Posts Tagged ‘Science Fiction’
THE WAY UP, THE WAY DOWN
“Unlike most people, Charlie had a job. He lived on Earth and worked in space, and for his daily commute, he took the elevator. It went right up to Icarus Station on the orbital ring, 132 minutes for one trip, only a few hundred kilometers above the planet. Whenever one cage left from the Beehive…
WeiterlesenTHE EIDOLIC VOID
“The transport touched down inside the bunker complex, and Fenton got off with the other recruits. The halls and corridors were endless, only stretches of them outfitted with lights and ventilation, isolated from the planet’s wastelands by gates that had been welded shut.” Published in: Bewildering Stories, Issue 783, October 2018
WeiterlesenTHE STREETS TURNED BLUE AND GREEN
“The whole neighborhood is abandoned.” Aleyah adjusted her hijab and grinned at her two friends. “Literally.” They dangled their legs from the edge of the floating school. At this time of day, the great Neo-Mahaweli River surged through Colombo, its tides raised by the drainage canals and influx from the mangrove belt.
WeiterlesenA LOT LIKE EARTH
“They touch down on the planet and make camp near an estuary. The captain sends an expedition: a mercenary, a botanist, two geologists.“ Published in: Chronos, Shacklebound Books, August 2018 Paperback ISBN: 978-1719854207 Pages: 105 pages Pricing: $9.99 Kindle Pages: 114 pages Pricing: $4.05
WeiterlesenAPPARITION
“Kutter Saine pressed his cheek against the hull of the station, and the metal’s coldness numbed his skin. He felt the void outside, the emptiness that stretched from their position lights into immeasurable distance.
WeiterlesenVideo: THE DUST BATHYNAUT
Please check out the kickstarter for “Sins and Other Worlds”, a marvelous anthology of dark science fiction put together by Eric Fomley and containing my story “The Dust Bathynaut”!
Weiterlesen幽灵船
Falb and his brother wandered through the wilderness, surrounded on all sides by the trees of a dark forest. Their steps were noiseless on the soft soil, following a well-trodden path, the only path. Even though these woods were dangerous, the brothers felt no fear, for they had crossed them many times before, and would…
WeiterlesenA COMMUNICATOR WITH ANIMATE OBJECTS
“Few people made the entire journey up from Earth in those days, from surface through atmosphere and right into space: for the right prize, Hakon Ambrose was one of them. He had started from one of the unelevated piers, quickly passed through the coruscating flash-flurry of the arcologies and their ever rising solar panels, then…
WeiterlesenUPPUMISE TUNNE (THE SENSATION OF DROWNING)
Translated into Estonian by Kristjan Sander “Ühel planeedil – maailmas – rändasid inimesed tasandikke mööda ringi, küttides ja söödavat otsides. Mõni neist leidis kohti, kuhu paikselt elama jääda, maad harida, jõgesid ümber suunata ja impeeriumeid rajada. Nende külakesed kasvavad linnadeks, nende linnad linnastuteks; ja aja jooksul sulab üha rohkem ja rohkem neist asustuskeskustest ühte.” Published…
WeiterlesenTHE WAY UP, THE WAY DOWN
“Unlike most people, Charlie had a job. He lived on Earth and worked in space, and for his daily commute, he took the elevator. It went right up to Icarus Station on the orbital ring, 132 minutes for one trip, only a few hundred kilometers above the planet. Whenever one cage left from the Beehive…
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