Pendulum
The Stars used to look beautiful this time of night. I loved coming out here on my porch step with a hot cocoa to sit and just gaze at the sky, wondrous in all…
Knock Knock
Finding a usable entryway on a ship the size of a small city when your own ship is the size of an RV is deceptively difficult. Rachel’s ship was made to work…
The date
“My problem,” she said, “is that I am just not that interested in life. I am not a drama fan.” He listened. “I spend a lot time watching Sci-fi. Why be so…
Running Dark
The first thing any smart pilot does when a proximity alert goes off is reduce speed to give themselves time to maneuver around whatever the obstacle happens…
The Void's Driftwood
The ship hung like a dead thing in space, devoid of any signs of life beyond the guttering glow of running lights that were in the process of losing power. It…
Life of a Space Gypsy
Roxane’s cold, unblinking eyes stared through the cockpit window out into the vast emptiness of space. She sat still as death. Days passed and she did not…
Blacken Up Yoursoul
Last night, I cried at the thought of unconditional love, because--well, what a concept! Unconditional... What does it even mean? No hair ever in place, No…
The Final Frontier
“Space, the final frontier” The last unexplored territory left to the human race As if we have explored every other aspect Of the world beneath our feet But…
To Be Tugged
Massive and hollow, Kraken tugged the ship, beckoning it down with lonely gravity. Albatross X remained diffidently aloft, soaring on graviton waves. Kraken…
Waking Up
_Growing old is a bitch. It’s the waking up. You wake up in parts, never jumping out of bed with all systems go. It’s more like a pull-start motor, including…
7. Cramped
*Space* is limited here in the box. It reminds me of the other boxes I left behind. The bullies’ spaces, after dying. Like this glass compartment, a viewing…
SPACE PILOT
Space hung like black infinity before Darren. As on every space walk, he gasped at the awesomeness of it. Behind him floated The Impetus, to which he was…
Personal Space Pilot
Space occupies my mind. I consider the distance between you and I. Leagues and years create an impassable chasm. Unable to find answers, my head is as good as…
Pilot
A pilot’s life doesn’t have many constants. It’s a lonely life; always flying from one place to another,but never stopping long enough to have real…
He's Been Watching Too Much Stargate
“Reverse-engineer it?” I asked. “I... look, we don’t even have the physics to describe this thing. Much less make a new one.” The alien artifact, a small…
Empty Nest Syndrome
We started building colony ships in the 2050s. They weren’t exactly visually impressive: the main bulk was the industrial nanofab, resembling a dull grey…
(6) Confined Sunshine
Who goes in the shadows? You there. Are you there? where black hole’s freeze the rolling waves and warm breeze of time’s coastline? Tied-tight-n-outta-sight in…
Jumpsuit 101
I look in the mirror to see myself clad in an orange jumpsuit, the number ‘101’ is embedded into the chest, and by now, probably my mind too. The clattering of…
Bextris and The Captain
“On a ride... To nowheeeeeeeeerrrre-” “Cut that out, Bex! You sing that stupid line one more time and I’ll happily toss you out the hatch!” “Just trying to…
The Joyride
“We are gonna get so grounded!” “Not if you don’t tell,” Xie said pointedly. Ker looked at her little brother, sitting on a copy of the ship’s user manual so…