Tag: hard sci-fi

Story : The Unfinished Amplitude, Part One

Woodcut banner of a diverse cast gazing upward beneath a glowing sphere, symbols, a space station, a rocket and a vortex

From Romeo Esparrago. Part One : The Memory of Spacetime. A wave passes, and the detector does not come back to where it was. It comes back almost. That "almost" is permanent. We call it memory, and it is the most ordinary thing in the universe: everything that has ever happened has left the world … Continue reading Story : The Unfinished Amplitude, Part One →

Story : Detection

Collage: scientists briefed by a radar dome, a soldier in a trench, white pods, a cube splashing into sea near warships

By Romeo Esparrago. The Soviet Union detonates their first atomic test on August 29, 1949. Radioactive particles collected over the skies of Alaska confirm this. President Truman announces this to the world on September 23, 1949. Massachusetts, 1953. John V. “Jack” Herrentown had drawn an aircraft on the blackboard. Beneath it he had drawn a … Continue reading Story : Detection →