(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
Illustration: “Miz Devastation” © 2006 by Romeo Esparrago. “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 … Continue reading “Bios-Fear” by Charity VanDeberg
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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
These are seemingly dark days in the transoceanic trucking industry. The seas are as deep and gloomy as they've ever been. Lotsa truck cabs are unheated and unpressurized, and they typically crumple under the pressure of even one aquasphere. More important, the goods being transported get wet, and flatter, even if they were wet and … Continue reading Smooth Sailing for Transoceanic Trucking
Illustration: “Time 2 Get Up!” © 2005 by Romeo Esparrago 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 … 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
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