In the beginning, the universe was small, hot, and dense. And lonely. The only life that evolved to intelligence, in a desperate bid to communicate and achieve immortality, made a monumental decision.
AI Gods
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Jarhead Solidarity
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Retired Marines, veterans of the Jovian conflict, are faced with a difficult choice when they witness a dying alien denied the care it needs to survive.
Telepaths Always Ride Motorcycles – CH2
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After the apocalypse, the world is split between NORMANs (normal humans) and mutants. Garth is a mutant with a terrible and powerful ability. (CH2)
If Only Some Are Free
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Worked to death mining the asteroid belt for an ever-consuming and ungrateful Earth, a crew member makes a horrifying choice.
Aliens Can’t Sing The Blues
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“Murphy was an optimist.” Randy smiled to himself as he fingered the faded words on the wall. The room was spartan, with only the essential bed and toilet. It wasn’t much larger than a prison cell, but he would miss it. The crowded walls were covered with hand-drawn peace signs, scribbled cartoons, and depictions of marijuana plants. Hours of Randy’s idle time reflected in the...
The Yes or No Alien
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Young Maria stumbles on an alien in the woods behind her house and learns they can communicate only with binary, yes and no, responses.
Telepaths Always Ride Motorcycles – CH1
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After the apocalypse, the world is split between NORMANs (normal humans) and mutants. Garth is a mutant with a terrible and powerful ability.
Simulation
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A young scientist suffers the consequences of using his unique ability to prove that the universe is a simulation.
Missing Person
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A missing person on board the International Space Station is a mystery solved, unexpectedly, by science and not magic.
One Chance – Conclusion
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Robert stood in front of the docking shuttle. In a few minutes, he knew, it would lift off and take him to the orbiting asteroid dubbed New Life by the three hundred colonists. He had said his good-byes earlier. Now, he was alone. He had taken his one chance and here he was. In a moment of panic, he decided that he had made the wrong decision, then laughed at himself. He...
