#FreeFiction

I could never forget those mice. It the way they looked at me behind their glass tank on that first day when I administered the new substance. via Pocket

"So, you're saying it was nothing to do with you?" Malkex put his face an inch from Programmer Nik Billin's sweaty brow. "Yet by your own account, you knew the code better than anyone in the solar system. The two statements don't go Billin." "I knew…

It is not unheard of for a subject in Our care to die: We look after so many, and the rigours of interstellar travel affect each species differently. When it happens, We always try to follow local custom, to ensure the remains are disposed of in the…

Dr. Jan Gorlick retrieved a new Synthetic from the docking bay, guiding the naked man by the hand as they ambled slowly to the center of the lab. There, he tapped two keys in succession and his console beeped. via Pocket

Alma sobbed over the bed, oscillating between wails and shrieks until the exasperated surgeon ushered her to his small office at the back of the ICU. via Pocket

It always takes a few moments to remember where I am. As I wake from a fitful sleep, my eyes fixed on the inside of the tank, it comes back to me. What this place is. What I agreed to. via Pocket

There's a dark atmosphere here on the hill, which is a sad achievement: with modern lighting and the city sparkling below, the Governor's place is usually the brightest spot. Until Maleshi brought the ruckus to the docks and Grunhilde took it person…

No corporeal mind could comprehend the Cloud in their base form. Looking directly at them was like looking at the Milky Way but from a vantage point many light years closer to the centre than the Earth could claim to be (hence the unoriginal designa…

Author: Palmer Caine. Felix smiled. He knew about Lauren's troubles, "We both know she can take care of herself." He said, taking a slug of warm beer. via Pocket

Brandon wiped pale grey dust off the sign. It dropped in a thin wafer that crumbled over the toe cap of his left boot. - Heat exchange: no unauthorised entry - The door spun away under the silent wave that emanated from the unit in his outstretched …

Earth's first extra-terrestrial visitor for 500 years is a peace offering and a miscalculation. Intended for a swift twenty-year journey through its own solar system in the Monfix Galaxy, the visitor that breached Earth's atmosphere had voyaged for …