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Science Fiction
What Martians Read, by Mary Soon Lee
Mary’s poem evokes a cultural obsession which may come to pass among the first settlers of Mars, as they struggle to bring the cold and sterile tunnels of the red planet to life
Science Fiction
The Ice Miners, by Bruce Boston
It’s all out there. Sunlight, minerals, perchlorates for fuel, nutrients for low gravity farming. But water is the key. Those who supply the precious stuff will be the heroes of legend.
Science Fiction, Adventure
Kutulu in the Desert, by Angelique Fawns
Combine the inspiration of beautiful blown glass art of Dale Chihuly, with the love of love of horror, and a writing contest and you come up with a scary, strange adventure tale set in the desert. Enj...
Science Fiction, Far Future
Sidha, by Bruce McAllister
When you are a ship that has been traveling the galaxy for a thousand years, and the nanomechs have been repairing your outer skin for those thousand years, you have a lot of scar tissue. Your outer h...
Science Fiction, Cli-Fi, SolarPunk
Dandelion Brew, by Ana Sun
The drone closest to me settles on a wild pansy. Slowly, I move towards it, but stop a few feet away. It doesn’t react. How dumb are these things? No matter what Adriyel says, they will confuse the ...
Science Fiction, Romantic
Quantum Love, by Henry Gasko
Quantum physics raises fundamental questions about the nature of reality. Does it have anything to say about love?
Science Fiction
Wrath of a Lightweight
It may be that among the newborns of the current year are Martians who, once having arrived at their new red home will resent any call to return to the blue.
Science Fiction, Hard SF, Adventure
Extremophile
Robert Harpold has operated spacecraft, designs trajectories for the Orion missions, and has been to some very cold places. It all comes together as he imagines a discovery on Europa.
Science Fiction
Snows of Darkness
He had thought about it many ways since the disaster began. Perhaps the last of the patricians had felt this way at the sacking of Rome. He was watching the fall of a civilization, a great change fr...
Science Fiction
I See Punk Elephants
As it was in the past, is now, and ever shall be, greed is not for everyone. There are those who pursue knowledge and good for their own sakes.
Science Fiction, Far Future
Being Me
Will our species transition from one of nature’s ultimate predator/competitors to a beacon of compassion and conservation? If so, what would they think of us?
Science Fiction, Hard SF
Loitering with Mathematical Intent
There will be gentle places, elysian cities, and still the best of us will struggle with purpose, dissatisfied with anything less than a worthy vocation.