The Talecrafter’s Apprentice
Reading Time: 4 minutes An apprentice talecrafter constructs her first magical tale.
Rocket Man
Reading Time: 14 minutes In an alternate Cold War, America is armed with a fleet of manned nuclear ICBMs. But all is not well, and every night, the rocket man dreams of Moscow . . .
Eat Me
Reading Time: 17 minutes Reporter Angela Ioane discovers the most promising new weight loss therapy in years has side effects no one is talking about.
Meat Bag
Reading Time: 7 minutes This is a dark SF tale about creating organ donors for those who can pay.
Wolf Sets Standard for AI, Culture in Robots of the World, Arise!
Reading Time: 23 minutes By N.T. Narbutovskih The term “droid” has a special place in the heart of everyone who has a passing familiarity with science fiction. Mari Wolf coins the term in this quirky tale about robots, consciousness, and humanity. Wolf’s forecast of the rise of human-consciousness equivalent artificial intelligence has all the classic veneer of the Golden […]
The Lingering Taste of Mars
Reading Time: 3 minutes “I feel like I left my mind on Mars. Even now, I can still hear the wind.” Rosie reaches over from where she sits on her rocking chair and winds her fingers around mine. She hasn’t changed a bit, despite the years I was gone. Her face is still every bit as bright and optimistic […]
The Color Of My Home Is Red Like An Apple
Reading Time: 19 minutes Rejected by her god and exiled by her tribe for reasons beyond her understanding, a young alien girl seeks the truth of her world and the faith of her people.
Relative
Reading Time: 2 minutes A dying physicist makes a desperate attempt to spare his daughter grief by flying into a black hole.
I Will Wait for You
Reading Time: 4 minutes A grieving mother on Halloween and all she’s lost.