I thought I was drowning. Hypersleep left me heavy and dumb. Emergency waking protocol. I was rapid-thawing; should be mobile in an hour. The ship’s android stared into my tank with dimly glowing eyes devoid of soul. It tapped a polycarbonate digit to its aural receptor. I activated my earpiece. Its synthetic inflection was colder… Continue reading Cold Boot Attack
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Inside the Prohibition Zone
“These jump coordinates don’t look right.” “How so?” “They’d put us inside the Prohibition Zone.” “That’s right.” “It would take a full Federation armada to have a chance of anything getting back out again. Are you serious?” “Serious, yes, and also the captain of this ship. It would do you good to remember that. And… Continue reading Inside the Prohibition Zone
But…where?
“…and behind this bulkhead here is the reaction chamber. Inside, a captured wormhole mouth can be induced to open or close, and the outflowing energy is directed with a simple magnetic field to provide thrust.” “Where’s the energy come from?” “The other end of the wormhole.” “Yeah, but where is it?” “Well, nobody really knows.… Continue reading But…where?
A Very Old Door
Denton sat uncomfortably across from the Secretary of Defense. The chair was fine, but he was a man meant to be on his feet. She handed him a tablet displaying an image of a metallic circle surrounded by gray dirt. “This was taken four hours ago at a secret dig site in the Nishina crater… Continue reading A Very Old Door
“Dark Stars” Now Available
Hi everyone! Just a reminder that Dark Stars, an anthology published by Shacklebound Books, is now available. This sci-fi horror collection entirely features stories of exactly 100 words. Two of my never-before-published stories—Forward, and Knowing the Cost, and Seeing It—are included. You can pick up a copy of Dark Stars here: https://books2read.com/u/4ENvWE Please be sure to rate… Continue reading “Dark Stars” Now Available
3 New Short Stories for Pre-order!
Happy Wednesday! If it's been awhile since you've checked out the Other Works page, then...surprise! I'm pleased to share that I now have pre-order links available for three new original short stories. Being released first is Dark Stars, an anthology of sci-fi horror drabbles—stories of exactly 100 words—from Shacklebound Books. I have two stories included in… Continue reading 3 New Short Stories for Pre-order!
Pests
I spare no more love for bugs than for those godless neighbors of mine, the Midgleys. Neither of ‘em ain’t worth killin’; better avoided. But when that space rock plowed a furrow crosswise through my bean field? No avoidin’ that. S’pose it’s some kinda meteor, but it coulda been a cow pie seein’ it was… Continue reading Pests
I Think, Therefore I Amnesia
“That event horizon’s only getting closer, ExI. Punch the coordinates and jump us out.” The android froze and tilted its face up toward the overhead above the helm. “Aw hell, Exoanthropic Intelligence my left foot! Don’t tell me you can’t remember.” “Bulk expulsion of superannuated data is a hallmark of higher-order cognition.” It pressed its… Continue reading I Think, Therefore I Amnesia
Subroutine
||Error S712: continuum rupture|| //Launching «backfire» subroutine /Analyzing\ ||Irretrievable chronology|| //Executing «retrojaunt» /Setting delta minima\ ||-1 minute|| ||Fuel: sufficient|| /Scanning jaunt chamber\ ||Lifeforms: negative|| /Triggering\ ||INSTABILITY|| /Override: authority «backfire»\ /Triggering\ ||Complete|| /Temporal preservation cooldown: trigger lockout\ «retrojaunt»\\ /Analyzing\ ||Stable chronology|| ||Lifeforms: positive|| ||Security breach|| //Executing «retrojaunt» ||Trigger lockout|| «retrojaunt»\\ //Executing security protocol «blue lambda» ||Antagonists:… Continue reading Subroutine
What Comes Lurking in the Light
Miria’s eyesight was poor, and that was before the hibernation sickness. She awoke alone. The Mon Chou was as deathly quiet as space itself. It was a freighter—unglamorous, but cheaper than a passenger transport—hauling a wormhole mouth to Khambalia. Miria wandered the identical empty corridors. Motion sensors kept her spotlit within the surrounding blackness. By… Continue reading What Comes Lurking in the Light
Warmup Pages 