Explosive Decompression KABOOM! She kept telling everyone that she couldn’t cook. At all. But nooo, being an astronaut wasn’t enough, apparently. Having two expert-level skills also wasn’t enough, apparently. ‘Men don’t want an EVA specialist or an acceleration manipulator expert,’ her mom kept telling her. For the first few years, Read more…
The Veil Elliot Tuckerberg grew up admiring the promises and imagining the possibilities of Magic Leap. He knew from his uncle that the headset would be something expensive, so he saved up for three years so he could afford it. He didn’t get a bike, got lunch from home, didn’t Read more…
Flying Spell Stilvi kicked the damn thing. “Why won’t you work?” she cried out, both from frustration and from pain. The broom stared back in silence, mocking her with its immobility and its refusal to start. It was last-year’s model, of course, Stilvi couldn’t afford the newer ones. She liked Read more…
Beau needed to go faster. Usain Bolt had set the record too high, 9.58 seconds. That Jamaican superhuman remained unbeatable for years. Beau wasn’t in the Olympics. But it didn’t matter. He had himself hooked up with the official Hermes timekeeper AI, in real time. It acted as a witness Read more…
It was hard, getting drowned the first time. The second, not so much. His implants acted like gills, filtering oxygen from the water and pumping it straight into his bloodstream. But he had to fight the instinct every time. He had to drown, every time. Willingly. It was one of Read more…
So what, I’m a snail now? I looked down at the thick key. They called it a key, but it was more like an electronics board that you plugged in, like an SSD memory. I took the metro and located my new job. I wasn’t due till next morning, but Read more…