Heads, by Rae J. Angrem

Cartoon of a pink-cheeked woman with curly orange hair, pearls, a green skirt and red high heels hugging a giant smiling orange head with blue eyes

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 13–16 (October 1997). Illustration by Romeo Esparrago From: zandrae_132@arcology11.nebraska.org.usTime: Fri, Oct 22, 2037, 10:38 AM CSTSubject: Hey!To: zindym_216@nebraska.arcology11.org.us Dear Zindy: How are you? Haven't talked to you in a while, since you moved to the 216th Floor. So I thought I'd send you a quick email & catch you … Continue reading Heads, by Rae J. Angrem →

Kragon’s Gold, by Tony Chandler

Crude drawing of a huge black monster face with glaring red eyes and a mouthful of jagged yellow teeth, framed in red and blue

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 13–16 (October 1997). Illustration by Andrew G. McCann I know aliens. They're my specialty. But even the best of us make mistakes, right? I was tired too. We had been flying hard for seventy-two hours straight. Dtang gripped the ship's one small steering wheel, his ebony knuckles showing the … Continue reading Kragon’s Gold, by Tony Chandler →

Lonely, In His Way, by Frederick Rustam

Dark computer-art image of a man's ghostly face beside a lattice-like space structure studded with colored lights

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 13–16 (October 1997). Illustration by Romeo Esparrago First Alarm The console beeped. Cliff looked up from his videonovel. It's probably the narrowband radiodetection subarray, again, he thought. For some reason, it was drifting out of alignment a lot, lately. He was almost at the point of attributing the problem … Continue reading Lonely, In His Way, by Frederick Rustam →