Spectres

A home is a place you should feel safe. A place to keep the dangers out. The spectres were dissolving … More

Beneath the Canyons

“The difference,” said Detective Shawn Trenton, “between successful people and unsuccessful people is in your definition of success.” The argument … More

The Day Editors

The perfect world. That is where I lived. Nothing bad ever happened. The news was only good news. The government … More

Paranoidia

It was a rude awakening. The holo-link even woke my children, they stirred in the darkness of their bedrooms and … More

The Burning Lands

As Fire Response Marshal, Chuck Seager had a high life insurance. His wife had long left him but his estranged … More

All There is to Know about Love

As an artificial human I liked to study the real ones. They would move a little different than I did. … More

The Update

The tall hallway in my house seemed unreasonably quiet, as if spectres were lurking and judging me from the corners. … More

Monsters of Mars

“That…That is a monster.” He was right. He did what anyone would do when faced with a monster. He took … More

Countdown to Zero

Like most people, the best part of the day for Harrison was the preparation in the morning. From his pillow … More

Boiling Point

When a kettle boils, it’s like a small scream. But in a long day those small screams need to happen. … More

Factory Settings

The production line never really stopped. For maintenance and inspections there were brief pauses but the conveyer rolled its parts … More

The Agreement

There are no laws on Mars, just agreements. I say this because when the extraction ship comes in 126 sols, … More

Testing for Signs of Life

“She was smiling when they put her in the capsule.” General Wright did not respond straight away, quite deliberately. He … More

Cultured

It had been an uncomfortable journey, reaching the old hunter’s shack. I had taken the bumpy, pitted backroads in the … More

The Lost Travellers

Onan There were three thumps on the door. Tom Lowe’s eyelids unfurled so shapes emerged within the room. A chair, … More

Manifestation

I could see the back of his head. His haircut was not the typical military close-crop of bristle but jet … More