Chloe went to work. As a second-generation colonist, she was born on the ship and she knew the whole thing top to bottom. They used to run all over as kids, despite the grown ups’ protests. Now that she was in her twenties, it was her turn to scold the Read more…
“Oh, yeah, push it deeper,” Chloe moaned, recorded the videoclip and then pressed send. She stopped rubbing herself and waited seven minutes for the message to get to Terry. Then another seven minutes for him to get back to her… Sigh. Her funk was gone. She stood up, put her Read more…
Karen bit her lip and held the hot chocolate carefully. She spilled some on the little plate below the cup, cursing herself all the way. “What do you do up here every evening?” Karen asked, bringing the man his beverage and setting it before him. “My girlfriend and I, we’re Read more…
Larry studied the gravity gauge. It said, ‘Today, gravity will be…’ and there was a light next to the current status. It read, ‘Very light. Bounce around wherever you like.’ He frowned, turned to his instructor. She was for all intents and purposes an old lady. At least ninety years Read more…
I hate Mondays. Mondays are the worst. And they are definitely the worst time to attempt atmospheric reentry with one blown engine, vapors in the gas tank and a broken arm. My ship was essentially a big metal ball of fire hurtling down on the planet, waking up everybody from Read more…
Jimmy had arrived to the edge of reality. Eh… Could be better. It was full of jelly. And vines, but mostly jelly. No, really, it was rather hilarious. Jimmy jumped up and down, and the ground, the seemingly stable dirt and rocks, bounced him back up like a bouncy castle. Read more…
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…
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 Chinese space station Tiangong 1 is hanging over our heads. It’s on a decaying orbit and is expected to crash on Earth in a matter of days. I had an idea about a story when I first read about the place where spaceships go to die. It’s the most Read more…
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