his home in the Drunken Wolf, a pub located in the Lower House district in the City of the Windy Mountain. Though Thomas had come to the city … Continue reading A Very Clean Fellow, by Sean Hower
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). Illustration: “Launch Cannon” by ehrad October 19, 2001: Scientists at Lucent Technologies’ Bell Labs have succeeded in fabricating molecular-scale transistors that rival conventional silicon transistors in performance using a class of organic (carbon-based) semiconductor material. In such transistors the length of one molecule defines the channel’s … Continue reading Worm Turns, by E.S. Strout
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). (A Langford Joh story) Illustration: “Appendage” by ehrad Ambassador Langford Joh tried to relax in his private quarters on Luna, smoking his favorite old-fashioned pipe stuffed with simulated apricot-flavored tobacco. He poured himself a glass of Lunaberry wine from the decanter on his end table as … Continue reading Chosen, by William Alan Rieser
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). In 1998 the International Boomerang Project launched a balloon equipped to measure the cosmic background radiation caused by the separation of photons from other particles of matter some 300,000 years after the Big Bang. Its findings suggest that the universe is flat, and not curved, as … Continue reading The Big Bang, by Simon Andrewes
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). Chloris woke up and felt wonderful. She felt divine. "I feel divine," she said. Ogden ignored her, because he was asleep. Chloris swung her long legs out of bed and admired them. They were long and golden. And hers, she reminded herself. She had two of … Continue reading Heavenly Morning, by Terry Dartnall
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). Greetings, This is Juki 3.14159(But you can call me Juki Pi),I want to make your world like Jukian Prime;And let me tell you why. The moment Juki 4.2 emerged full-grownFrom Clone-Tank 63,I loved him dearly as my own,As when properly programmed, he would be me. And … Continue reading From a Better World Than Yours, by William Shumay
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 38 (June 2003). Illustration: “Danger at the Robot Factory” by Anselmo Alliegro Fallen cities of dust and bone formed the interior of the planet Mars. Labyrinths of stone and calcifying fossils layered one upon the other, toward the heart of a dead world. Toward the abyss that hungered below... … Continue reading Inward, by Tom Olbert
Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 37 (March 2003). Illustration: “View from the Bridge” by Ehrad The little man in the glass jar said, "Really, I'm not kidding." He spoke with his head buried into chest, like maybe there was some microphone down there. For such a tiny man, his voice was clear, so it … Continue reading A Little Invasion, by Russel D. McLean
