Riley pulled the bed covers over his head, but the damned ghost just moaned louder. He was exhausted after being in the University physics lab past midnight making more time machine modifications. He wished he could find a quieter place… Continue Reading
One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand, four one-thousand, five one-thousand. Realistically, just how much can you do with five seconds? Take a few breaths. Walk about twelve feet, if you are a man of my height. Pull a remembrance out… Continue Reading
Planetary Exchange > > > Classifieds > > > Pittsburgh > > > Transportation by Owner > > > Other Vehicles Seller > > > Riley Jackson Used Time Machine for Sale. Fully functional. Otterheim model 3188. Used only once,… Continue Reading
Dr. Juan Suarez, the inventor of eternal youth, stepped from the Rolls Royce and studied the cinder-block church. Father Pablo Suarez, the priest who greeted the inner city parishioners after mass, was not happy to see his own father. Dad… Continue Reading
Antideuterium tablets flashed as they tumbled from Yuri’s shovel into the Theresa’s furnace. Exhausted, he staggered to the water bucket. Water poured down his chest and splashed to the floor, curling into steam around his boots. On a viewscreen he… Continue Reading
Charlotte sank her pitchfork into the fragrant compost and daydreamed of libraries — the old-fashioned sort, lined with yellowed tomes of liver-spotted pages and fragile leather spines that crackled against her palm. As data technician officer for the colony on… Continue Reading
The phone meowed twice. It had never made that noise before. Why would anyone call at three a.m.? Eric picked it up, but there was nobody there. Mr. Ruffles stopped licking his fur and stood on his two hind paws.… Continue Reading
Tag likes blood. He savors the sight, the smell, even the taste when hit hard enough to find some of his own in his mouth. He likes the Game and making the other boys bleed. He enjoys his own wounds… Continue Reading
The Twin grew ever larger in the sky, from a distant speck of light to a full moon to taking up half the sky. It pulled our waters up, tides not seen in four generations. Even the ground seemed to… Continue Reading
I am not myself today. That thought continues to seep into my conscious mind, at work, at home, when I’m at the park with the kids. I am not myself today. It’s something I’ve said aloud too many times to… Continue Reading