[Illustration: New illustration created for the archive; the original artwork, “Blueface” © 2005 by Zac Lowing, has been lost.] Einstein’s theory of relativity is not just conjecture, Mulder. - Dana Scully Friday, July 11th, 2008: Message encoded 0923 hours EDT this date. Top Secret. NASA/Hubble Telescope complex reports unusual configuration of bogeys approaching solar system … Continue reading “Tunguska Retro” by E.S. Strout
[Illustration: New illustration created for the archive; the original artwork, “Darfang” © 2005 by Patrick Stacy, has been lost.] Peter Beckin was positive he’d never been so cold in his life. Or this scared. The tunnel stretched for half a kilometer through the dark reddish rock, curving in a downward slope to disappear in a … Continue reading “Darfang” by John Cowan
Dear Editor: Your readers may remember my story "Searching for the Ferryman", published in Planet last year. "Ferryman", together with all of my other previously published short stories, have been gathered into a collection titled Retribution and other Reactions. In addition, several new stories were written especially for the collection. It is available from Equilibrium … Continue reading Author: Derek Smith
"We used his soul to mend the hole bound the fabric of time..." When he first came to us, his mind was contorted by conflicting ripples of thought. His tiny body arrived packaged carefully in amniotic fluid, the limbs curled and foetus-like, the head grossly expanded. A genetic defect had caused the cranium to develop … Continue reading “Elevator to Eternity” by Greg Guerin
Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors take fright. Red sky at midday, sailors completely freak out and look for a new line of work.
[Illustration: New illustration created for the archive; the original artwork, “Dancing Flame” © 2005 by Steve Cartwright, has been lost.] Five black candles were set on the points of a pentagram, in the center of which stood a lonely, desperate young man obsessed by the occult and the black arts. In his mind, necromancy seemed … Continue reading “The Magic Crystal” by Joe Vadalma
There were twelve of us. Just twelve, and no more. We lived in the box, only let out once every 365 days. The fresh air revived us, barely enough to sustain our life throughout the long year. One year, we were put away on a damp spot on the cellar floor. Toward May, Number 5 … Continue reading “Just Twelve, and No More” by Danielle Ste. Just
[Illustration: New illustration created for the archive; the original artwork, “War Machine” © 2005 by Robert Sorensen, has been lost.] U, Robot sat in a room. (As will be learned later, it is here that U stopped reading) It was a big room, not that size was important, which it wasn’t. After all, the size … Continue reading “U, Robot, and The Totally Unremarkable Paper” by NoMan (A.L. Schuhart)
[Illustration: New illustration created for the archive; the original artwork, “ET Kid Gets Rocket” © 2005 by Steve Cartwright, has been lost.] When the Solinarians asked me to save their planet, I told them it would cost at least $10,000,000,000,000 credits. “Plus expenses,” I added. We’d met for lunch at Hammerhead Hank’s Intergalactic Multi-Ethnic Bar … Continue reading “If You Don’t Help Us, We’re Doomed” by Cole Haddon
Dear Editor: I am the administrator for the Odyssey Writing Workshop, an internationally known program for writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, held annually at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. Applications for early admission are due January 31, 2005. More information can be found on our web site: http://www.sff.net/odyssey . Sincerely, Susan Sielinski … Continue reading Workshop: Odyssey Writing Workshop (deadline)
