At first I was ecstatic. Every question anyone asked, I knew the answer to. Every question I asked myself, ceased to be a mystery. It was everything I had dreamed of. Knowing it all, everything, unlocking the secrets of the world one at a time. It started locally. When my parents noticed my ability they…
Author: Leon de la Garza
His Second Life
“Come in please,” said the lady in the white coat, “Are you sure you want to do this?” “Hi, thank you. Yeah. I’m sure,” Leah said. She walked through the door into the large hall where a myriad different tools and weapons sat in display. “They’ll bring him in shortly.” Leah waited, she wasn’t sure…
Immortal Eidetic
“Are you ready?” asked Cori. “Umm… well I think we’ve got everything. You?” “I feel ready,” said Cori, “I’m so excited!” No! We can’t go yet. Maybe next year Cori. Maybe we’ll go then. I smiled, “I know! Me too. Okay, well let’s go then.” Cori walked out of the house and waited for me…
Henrino and Fredino
Inside the garbage storage room of the Harriette super-building two faulty androids sat together in the darkness. They waited for the crushers to come in, they waited for their end to come. And in their last instants of consciousness, the two struck up a conversation. Henrino, the taller of the two sat in a corner…
In Space No One Can Hear You Squeak
I was repairing a minor imperfection outside the passenger ship Onyx-4. I had been working as a technician on it for the past four years. It was a normal day on a flight from Mars to Titan. The ship had stopped on Jupiter’s orbit so the passengers could have a nice look at the planet’s…
The Secret of the Alien Cave
It was a particularly rainy night on Industrial District 4, lightning struck the Earth permeating the air with a thundering roar. It was my first time going to another planet by myself, it was my first time volunteering for world exploration. “Hang on to your heels.” said the man in a white coat as he…
The Spheres of the Desert
Julek Bohme was standing outside the water purifying plant on the edge of sphere #38. He looked through the thick glass towards the horizon where the sun began to hide behind the dunes of the desert. He didn’t usually think of anything while he looked outside to the sterile world, and it wasn’t odd…
Starfinder
The people of the Milky Way sent me out into the intergalactic void in search of hope. I have been on my journey for many thousands of years travelling at a speed unimaginable, I can only guess how much time they’ve waited for me, for us, for the hope of new life… millions of years,…
Hadopelagic
I was part of the team, we had been looking for funding for years before that, and one day, just like that, an anonymous donation came in. We didn’t know where it came from. We tried, we reached out… but I suppose the person or organisation wanted to remain out of the public’s eye. After…
Planet Hopping
It wasn’t my first time planet-hopping, but it was my first time in a world engulfed completely in water. A friend of mine had teleported to it a few months back and never told anyone about it. Not even the government knew of its existence. He said it was the most fun he had ever…