Illustration: “Dover Cat” © 2007 by Robert Sorensen It exploded off of the ceiling and went crashing down with a resounding bang that echoed around the chambers and shook the woodlands outside, jarring the blue jays from their midday rest. The tower shook in response, the earth grumbled in protest. A lithe feline made her … Continue reading “The Scroll of the 7 Roses” by David Kerschner
When Cassie sat on the rooftop of her house Late one night and looked up Into outer space, She wanted nothing more Than to see a shooting star Just so she could make a wish. But, she wondered, does anyone on Earth Know what these messengers are, Or where they really come from? From another … Continue reading Dreamcatcher, by Aaron J. Berg
[Illustration: “Dreamcatcher” © 2007 by D'Wayne Murphy.] When Cassie sat on the rooftop of her house Late one night and looked up Into outer space, She wanted nothing more Than to see a shooting star Just so she could make a wish. But, she wondered, does anyone on Earth Know what these messengers are, Or … Continue reading “Dreamcatcher” by Aaron J. Berg
[Illustration: “Yous Guys” © 2007 by Carl Goodman.] "What are you doing?!" a disembodied voice repeated. An intricate spiderweb of cracks fractured 2.z's anthropomorphic face, at the center of which was not an arachnid, but a word. That word was "you". It protruded from the bridge of 2.z's nose. Until that moment, 2.z had not … Continue reading “Yous Guys” by James M. Ladd
Illustration: “Newsbot” © 2007 by Carl Goodman "Dr. Fudiki, can you help us?" asked Mr. Yakito from the Advanced Robotics Laboratory in Japan. "I'm not sure. I have never observed emergent behaviour like this before. You say that you have already rebooted the machines and uploaded the original programs?" Yakito nodded. "We tried three times. … Continue reading “404 Error” by David Such
Illustration: “Ghost” © 2005 by Patrick Stacy Dan Constantine had steeled himself and thus was not at all surprised. When Lucian Renoir’s small hand came out in greeting as they stood at a side entrance of the magazine of Dan’s employ, Dan knew not to evaluate what his eyes saw. Here was a fellow, hardly … Continue reading “Nothing Like a Ghost” by Wen Henagan
Illustration: “Genghis in Space” © 2007 by Romeo Esparrago 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 & … Continue reading Two Poems by Ed Higgins
Recently, the Planet Magazine offices received the following message from "The UFO Pilots Ass'n of Testbed Earth". Interestingly, it came in via traditional fax. We were able to verify the information as correct, however, via the 1-866 contact number on the press release. When we called to ask, "A fax, WTF?! LOL!!", the alien representative … Continue reading UFO Pilots Speak Out!
Illustration: “Self-Portrait” © 2007 by Robert Sorensen The sun was sinking beyond the grotesque spires. There were times when Jacob wanted to topple them. In a few years, maybe the Venus sands will have corroded them enough that a good loud shout would fell them. Somehow, though, he doubted that. No matter how far he … Continue reading “The Crystal Tower” by Owen Crawford
As of February 1, 2007, the Odyssey Writing Workshop is offering free podcasts on its website, http://www.odysseyworkshop.org. Odyssey is an intensive, six-week workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror whose work is approaching publication quality. The workshop is held each summer in Manchester, New Hampshire. The podcasts are excerpts from lectures given by … Continue reading Website: Free Podcasts from Odyssey Workshop
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