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December 19, 2016
Tracks Across Time
“The Temporal Event Indicator’s lighting up. Looks like we have another trip in our near future.” “Or our far past, Josue.” Wyatt Ellison walked over next to where his partner Josue Hunter was gazing down at the screen of the Indicator. It actually wasn’t a screen in a conventional sense. Both men were looking at […]
December 16, 2016
Daedalus One
August 29, 2064, Cape Canaveral, Florida “There it goes. All our hopes for the human race surviving on another planet.” Chester Menkin put his arm around his wife Helen’s zaftig waist as they watched the launch of the Daedalus One probe together. It was quite literally a “hot August night” as the Orion rocket’s enormous […]
A Time To Follow Your Heart
Sarah stood across the street from her Bubbe’s and Zayde’s house. The evening of December 24th, the first night of Chanukah this year, was cool, even in the Los Angeles suburb of Brentwood, but she had dressedfor the occasion. She made sure the coat she was wearing wouldn’t attract attention in case anyone saw her. […]
December 13, 2016
Rocketship to Mars
The four glittering, silver tail fins of Space Ship Ares One settled firmly on the red sands of the planet Mars as Colonel Bradley Graham flipped the toggle switch cutting the rocket thrust. Then he picked up the microphone and depressed the transmission button on the side. “Space Ship Ares One to Earth Space Control. […]
December 12, 2016
The Good Old Days
Alexander May had created a way to save the world. Unfortunately, the rest of the world found out about it. Dr. Alexander May, Ph.Ds in Particle Physics and Temporal Mechanics, retired Owner and CEO of TimeTeck, one of the largest and most profitable technology companies in the world, had watched that world continue its downward […]
December 11, 2016
Dreamless
“Why is it so hard to wake up?” “Because I don’t want you to wake up.” “No, I’ve got to get out of bed. I can’t be late for work.” “You are a lot more late for work than you think.” “How do you know? Who are you? Why can’t I open my eyes?” “Because […]
December 10, 2016
Human for Sale
Megan Kelly wept and tried to cover her nude body as best she could while on the selling block. “She’ll fetch a fine price,” the Slave Hunter said to his V’thakian customer. The Slave Hunter was human, a collaborator with the V’thak, a man who would hunt and sell his own kind to inhuman butchers […]
December 9, 2016
The Bubble
Friday, October 21, 2016 I might have lived alone in that 1920s bungalow that I inherited from my Grandpa for the rest of my life if I hadn’t discovered the Bubble. That’s what I call it because that’s what it looks like, a big soap-bubble suspended between the trunks of two Elm trees behind the […]
Tomb of the Pilot
“I can’t believe we finally made it, Kent. We’ve made it to the tomb.” “We aren’t there yet, Bethany. We still have to make it across this field.” Kent and Bethany had been traveling by horseback for weeks, following the ancient maps and clues left by the Predecessors. They weren’t entirely sure how long ago […]
December 8, 2016
Thoughts on the Death of John Glenn
I’m sure most of you have heard that former Astronaut John Glenn passed away today at the age of 95. I was only seven years old, the age of my grandson right now, when Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule on February 20, 1962. Obviously, I […]
