Beautifully written science-fiction
Good Boy – M. Douglas White
I was once loved and then discarded, and now I watch over the remnants of a broken species.
Pages Missing From the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. – David Berger
It is well-known that there are several pages missing from Samuel Pepys’ famous diary
Joy (Unplugged) – B.C. van Tol
A reddish moon clung to the horizon like a faded blood stain that wouldn’t wash out. Joy shivered, looking at the moon’s human-like face from her attic window, wishing she could pull him to her. Together, they could agonize in this lonely house atop the hill. From afar, his mouth hung agape, as though wailing in silent operatic sorrow. The silence pervaded the dark, motionless town nestled in the valley below. From Joy’s vantage point, …
All That Remains – Michael Gardner
The boy doesn’t have a name, but Father calls him Progeny. He was born underground, and grew up in near darkness. In the tunnels. Walking the spaces between compact earthen walls, buttressed intermittently with wooden beams, glow worms the only luminescence. His eyes are good. He sees shapes where Father sees shadows. He sees shadows where Father sees nothing. He walks now, very quietly. Now is the quiet time. It is a rule. He hunches …