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Playing Nice With God's Bowling Ball

N. K. Jemison — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:20:00 -0000

Extreme Reservations

R. J. Ortega — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:21:00 -0000

The innkeeper’s wife flipped the gold coin to her husband; it glinted prettily in the light of a single bare bulb.

Spamdemonium

John Parke Davis — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:58:00 -0000

MYSTRIE OF TEH UNIVERSE, YOURS FREE!!!!!

Quality of Life

Benjamin Crowell — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:22:00 -0000

Cacophony of the Spheres

Jeff Haas — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:54:00 -0000

I was buried in a virtual blonde when my editor buzzed me on the vid.

Red Tape and Cold Iron, or A Proposal for the Reintroduction of the Faery Folk To the United Kingdom

Lucy Bond — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:56:00 -0000

Once upon a time, there was a well-meaning but fluffy environmentalist on the government who, having heard of schemes to re-introduce wolves to the Scottish Highlands, and the success of the wild boar in the South, hatched plans to re-introduce fairies back to their historical homelands.

End of the Line

Holly Messinger — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:53:00 -0000

The planks of the depot trembled under Trace's boots, as thirty tons of iron and steam snorted and wheezed to a stop alongside the platform.

The Waters of Eternity

Howard A. Jones — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:14:00 -0000

Thus said Asim el Abbas, slayer of ill-natured beasts and right hand of that most far-sighted of men, seeker of hidden things, Dabir ibn Khalil, favored of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid, upon whom be peace. These are his words:

Inheritance

David Wesley — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:11:00 -0000

Tropical storm Penelope approached hurricane status as it marched across the Atlantic.

Queen's Mask

Barbara E. Tarbox — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:26:00 -0000

Elena nodded to the guard outside the council chamber.

Squish

S. E. Ward — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:05:00 -0000

I was at the commercial end of the spaceport, clearing Orion Roaches, when they opened the cargo bay doors on the Paul Bunyan and the Ant tumbled out.

The Quiet Man

David Carrico — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:58:00 -0000

The spaceship settled on the Washington Mall, nose pointed toward the Capitol.

Mrs. Schrödinger's Cat

Gary Cuba — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:36:00 -0000

Annemarie Schrödinger kissed her husband's forehead on her way out of their Oxford house to do the day's market shopping.

Touching the Dead

J. Kathleen Cheney — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:26:00 -0000

The colonel, Shironne decided, must be one of those clever people, the kind who liked to fix things.

Chicken Soup

A. F. Tesson — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:31:00 -0000

"Moooom! Patton's eating my dinosaurs!"

Chirus Fever

Lisa L. Satterlund — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:27:00 -0000

"It's too late—the ship is gone." Hal's thin voice seeped through the speakers in Frank's helmet.

Pastry Run

Nancy Fulda — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:17:00 -0000

It's a killer job, but the old lady pays good.

New Moon

Mike Barretta — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:25:00 -0000

"Neil's Dead."

Medic!

William Ledbetter — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:52:00 -0000

Sam gripped the cargo locks on the floor as tightly as he could, but still swayed back and forth each time the Osprey zigged or zagged along its radar-avoiding slalom course. A frustrated Ernie Ochoa tried to mount a defensive pod on one of Sam's three attachment points.

Supercargo

M. T. Reiten — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:50:00 -0000

The ketones of grilling meat flooded the corridor, despite the laboring air scrubbers. I pulled my head back into the passenger compartment and tossed the reader onto my bunk. I opened the stowage locker and lifted my military issue pressure suit off the rack.

The Goblin Hunter

Jeff Stehman — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:31:00 -0000

After much consideration, Adham decided greed was not responsible for his current situation. True, the job had promised more pay than any he had ever taken. Even now, lashed off the ground and spread-eagled between two trees as he was, it still seemed like a reasonable proposition.

Old Folks' Home

John Kratman — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:18:00 -0000

Bobby Cullivan finished entering the staff schedules and leaned back in his chair, doing his best to ignore the arthritic twinge in his hip. It was nice to be calling the shots again.

Technical Exchange

Kevin Haw — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:47:00 -0000

Score: 100.0

I'm ashamed to admit it, but the only reason I went to the kickoff meeting where I met my best friend and business partner was to score a free coffee mug. I wasn't expecting any Exiles to be there.

The Men in the Mirror

Steven Ray — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:57:00 -0000

Three days before it all went down, Charles Robbins stepped out of his car in north Minneapolis. Slinging a camera bag over his shoulder, he crossed the wide but almost deserted street and entered the park, looking for a familiar face.

The Girl With the Killer Eyes

B. B. Kristopher — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:19:00 -0000

"Look, Roy, I'm telling you—"

"Yeah, Mike, I got it. A really hot redhead who shoots laser beams out of her eyes."

Devil May Care

Jason Kahn — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:12:00 -0000

In his assigned pit in Hell's vast Pain Management Center, Cornelius, Tormenter Second Class, plied his trade with tireless enthusiasm.

The Puzzle of the Perigrinating Coach

George Phillies — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:04:00 -0000

Shades of dying twilight hung gracefully over the London skyline, limning its towers and steeples in a delicate indigo. Helmesham and I had just finished a generous repast, and were preparing to turn to the Port.

Songbird

Jeremiah Sturgill — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:50:00 -0000

The first day I said no and he left, and I thought that would be the end of it but it was not. He came back the next with the same question.

Decaf and Spaceship, To Go

Katherine Sanger — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:41:00 -0000

I always knew the world would end while I was trapped in the Starbucks' drive through. With as much time as I spent there, the odds were definitely in its favor. But it still surprised me that afternoon to see the silver, egg-shaped craft materialize in the parking lot next to me.

Fishing

Thea Hutcheson — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:49:00 -0000

Maruka slid a grasping tentacle through the slit into another universe and fished around.

Common Ground

Mackey Chandler — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:47:00 -0000

After years of patiently straining to catch a cosmic whisper, the first alien radio signal heard by humanity was blasted at the com dish on the International Space Station from meters away.

Storm Warning

Robert Cruze — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:35:00 -0000

"Honey, it's late. Come to bed." Madison Kurchowsky shot a pleading gaze at her husband, who was sitting at his workstation in his boxers. But he was too involved with the task at hand to notice.

Local Boy Makes Good

Ray Tabler — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:11:00 -0000

“Somthin’ smells,” one of the thousand or so shock troopers milling about in the staging area said, staring straight at me.

The Best Plaid Lans

Loren K. Jones — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:08:00 -0000

Professor Kenneth Campbell studied the apparatus in his lab, tweaking delicately at the vernier adjusters to achieve exactly the right settings. "This should be it, Heather. With these settings we should be able to peek into the past, to see the Battle of Culloden. We will be witness to the defeat of Bonny Prince Charlie by the British."

Giving it 14 Percent

A. S. Fox — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:18:00 -0000

He was reading a comic book when it happened.

Astromonkeys!

Tony Frazier — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:13:00 -0000

They're green, they're monkeys, what more can I say?

Fancy Farmer

Pamela Uphoff — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:02:00 -0000

Not exactly Julia Child, is she?