“Reaction” (Part 3)
The new Marn stretched. It felt constrained in ways it couldn’t explain. The new body was a restriction. But it…
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“Reaction” (Part 2)
Marn stepped out into the clearing, wild fractals fracturing under his boots. The figure couldn’t have gone far. He rubbed…
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“Reaction” (Part 1)
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Babylon’s Echo, Part 4
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Babylon’s Echo, Part 3
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3 Tips for Writing Better Science Fiction
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Ellison’s Fall (Part 3)
The haze closed in around me. I trudged on for hours until I finally stood in the dolmen’s shadow. I…
Ellison’s Fall (Part 2)
I imagined the smell of burning electronics as the ground hissed. The sound cut through the wind. How many planets…
Ellison’s Fall (Part 1)
I had Ellison on a cold-storage chip in my pocket. He’d fallen back at the ravine.
Could’ve happened to anyone, honestly. Maura’s a planet you don’t mess with. The anomalies still boil across the world’s surface.
One minute you’re rappelling down a cliff-face, and the next you’re leaving an impact crater because the rock you’d anchored to decided that it might not exist anymore.
Object permanence is a horrible thing to take for granted.
The comms still worked, and I’d called it in when it happened. With a skeleton crew, I didn’t get a response for two hours.
“We’ve got a copy of him on file, but take the chip with you.”