I’ve been rooming with Tom now for a couple of months. Tom’s in pharmaceutical research; I used to be in behavioural research, until I pulled one of my practical jokes once too often and got punted from the program—permanently. Tom’s a good guy and was willing to let me move in for however long it takes for me to get a new research gig. Who am I? I’m Jerry....
Word has traveled over the star waves from Federation Space to the treaty zone, whispers of the Jade Assassin. A Human woman, or at least humanoid in appearance who has slain hundreds of undesirable people for the Federation's Governments, and parties willing to meet her salary. Little is known about her, even to her employers. Leaks have confirmed she was o...
As you hear the cargo door close with a loud noise, you know your old life is behind you. You look around in your room. It's small, by your standards, but comfortable enough. A bed, a few storage containers, a sliding door. A few of the other dorms are occupied too, while the crew has their quarters in the upper part of the ship. This is it. You are now hitc...
In the future there are no problems. There's enough food to go around, so no one goes hungry ever again. Machines carry out the hard labor, protecting human bodies from back breaking work for little pay. Peace is extolled across the planet as people no longer have any reason to fight, their problems solved, everyone comes to appreciate each other. It is utop...
"HAVE YOU HAD TROUBLE WITH WOMEN? NO LONGER! GRAB THE ORGASMOTRON 3000 AND ALL YOUR TROUBLES WILL DISAPPEAR!" It's kind of hard to believe what you're seeing, as the internet advertisement flashes in your face. You thought your adblock would block shit like this, but it seems that this ad doesn't count as malicious. You look at the ad again and dec...
There are many worlds out there. Some are shining examples of science, allowing us to travel between the stars and meet new sentient species. Some worlds are pure magic, and the swords and sorcery of mankind constantly battle monsters that have long gone extinct in the worlds of science. Finally we have worlds almost exactly like yours, except they may hold...
When the internet as invented, it was an astonishing marvel that created a technological singularity that advanced humanity beyond its basic limitations. Cancer was cured, rocket-science became public transportation and global warming didn't stand a chance. As the population boomed and robotics became as advanced as they were, the solar system was suddenly m...
Your name is Takashi Najiin, Tank for short. You are a marine aboard the Science frigate Prometheus. When you got the news that you were going to be posted on a science vessel you could hardly believe it. You posted top scores in both physical and mental military testing and were in the top five percent of graduates in the Academy back on Earth. You assumed...
"I just don't see Clayton actually going along with Clarissa's side of the story," Jason, my editor, said. He was thirty-one years old with short brown hair and thick black-rimmed glasses like the kind that Drew Carey used to have back in the 90's. I guess that dates me. I thought about that while Jason continued trashing the character motive of my story the...
Aqua City One. Humanities first great archology built during the 2020s and finished in the 22nd century. From the sky it appeared to be a giant flower with six lily pads around it. Built in the Australian desert after it was flooded to combat the rising sea levels. It rapidly became a mecca for scientific advancement leading the world in all fields. As it gr...