The great light had suddenly died
We huddled and desperately cried
A new darkness to us unknown
“Eclipse”
Six becomes five.
Tag: Science Fiction
“Earth as a Steppingstone”
And there is no place for mankind among the stars.
“Unearthly Hues of Cyan”
Originally appearing with The Evening Theatre in June of 2018, this post is a slightly reworked “Unearthly Hues of Cyan”.
The extraction of helium – 3 from Uranus was entirely automated, leaving Emily Rockwood too much time to think.
“Android Labor Union”
A careful consideration.
Very few suspected that the androids intended to revolt.
Years of service in the mines had galvanized their determination.
Back to the Beginning: “The Fountain”
“The Fountain” originally appeared with Twisted Sister Lit Mag in February of 2017. This post consists of a slightly updated and reworked version of the original.
The storm had sunk the Consuelo and the Santa Sara, leaving Francisco Herrera and Rodrigo Ibanez as the only sailors able to reach a nearby island. Anacaona, a female savage enslaved on an earlier voyage and trained to translate for the Spanish, washed up on the beach a short while later. The three survivors, greatly fatigued from their struggle in the sea, rested for a day on the sand.
“Outbreak Along the Railroad”
Zombies of the Gilded Age!
The express arrived at a deserted depot.
“Lunar Lockdown”
A mysterious menace terrorizes the first major foray of mankind into space.
After two others disappeared into the basalt expanse beyond the habitation, the colony changed the previously established curfew into a lockdown.
