Early the next morning Roger got busy gardening. He once again took the tiller out and spent the day tilling the old garden spot to make it ready for planting. The next day he cut some of the dry grass beside the first garden patch with his trusty weed eater and began tilling it. When the women questioned him he told them that if he was successful they would...
It was hard to believe that after waiting for what seemed like months, it was finally spring break. Nikki took the bus to get to Elena and Amarisa's apartment, not carrying much since they had already packed two weeks prior. Her heart pounded in anticipation as she thought of the exotic vacation they were about to have. Amarisa had continued to be very secre...
At the ground floor play hall, the children were running helter shelter. Divya came down to see that most of them were playing in the corridor. She felt angry at Nithin and started running behind every kid and bringing them back into the play hall. While one would be bought back the other would run away. Divya found Nithin playing on his mobile beneath the...
Carlita yawned and stretched back in her chair was the ship cruised along quietly. They were on the edge of a new solar system with a hundred and fifty colonists in the ship. Their mission was to colonize a new planet discovered by scouts a number of months back. The Earthen scouts had deemed it livable and already good for colonization. It had a small group...
Kate stepped out of her apartment and walked to the corner. She knew it wouldn't be long before a tram came by for the short trip to the observatory. "What could Jack be planning for Earth Day and why there?" she wondered. She had never heard of a party to celebrate the event. Somehow, all things considered, it just did not seem appropriate. The tram arriv...
Holy Trinity - 3750 A.D. It was Wednesday on Holy Trinity. This was one of the two days of the week—the other, of course, being Sunday—that was designated an Energy Saving Day. Despite being in Mercury orbit and well bathed in sunlight from the nearby presence of the Sun, the Archdeacon and the Chief Pastors had deemed that the energy expenditure of the col...
There was a beautiful festival full of temporary shopping stalls, possibly rigged games with promises of prizes, wandering musicians, temple prayers, and a tall tree with seemingly thousands of drooping branches. Ice coated the bare, wretched looking bark, but that didn't matter. People slipped their fingers out of their gloves and muffs so they could use th...
Before mankind could fly we gazed at the stars in wonder, dreaming of the day when men would stand among them. And finally with centuries of trials and errors a man was finally able to escape our green prison. We learned from our mistakes, discovered that the void beyond our sky was inhospitable, but still our species persevered against the impossible chall...
Training began in earnest. There were no more mysterious little games. Tanya and Sterling faced a huge pile of academic work plus days filled with practical exercises as they became familiar with all aspects of the mission. At least they got to work on it all together. Teamwork was emphasized at every opportunity. They were joined by new members of the team...
As a woman outnumbered by men in the Intrepid's senior staff, Second Officer Sheila Nkomo made a special effort to befriend her fellow female officers. She wasn't in a position to get to know Captain Kerensky particularly well. This was partly a consequence of relative rank, but also because her captain was a lesbian. It wasn't that Sheila held any prejudice...