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They dropped him off at the inhospitable moon. “Yugo,” his mentor said, “good luck. I hope you ate your greens.” That last bit was a little random. Yugo didn’t know what he was talking about, but didn’t pay any attention to his words. He really had a lot on his Read more…
“It’s been five years of raiding the Pumpkin, and some patterns have begun to emerge. Appearances seem to alternate between the US and the UK each year, at a random city. Why that is so, nobody knows.” The Halloween Raid podcast Ed ran towards the door. “You better not go Read more…
A Trillion-Dollar Rock 💎 Okay, Petra wasn’t the brightest of the bunch. Everybody knew that, except for her, as it usually was with idiots. The problem, and this is where clever people really slam their heads on the wall, is that if you throw a thousand idiots at a problem, one Read more…
Nacho tried to act cool. He was cool, cool as fuck, but there was sweat dripping down his nose and he kept looking around him. What if the policia spotted him? Then again, that was the gig, right? He turned his head straight and tried to look like any other Read more…
The Redjus Unit One always loved Unit Two. Not at first sight, like the old saying went, but close enough. In their vast lifespans, what could you define as the beginning of your relationship? The first hundred standard years? The first thousand? Or the first million? Because Unit One and Read more…
Nanodaemons is out on audiobook format, but it’s not just any old narration. No, Luke Rounda of Vernacular Audio has turned this into full-cast drama all by himself, doing the voices, accents, adding in effects and generally making this a complete aural experience. As I wrote this story I imagined Read more…
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…
Closely Guarded Secret 🔑 The mayor sighed. “I believe we’ve gone through the official unfinished business.” He slapped the tenth pile of papers on his desk and slid it across to the other man. The mayor-to-be took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. “Yes, we’ve been hours at it.” “Nobody Read more…
Berenice’s Hair. 💇 Since she was little, Berenice had one goal in mind: To be become like one of the models she saw on the AR billboards. It was what she desired. She kept letting her hair long, despite her mother’s protests of wanting to keep them manageable. It was her Read more…