Story Excerpts

Moon and Mars
by James Patrick Kelly 

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Mariska Volochkova settled onto a swivel chair that had started life as a bar stool over in North Robinson. “Surprise me,” she said. Now it served as the lone styling station for the base’s makeshift salon.

“I hate it when they say that.” Andra floated a styling cape over Mariska’s spacer uniform and snapped it behind her neck. “Okay, we’ll have to keep it simple since there’s not much to work with here.” She spritzed product onto Mariska’s head and rubbed it into her hair. READ MORE

 

In the Splinterlands the Crows Fly Blind
by Siobhan Carroll 

When Sarah Hawksfeather told Charlie his good-for-nothing brother was missing, he wasn’t worried. It was just like Gabe to head out to the Grasslands and forget to tell his latest girlfriend he was going. Charlie told Sarah as much as he soldered a connection on a Vestigium motherboard. His hands were full of alien tech right now; he didn’t have time for Gabe’s latest craziness. READ MORE