The Monster from the Woods

The storm was keeping Sam Morrison awake. He listened to the lid fly from the recycling bin and clatter across … More

The Elevator Trials

Norman Grant didn’t believe in predetermined fate or praying to God but he was contemplating both of these ideas as … More

The Farm 

It was disturbing to take in the endless, neat rows of empty white seats in the preparation space. There had … More

Shame Fame

I awoke sharply from a feverish dream, where I was standing with statuesque stillness and completely naked at a conference … More

Future Orientation

“You can not travel back in time. It’s impossible and why would you want to? But time travel is possible, … More

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

Strained Servers

“A day is like a pool of water. It looks permanent, it looks still, like it’s always there, but it … 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

Feeding Frenzy

The warm, acidic sea teased the arctic coastline, just a few feet from the entrance of the seed bank. It … More

The Lithium Murders

My phone battery was dead. I was on my own. I heard them sneaking around in the overgrown garden of … 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 Testament Collector

The pile of bodies was fresh, I knew that much from the lack of stench, and the blood was wet. … 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

Karma Cops

The five surly policemen were practiced at being intimidating. They walked like lions, padding through the plains, unafraid of any … More

The Update

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

The Cookie Monster

I was normally more careful about idle chatter or looking at things I wanted. When I saw the broad-shouldered guy … 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