What if we no longer remembered where we grew up? Our first school? First kiss? That college road-trip? Places we’d…
The Year of the Robot Suicides by Steve Rasnic Tem
The numbers had risen since January: AIs throwing themselves in front of trains, dashing into walls, pounding their heads into…
The Fall of Ocrone by Dawn Vogel
The Silk Dragon was on her last legs, but I needed to stock up on cyclononane on Ocrone to afford…
I’m No Superhero by Steve Zisson
Adversary-09 is reloading their blaster. It’s my only chance. My training from long ago kicks in. Before I know it,…
Every Civilization Needs by Lora Gray
He’s had many names, he tells me as we huddle in the cargo hold. “Anansi. Loki. Bamapana.” Smiling with the…
An Endless Vibrato by Stewart C Baker
The long, slow, Mars-bound transit is steel corridors and dim lights, unwashed bodies and grim, silent faces. It is hope,…
The Reluctant Time Traveler Wears Two Watches by Wendy Nikel
Each of Sophia’s husbands, prior to their respective passing, attempted to anchor her to their present with a timepiece. Antoine’s…
On a Wing and a Prayer by Holly Schofield
Uncle Billy’s ancient bomb shelter was probably the only one ever to have a window. Secure in the steel box…
O Fear and Fortuna by L. P. Melling
They rained from the sky shaped like fortune cookies, contrails combining to spell a dark message. Their ships shuddered, separated,…
