Tom held the joint in his hand as he exhaled through his nostrils. The smoke rose up under the ultraviolet LED lights as he tended to his crops. His future joints. He placed the glowing joint back between his lips. He was in the spare garage, on his knees with half of his body inside… Continue reading The Spare Garage
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Planet Killers
Syd piloted the starfighter around the destruction of the fleet’s last command ship. Its long body riddled with blast holes. She observed the soundless explosions continuing to erupt from all sides of the ship. The dead crew spilled out into open space from various hull breaches. Their ghostly silhouettes illuminated against the scene. Her friends.… Continue reading Planet Killers
The Dead Zone
Captain Barber’s body floated out into the dark sea of stars. We bound his body in the Earth flag, a traditional captain burial by intergalactic shipping company standards. It was only a courtesy, though, as the captain was not himself when we killed him. This galactic sector we were flying through was called the Dead… Continue reading The Dead Zone
Life, After
“Hey, how’d you die?” someone asked. She rotated her head in its socket to find the source of the question. It was just them in the dark barracks. She had thought she was laying there alone, among the rows of bunkbeds. The questioner was sitting on the edge of a bottom bunk, cleaning his visual… Continue reading Life, After
The Dae Dreamer 