Tim sat in his living room in silence, listening to phone ring in his hand. Why did people feel compelled to stop him? Was the decision not his? Had he no right to want something that much? Did he somehow break a moral rule he was unaware of? The phone stopped ringing. It was…
Category: Short Stories
The Fall
I’m getting closer now. Four million years down, eight million to go. There is still hope. I may still find a home. A place for everyone, a place where we can talk again, dance again, laugh again. We left Earth five million years ago, trying to escape our death. Centuries of human development made…
Exodus
Primo stood beside his friend Harry at the base of the launch pads, watching the towering interplanetary ships standing before him. ”Amazing what we‘ve accomplished… as a race I mean”, said Harry. The cheering from the crowd made his voice almost inaudible. ”Yes Harry. I first thought of that on October 15, 2412 at…
Fading Eyes
”Take me out” ”Take me out one last time” Ian looked down at her thin frail body. Her skin seemed indistinguishable from the sheets on her bed, pale, soft, wrinkled. The smell of antibiotics filled the air in the room and the continuous sound of the monitors pierced his ears. He looked at the…
Gwen
The year is 89:233. I am part of a thirty man team that was sent to this planet to begin terraformation and preparations for colonization. Overpopulation of the planet Gliese-1239 was nearing inhospitable conditions and our services were hired by their government. Two days ago, after setting up our camp me and my team began…
The Edge
Clouds John Stone was sitting next to Commander Peter Wilkins on a comfortable red leather couch in the Dawn Star’s observatory. They were looking out the enormous window, bewildered. Radiant white clouds stretched out in every direction, like an ever expanding storm. “Some sort of nebula?”, asked John. “It’s not like any I’ve seen…