The link below provides a progress report on the invasion situation assembled by the Alien Commission (otherwise known as "the editors of Planet Magazine"). Future updates will be publicly transmitted the same way, but encoded and transmitted via broadcast and cable television. Planet readers should remain on high alert, as always, for these hidden messages. … Continue reading A Communique from the Alien Commission
(Illustration: “Mars Dig” © 2006 by Patrick Stacy.) I know a land where the sun never shines no rain ever falls and man like a grain of sand blows aimless and lost in the wind.... Olympus Mons - Mars 2239 Alex Braxxian knew he was about to die. The sensation was not one of fear … Continue reading “The Dying Days of Summer” by Terry Gibbons
Photo-Illustration: “Penvolver” © 2006 by Andrew G. McCann. As he walked into the park, Howard Teasdale thought about the gun in his pocket. It was a cheap, small-caliber revolver imported from Eastern Europe. A pistol like that would not be much use in a gunfight, but it was perfectly adequate for suicide. Howard hated the … Continue reading “Famous” by George J. Condon
Illustration: “Vortex” © 2006 by Matthew Lowes. Perhaps it was created by God, to unify the heavens with a single Word. Perhaps it was created by the ancient ones, to bind civilization together with the sacred language. But who really knows? Who will here proclaim it? Whence was it produced? Whence is this creation? Perhaps … Continue reading “Vortex Mirage” by Matthew Lowes
“We ordered a puppy today!” Sheri announced excitedly to her mother. The woman’s pudgy face on the screen wrinkled into a frown, lower lip nearly disappearing into the first of her many chins. Sheri knew telling her mother would be a bad idea. “Well, I hope that goes well for you.” Years of oxygen therapy … Continue reading “Bios-Fear” by Charity VanDeberg
Photo-Illustration: “EyeAm” © 2005 by Andrew G. McCann Sam talked while looking through the instrument. "Nothing to get excited about," he said. "Just a mix of individual stars. That red one looks to be a lot closer than the others... but that's because I'm assuming it's a dwarf." He pulled back from the eyepiece of … Continue reading “I Am” by Thomas Lee Joseph Smith
Dr. Stanley Kelvington looked like a typical archaeologist. It was difficult to decide whether this was because he was an archaeologist, or whether his demeanour had led him to take up this line of work. This kind of philosophy did not concern him, however. He was a practical and methodical man -- ideal traits for … Continue reading “Artefact Nouveau” by Gareth D. Jones
Illustration: “Exodus” © 2005 by Carl Goodman Ablad Cuvapor relaxed his outer docking tubes and allowed the Melkan female to deposit her spherical ovabiche in pleasant parallel tones inside his plastique receptors. So long as his explosion was contained, he felt no need to warn the Melkan servants preparing his afternoon meal in a nearby … Continue reading “The Gurnian Imposition” (part of the Langford Joh saga) by W.A. Rieser
Illustration: “TimeShare” © 2005 by SenthilKG The possibility of faster-than-light travel has fascinated astrophysicists and propulsion engineers, as well as science fiction writers. With the arrival of gravity-drive thrust, the possibility becomes a probability, with apologies to Albert Einstein. Trials are under way. Sara J. Iverson, Ph.D. Space Corps Gravity Laboratory Time is not a … Continue reading “Time Share” by E.S. Strout
Illustration: “Mind Cow” © 2005 by Andy McCann The Centrac minerals representative was undoubtedly the strangest-looking being that Janson had ever seen. He, or was it she -- there was no way of telling -- was only a metre tall with a skin colour of pink, not pink in any way resembling a human skin … Continue reading “Business is Business” by S.K. Twyford
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