“Yes that’s right.” she said. “In the old days you needed quite a lot of ‘money’ just to survive. ‘Cost of living’ they called it then. It was sort of barbaric, people starving and living on…
A Saijo City based short story.
The last thing Commons saw before the concussion wave hit was code he’d been focussed on writing for the last several days. Then there was nothing but the high…
“Do you remember the first time you were badly hurt?”
“Not really. Don’t we all experience our share of scrapes and bruises in childhood?”
“No, that’s not what I mean. Have you ever suffered an…
My first impression of the place was not so great.
“Where are the chairs?” I asked. “I need a place to sit down.”
“They don’t have chairs,” Cap told me. “They can’t use ‘em.”
“What does that…
“Yes that’s right.” she said. “In the old days you needed quite a lot of ‘money’ just to survive. ‘Cost of living’ they called it then. It was sort of barbaric, people starving and living on…
Toys - Jamie’s new spectral eyes tasted like tamarinds that had been reconstituted by liquid helium. With lead fingertips she touched the new water and was electrified by the gracious pulses of ancient…
Alexi’s Lunch - The roof top door crashed open & Alexi burst out, kinetically amped up & ready to fly. He dove through the a gap in the safety barrier, hit a ramp at full speed, the magnetic bumpers of his board…
Tempest -
“Oh gee, another wave.”, Captain Theurer muttered sarcastically. Swarms of the creatures were coming up towards him from the center of another wormhole.
A few days earlier, Earth’s Defender Squad…
Free For All - In January, the time-travelers began appearing in droves. They wore the garb of many different centuries. Most wandered aimlessly, gawking at the sights or fiddling with their various recording…