The stories here are short (some very short) and are mostly sf – that is, speculative fiction: fantasies, myths, science fiction, slipstream . . . all the flavors of fabulation except, I hope, for the mundane. Many were written with the audience of the Usenet newsgroup talk.bizarre in mind, back when text was the thing. —APS . . .
Space & Time takes place in a galaxy where space travel is common, The Galactic Mutuality governs alliances, Humanity is a minority, and a little girl from an alien race tries to overcome the stigma of being a slave. Life moves along as it usually does until a small group of strangers arrives, bringing news of impending destruction and a . . .
Remember the scene early in the first Star Wars movie when Luke Skywalker walks into a pub filled with a bustling crowd of exotic aliens of all descriptions? Cool, wasn’t it? Now imagine you’re an intelligent young alien (actually still a child) working in a pub filled with a melee of diverse races, on a space station that is [more . . .]
So I decided to do a little light reading before getting around to some writing work.
Six hours later, I am still reading.
I consider this a sign of brilliant fiction off the bat, and the very definition of a page-turner. Each [more . . .]