TERMS tinton - 2 1/2 seconds specton - 2 1/2 minutes Toton - 2 1/2 hours minton - 2 1/2 days daycon - 2 1/2 weeks Malant - 2 1/2 months quant - 2 1/2 years galant - 2 1/2 centuries Metson - 2 1/2 inches maclon - 2 1/2 feet heckson - 2 1/2 miles tetson - 2 1/2 acres unit - 2 1/2 ccs Characters Bill Axor (AKA Ambrose) - Lion clan, Cit-Chac-Coh...
I was ecstatic after leaving the bookstore. Seth had actually come to see me. Not to mention all of the naughtiness that had ensued right after him showing up. Anna's mood had increased as well, despite not hearing from Nicholas. All in all, it was beginning to look like a beautiful evening. I perked up even more when I felt a vibration in my jeans pocket...
(Historical note: I wrote this story in 1995 for Bazooms magazine, shortly after the Space Shuttle Discovery first docked with Mir, and six years before Dennis Tito became the first space tourist aboard the ISS.) It had been a hell of a flight - as bad, the senator thought, as tourist class on Aeroflot. The launch had been particularly harrowing, and he was...
Data walked towards the window of the ready room by the Captain's chair and stared out into deep space. He smiled, grinning from ear to ear. He wrapped his arms around his sides and just enjoyed the moment. Deanna, now fully dressed, curled up in the large leather chair at the opposite end of the room. She was exhausted. She bent her knees under her and wra...
Erika had felt that something wasn't right already that evening. A feeling of malaise and nausea suggested her to bring a bucket to keep next to her bed for the night. She had only lived a few months in her first own apartment and wasn't sure how she would be able to handle taking care of herself if she was getting sick. She hadn't been since she was a child...
I wasn't sure what to think the next morning. I wanted Nigel back I knew that, not being able to hand over my wedding ring seemed to trigger off all sorts of thoughts. The good times came back into my head. But at the same time I was aware that just a few months ago I wanted Gary more than my husband! So if I don't deserve Nigel what do I deserve? Should I...
Three days later we landed on Wolf Three, posing as bounty hunters. It caused quite a stir in the local population as we marched our captured pirates to the local Peacekeeper's station. After that, as we were sitting in a local café scanning the crowd and the new wanted posters we had downloaded, we noticed all the hostile looks we were receiving from the l...
"God Bless America" I was in study hall at 8:47, at New Lebanon Jr./SR High school. New Lebanon lies just before the Massachusetts border, about 20 miles from Albany, the state?s capital. It is a jerkwater little town, and the only things in it are cows, pigs, cornfields, and two gas stations. One little supermarket where you could buy expired meat for a ch...
Not even the feeling of cold water landing on his face could have shocked Michael more than this. His grip involuntarily loosened and soon the drops of rain were more than enough to send the paper to the ground. It was too much to comprehend that he stood there momentarily wondering how ink on paper had changed his mood so suddenly. He bent forward and pick...
"Everyone has heard of the theorized zombie apocalypse; about how a big nuclear accident or virus turns most of the world into brain-dead revenants with a hunger for flesh. Tons of movies were even made about it. But no one knew what would really happen. In 2042, the world was a scientific masterpiece. Free healthcare, long lives, and advanced technology m...