The View from Proxima Centauri

The thawing was more painful than they’d led Rosemary to believe, but InterSpace Agency had been right about one thing. “No dreams,” the tech had said. “That’s the weirdest part. It’s like you get turned off.” Now she was being turned back on, the shell of the Eleazar...

Waking Up Black

The bell was loud enough to be heard for miles around. That was my first thought, waking up, wondering what the sound was for. Fire alarm? Nuclear attack? But I was wrong. It was much more serious, and heard much farther away than I realized. The funny part is what I...

Ghost in the Machine

If I’m honest, I don’t wrap my sari tighter around my shoulders because I’m cold, or to hide my latest tattoo. It’s because I don’t want my clothes to brush up against anything when I walk through the War Memorial Hologram. The holo is only audio-visual, so this isn’t...

Buddha in a Bottle

The genie looked up at me, then looked at the bottle. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” she said. I wasn’t kidding. “You’re supposed to fit. Shrink or something.” She pulled up at the corner of her silk pyjama pants. “Laws of physics say you can’t make...