time dilation we sail headlong towards distant stars blinking at us-- like sirens their cosmic call everywhere at once apparently but the light left so long ago we would be late even if we could eventually arrive there in vestigial time exhausted by the trip & generations later much too late to explain to those … Continue reading Two Poems by Ed Higgins →

  Spatters of pure oxygen Poisoning us, bubble-hard Then comes the sweep cycle --methane never smelled so good * About the Author: Arun Ahuja is a science fiction writer with an MS in biomedical engineering. His piece "Pomposity Penalized" won Editor's Pick in the University of New Mexico's magazine. Poem (c) 2006 Arun Ahuja helioray@netscape.net … Continue reading “Gas Planet” by Arun Ahuja →

It’s two for a dollar the Whirlie-Warp ride just past the Fun House through the white gate climb the wood tower slide into the tunnel and disintegrate to cosmic scintillas a boreal glow in Devonian skies a sparklet of moonrise in dinosaur eyes a night planet's wink at the prayer of a Sikh aswirl through … Continue reading “The Midnight Carney” by Michael Jay Katz →

A famous stunt man tried to leap a lunar chasm on an old-fashioned dirt bike. The media swarmed in gave him top-billing in the gap between two reality shows. They followed him halfway to orbit before getting bored and airing some space-rugby reruns. He was last seen passing ComSat7 in a weird orbit destined for … Continue reading “High Jump Willie” by s.c. virtes →

I clunked down steps in an eerie alien-twilight world. Deadly mist licked tenuously at my suit, Long fingers, searching fingers, An old world beckons. I stepped down into its arms. Dust rose from First Hesitant Contact with the damned place. But the world timidly opened its eyes The mountains loomed – desperately baring the binary … Continue reading “First Dawn” by Jason Maxwell →

The accursed time traveler, Swept up and set down in a vortex, Finds himself in the future where Men look like women And women look like men, Or perhaps they look Like neither. Seeing they have no eyes to see And no mouth with which to speak, He panics at the sight of their Featureless … Continue reading “Vagabondage” by Ray Sikes →

Professor Anderson relentlessly scanned the skies Searching tirelessly for that elusive prize Of a signal with subtle hints of intelligence Plucked from the universe's chaotic cadence With the aid of a waning SETI stipend Anderson poured over bits and bytes without end But one day from Arecibo's exalted telescope He discovered a curious sample that … Continue reading “Universal Chords” by Don Mowbray →

under three moons a rush of nanofireflies -- October wind leafless trees -- in the rocket’s wake a swirl of blue banana-persimmons Veterans’ cemetery -- at the markers of the space buoy nanites planting memories Autumn afternoon all around the playground tiny droids in line Halloween at the gate of the starship virtual children * … Continue reading “Autumn Haiku in the Year 2278” by Anjali Chandi →

  our honeymoon -- Phobos and Deimos rising wagon train holograph -- I program an Indian attack gladiators the mob shouting "Human, Human!" maternity ward -- the new baby's skin glowing too sick to get up -- my clone getting ready for work scuba diving -- my buddy's webbed feet * About the Author: Tim … Continue reading “SciFaiku” by Tim Jamieson →