By Louis Evans Image by Scharfsinn So. The Svalmen have always been renowned as the wisest and most warlike among men, and the most blessed. Did not the gods, in the frozen age before they made the world,… Continue Reading
By Evan Kaiser Image by Lecter Eight jobs since parole. Free and clear! The same caper, again and again. Bots on the outskirts, prime targets, their homes especially vulnerable to swift raids. Obviously. Why hadn’t I ever thought… Continue Reading
B. A. Varghese Image by GrandeDuc Frank woke up and jolted back in his seat. His heart pounded in his skull, and his vision focused off the blur and onto the two men in black before him. This… Continue Reading
By R. C. Capasso Image by DM7 “You will help me, Tenrec?” Ginaya’s voice was soft, low. I wanted to, and she knew it. Oh, she had no special psychic sense but she was beautiful as only a… Continue Reading
Image by TheDigitalArtist By Lenny Levine When it first happened at the Glenford Technologies employees’ Christmas party, Gus Wilson assumed it was because he was drunk. Well, not exactly shit-faced, falling-down drunk, at least not yet, but pleasantly… Continue Reading
By Bill Carr Image by Christian Darkin The euphoria didn’t last long. In fact, it was the most fleeting euphoria of Eric Smith’s professional career. He’d just gotten off the phone with the Algogenics marketing manager. Build price:… Continue Reading
By Charlie Fish Image by Tithi Luadthong The room was small. There were two mould chairs, and a table with a drink dispenser and various fidget toys. On the wall, instead of the usual starnet comms panel, hung… Continue Reading
By Abhirup Dutta Image by KarstenBergmann It was the last day of Pacifica City. The residents knew in their hearts that some form of apocalypse was around the corner, but no one imagined it would be the Shloop.… Continue Reading
By Joseph Hirsch Image by santoelia The Tritonite was a rebuilt amalgam of fused steel transport tankers that looked more like a dirigible than a proper spaceship, and the thing tended to rattle. It was hard enough to… Continue Reading
By Dee Williamson Image by Rifrazione_foto “Anyone ever told you your eyes are like dark pools at the bottom of a cave?” The beeps keep perfect time with her heartbeat, as a nurse fusses around her. “Now, you… Continue Reading