I had been sitting in my quarters watching the roof, counting the number of stains on it. I was supposed to be out in the engine room. The backup cooling system had been acting up lately, and I meant to fix it. I knew it wasn’t urgent, it was after all the backup system. I…
From the Depths of Space
Nate and Isiah where sitting in an 19th century styled bar sipping at their drinks, glancing over their shoulders at the shadows. “I know what it is”, said Nate, his tired face seemed pasted on his head, “I know what they are”. “Well tell me then, I haven’t been able to sleep well in days….
Office Conspiracy
It was Dan’s 15 minute break and he was sitting at his desk slacking. His day at the Singularity Research Institute was not going well. So far nobody had told him who he would be assisting and he felt useless just browsing through the internet. He sighed and accidentally dropped a pen he had been…
Squid From Outer Space
The sea soldiers’ 7th platoon was getting ready to take back the west coast. The squid from space had overrun most of the beaches, they knew they were strategic positions. The great white breeding program began almost as soon as they invaded our oceans. There is currently one shark for every ten human beings. The…
Teleportation
I’ve chosen to die here because it is the place I love the most. On top of the Herbarium Project superbuilding looking at the vastness of the world so few people have a chance to see. I’ve seen pictures of the world before teleportation, people would walk and drive through “streets”, some would take hikes…
More Than Human
I used to be human, I don’t miss it, I know what I would have become had I chosen otherwise. The humans know no limits. Their greed is infinite, their hunger for control insatiable. The war with them has been going strong for three decades. We have taken refuge in the northen lands, near the…
Gratitude
I had been aboard the Skylight for months, I had travelled countless light years. We were on our way down to their planet to finally meet the leader of our unexpected benefactors. Their planet we called The Aurora. Its atmosphere and magnetic field interacted with the winds from their star in such a manner that…
Infiltrated
I was assigned to a case of drug smuggling that was going on from Lunar District 3 to Earth. I had been on the case for about 7 months when this happened. I left my home in downtown New Angeles at 11 AM. The day started off with heavy rain and thunder. I took my…
Explorer
“Exploring isn’t what it used to be” said Bob, “they used to pay us to get out there and find stuff, pay us good, I remember when good ol’ Pat found that icy asteroid. Shit, they paid him a ton.” He paused, and sighed. “Now nobody cares about those things, I loved it though, and…
Who Am I?
I have been awake for as long as I can remember, I wish I had the chance to sleep, like everyone else. I can see those around me sleep, wake, in an endless cycle. But I never wanted to be like them, because they seemed dead, they lived out their lives going around in circles,…