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 →
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 →
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 →
I was stuck in a traffic jam, going nowhere fast, when there was a thump on the window. I jumped and nearly dropped my phone, which I put down anyway, just in case it was a cop knocking. The guy outside looked nothing like that. He was bony and bent, with a straggly beard. Hands... Continue Reading →
Flash Wounds 