Oh, he’s rude to everyone, […]. It’s what makes him so damn sexy. (Cassandra Clare, City of Bones) New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June 25th, 666 GE Volker Chang stepped out of the elevator into Princess Virginia’s residence. She was hosting one of her usual, interminable parties — something that happened atContinue Reading
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. (John Belushi, Animal House, 1978) Bageechaa, coordinates 99.001/-55.447/1803.240June 24th, 666 GE Running toward the spaceport, Twiglet tried not to think about her house, the hyperneural probe, or everything she’d left behind. Right now, escaping the werewolves was all that mattered. GriefContinue Reading
They blink slowly, vanish silently, and stare into corners as if tuning into another frequency. They navigate homes like shadowy spacecraft, communicate through a language of tail flicks and blinks, and often seem to know things they shouldn’t. Yes — we’re talking about cats. But here’s a question both whimsicalContinue Reading
We put exotic animals in a zoo. But what if Earth itself is a huge, planetary zoo?Continue Reading
Callisto, May 7th, 2100 C.E. The voice of BETTY, GaMEWayS’ main computer, jolted Dr. Rachel Simmons awake. Of course, BETTY wasn’t the AI’s official name. But Rachel had long ago reprogrammed its vocal profile to mimic her late mother’s voice. “WAKE UP, RACHEL. IT’S 7:30 A.M., CALLISTO TIME.” She groaned.Continue Reading
Callisto, December 24th, 2099 C.E An unexpected transmission disrupts the usual stillness at the Galilean Moon’s Earth Way Station — or GaMEWayS — on Callisto. It’s an old Christmas tune.“Last Christmas.”Something from the late 20th century.Not unusual in itself.Except it’s coming from Callisto B59 — a decrepit outpost abandoned yearsContinue Reading
The theory of the missing astronauts: men and women allegedly launched into space under secret missions, never listed on rosters, and never seen again.Continue Reading
