When he opened his eyes he was on the floor and he could see dust under the kitchen table. Weird, he thought. Surely he’d already done this once today, when he’d been back in bed. This time, though, his body felt heavy and numb. He tried to sit up but couldn’t. Arms, legs, neck, head... Continue Reading →
STORY: ‘The Threshold’
Nora sat on the edge of her chair in the middle of her office and read the message again. When are you coming home, it said. And then: Are you coming home? She studied Rob's profile picture. Around her, in the building where she worked as an editor, the corridors hummed with life as bright... Continue Reading →
STORY: ‘3001: A Space Travesty’
I'm really worried about Mars, Deltrine. Gone are the wild river plains, pristine canyons and equatorial rift valley, buried long ago beneath our power and production blisters. Now the ancient ocean boundaries are eroding and the ice caps expanding, both at an ever-increasing rate. Things aren't much better in the atmosphere either, where carbon dioxide... Continue Reading →
STORY: ‘Interference’
This is weird. Queer even. I live with these two guys, right. A couple of kids called Dan and Dave. So, the marriage law survey forms come today. Dan gets his first. He opens it up and - WTF - it's already filled out. A big fat cross in the No box. Dan goes white.... Continue Reading →