Crossing Over

The cow jolted awake, eyes darting all across her surroundings. She was still in the same bed, in the same room, everything appearing just the same as they were before closing her eyes that night. The warm layers of fabric that covered her body shifted...

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Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 3

Airlock sealed, stairwell ascended, Bernard met atop the mezzanine beside his office entrance. He handed me a latte and croissant--the place the analyst went to didn't offer tartines. The new teams were to arrive shortly, though Bernard already seemed...

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Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 1

Polaris Camp, the biggest and most expansive military base the world over, is championed as a bastion of freedom and hope to all but those who are assigned there. We moved through the base while sitting in the back of a HAAPV (Heavily Armored Ambush...

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Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 5

"This is Taipys," the voice rang out. Each syllable was stressed with a sharp accent. "It is eighteen-hundred. Aelmerian Central Time. Five days have passed since the worst terrorist attack the world over, right here in the Federation's capital. Death...

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Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 2

I eventually got back with the group, going through and touring various experiments much like the XW3. It was now oh-six-thirty hours give or take. Taliya and Minister Allen talked up front for the majority of the time, Tali occasionally turning to me...

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Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 4

The arms were running on artificial neural networks that had been trained in simulation to perform the operations within given parameters. Just a year or two ago we would have had to use live pilots manipulating and controlling each arm in real-time....

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Infection

CT Short Story 1: Infection The dull crimson glare of the red dwarf binary system RT-312 A/B bathed the tiny and unkept one-room hovel in the sickly dim glow that only stars suffering entropy's long, cruel demise can provide. The light filters on the...

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