Short Stories - 2012

Messenger - Steve Stanton  New
"The game was on, but I had trouble with my interface the moment I landed in quantum hardspace. His heart stopped, for one thing, which put all vital organs in immediate distress. He fell to the floor and flopped around..." More

Karlsson - Anatoly Belilovsky
"There was a propeller hanging off the back of his coverall, and a big red button sewn on the front. The button didn’t look like it belonged there. It looked like he’d sewed it on himself..." More

Evolution's End - Lee Beavington 
"Fifteen billion years. Barry found it hard to fathom. Trailblazer's were usually exact in their work. They couldn't afford to be otherwise. If that timestamp proved accurate, the planet before them dated further back than any age estimate of the universe itself..." More