Category Archives: Past

Lovely Moon by Dennis Loranger Sometimes, on rare clear nights, I see lights shining within its darker limb. I hear those lights are cities, peopled by creatures like us. Perhaps. Maybe those super-terrestrials—inhabiting splendid arcologies in the remade air of … Continue reading →

Acrimony Grout Jay Caselberg . . . had a well-developed sense of his place in the cosmos. From his magnificent tick-tock spire overlooking the city he would scan the surrounds, peering out from his narrow slit-window and occasionally reach up … Continue reading →

“The Shadow Artist” by Ruth Nestvold It was a good day for casting shadows. The Shadow Artist bent slowly in the late afternoon light, stretching one arm high, fingers spread wide, and twisting the other arm just right, so the … Continue reading →

Grampy Cybercop J. P. Boyd As dawn neared, Hugh Ransom was dreaming of walking along the beach at Grand Traverse Bay, hand-in-hand with his fiancée. He had been a nervous, anxious, fiercely ambitious graduate student seventy years earlier. What did … Continue reading →

“Heartland” by Crystal Koo Two weeks before her birthday, my wife Erde told me an old flame of hers from Earth was coming over for a visit. “The one who asked you to marry him before you came to Aigh?” … Continue reading →

“Rigel’s light . . .” Rigel’s light both wave and particle dreaming sea salt — Melissa Frederick _______________ Melissa Frederick is a PhD candidate at Temple University. Her poetry and prose have appeared in numerous publications, including Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, … Continue reading →

The Third Attractor by Mjke  Wood  “What do you see?” “I . . . I’m sorry?” Vienna Marshall was startled. She felt heat at the back of her neck. She became aware of the watching eyes, Parisian intellectuals, jazz club … Continue reading →