Design a spaceship. Or a space station, if you prefer. Imagine an artificial planet, or a galaxy. But start with a spaceship. Start from nothing except the vacuum of space. via Pocket
Kaityn Falk loves the dark phase of the moon. It's quiet. Soothing. Insulated in their spacesuit, comm dimmed, Kaityn sits in the rover and watches the sky. via Pocket
Okay, this rogue robot recovery gig is getting old and I'm saying this as the tech geek of the team. So that should tell you something about our situation. via Pocket
This story was first published in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination (Nov/Dec 2016) and was shortlisted for the inaugural Nommo Award for best African SF short story. via Pocket
This work first appeared in Voluted Tales, #15 (August-September 2014). The night descended on the river stealthily, transforming water into a dark mass of waves and misery. via Pocket
This work first appeared in Bewildering Stories, Issue 636 (September 2015). Alexander Pines stamped into Louie's Bar and Grill, shaking unseasonable snow from his Timberland boots, and exchanged a few quiet words with the bartender. via Pocket
Once upon a time, on a little island off the coast of the Korean city of Busan, there lived an old hunter in a house at the bottom of a mountain. via Pocket
He nervously showed it to his big sister. "Yikes! What is this? Just a few wisps! Is that all you have got?" She smirked. via Pocket
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Bibliographic Record Title First Man Language English Category Text EBook-No. 32281 Release Date May 7, 2010 Copyright Status Public domain in the USA. Downloads 17 downloads in the last 30 days. Price $0.00 http://www.gutenberg. via Pocket
The Project Gutenberg eBook of First Man, by Clyde Brown. via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2CkiiZq
The gulls are falling from an empty sky. Slanting out around the neon amusement arcade into the chill wind, stepping huddled towards Bridlington harbour, there's a smashed gull in the gutter. White plumes in spikes like ruptured cloud. via Pocket
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If there was one thing Briar Redgrave hated most about her current profession, it was the clients. "But I wish it to be yellow, and vibrant," the client insisted with a shake of her head. via Pocket
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Mitch and me were too busy figuring out how to handle Mom's new form to take care of the lawn. via Pocket
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This is a story that ends as all stories do, eventually, in deaths. When Ada's parents died in the winter of her sixth year, she was sent to the neighboring parish to live with her aunt, Margery. via Pocket
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When I was fifteen, my younger sister died. It happened very suddenly. She was twelve then, in her first year of junior high. via Pocket
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The first time it rains at the new house water soaks the basement carpet, water that smells dark and secret like the ocean. via Pocket
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As soon as I saw this photo, I got an 80s vibe, and I also got a vampire vibe. It took me a bit of thinking to put together something I really liked, but scent was a big thing right from the get-go. Listen to the story on the podcast. via Pocket
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