Captain Lucia Vincenti spun round in the pilot's seat and spoke into the sub-ether communications transmitter. Although she knew it would take three hours for her voice to reach Earth, part of the expected protocol was that when her active duty cycle was over she filed a report. With a flick of a switch, she had already handed control of the huge space freighter over to one of the many computers on board. Even though the...

~*~ Cora ~*~ Three months to go. That's all. Three short months and then we make the injection into Jovian orbit for daddy's new placement at the embassy on Ganymede.That means only three months left for Rodrik to notice me.I've tried everything: completely ignoring him, lavishing him with attention, dressing like a nun, dressing like a whore. Everything except ordering the burly marine to take me in his arms and... I'm b...

“Lilly!" Scrotum shouted while panicking, “How long will it take Anna to clean this mess up?”“I’m sorry, sexy ass.  Anna is not programmed to move dead bodies.”Scrotum rushed over and picked up the dead woman, “Now you get Anna to clean up and I will hide her.”  Scrotum shouted to Lilly.“Whatever you desire, hot stuff,” Lilly replied back.Scrotum staggered down the corridor. He had picked the body up upside down so that h...

The year is 3462, and sadly the earth is dead. What was left of its population spread through the heavens looking for a new home. Of course, once they left earth they found out they weren't alone in the universe. The rest of the sentient life forms had just been hiding from the destructive, backward human race. They had been manipulating images and shielding the earth from messages which otherwise would have reached the p...

“We don’t have time to be happy. We barely have time to live well.”-Mihail Sebastian, “The Star Without A Name”***“You know,” said Lord Henry, “I think this Kamil fellow might be the only virgin on the entire planet.”Lord Henry and his wife lounged on the Jacuzzi patio with their guests, sipping champagne and watching the sun set over Peitho 9. Peitho was renowned throughout the galaxy for its particularly beautiful sunse...

Ambientchimes. Glimmering green lights. Dream ether consumed distant memories. Grainy sleep crumbled from Kinari's eyes. Gradually details of the stasis chamber appeared. "Are we there already?" She mumbled while stretching her arms above her head. Life-support tubing dragged across her face. "Yes," an affectionate digital voice replied. "The ship has assumed orbit over Dhatu IV." "Really? How long has it been?" "The ship...

As we approached Kemon II, I saw the ruins of Kemon One for the first time; the planet was completely destroyed. Orbiting the ruins of Kemon One, was the Earth sized space station, Kemon II. ‘Wow Kemon II looks a lot like the space station in Star Trek Deep Space 9,’ I thought to myself, as we started our final approach for docking. “Welcome to our home,” Nookumick said as our ship docked with the Kemon II. “Follow me, I’...

Nookumick returned a few hours later with a white uniform for me to wear. “Where's my robe?” I asked, putting on the uniform he brought me. “I'm told, it's still in quarantine,” he replied. “Okay. I'm hungry, may I have some food?” I asked. “Of course, I'll have some brought up to you,” he replied leaving the room. A few minutes later the door opened and a second alien entered. This one was clearly female. She was brown,...