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Can it be that time already?
The gentle beeps from the monitor surprised her. As did the almost imperceptible vibrations in the tube leading into her digestive system. Using the controls built into the armrest of her pod she raised herself to a seated position, looked … Continue reading
They came from outer space
They weren’t what we had expected, we nor anybody else and that includes the Ruskies, the Chinese, and all those weirdo anti-vax conspiracy theory weirdos that seem to have taken over the social media cosmos. After all, the deep space … Continue reading
The answer to life, the universe and everything
He has access to Deep Thought Version 72.12.5, and the latest supercomputers including the Sunway TaihuLight (93 PFLOPS, since you ask). The boy (and girl) genius techies in China, India and California are listed on his Favourites. For balance he … Continue reading
Who would have thought it?
It’s the dream of every scientist, the hope of every editor: we’ve detected intelligent life out there. We fix our telescopes on space, we send out rockets and satellites containing messages etched on gold; we beam signals at the milky … Continue reading
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The Good Engineer
Flight Engineer Hallowes studied the specialist tools slotted into the locker in the control room hoping they would present him with the remedy to the capsule’s failing water purification system. “Think back to the orientation sessions,” urged the Commander. “Surely … Continue reading
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Tricking and Treating
Halloween! My birthday! Birthday? Hardly. That’s a paradigm that doesn’t really apply to me, nor to my family nor my community. For us there was no conception, no mammal gestation, no birth as you know it. Nonetheless, we look like … Continue reading
Just In Case
For Sunday Photo Fiction 200 word challenge Somehow there had been a blind spot in the satellite surveillance system – a freak twist of light and space – and the post box had sat hidden in the shrubbery just outside Maryville … Continue reading
Some Time Back
This Thursday evening, as they have done for the last one hundred and thirteen years, soon after injecting their prescribed volume of blood, Jeffrey and Elisa will descend the stainless shaft to their basement YouthBlood safes to check that temperatures … Continue reading
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Tagged #writeinwednesday, Patrick Prinsloo, SF, vampire therapy, writer
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Future Imperfect
For Wednesday Write-in “Which way?” they would ask. “Travel east. Travel east. It is there,” always came the reply, “It is there.” And so towards the east they would travel, across, through, over, under the mighty cities, the mighty metropolises, … Continue reading
Overheard #9: Wakening Soul
For Wednesday Write-in Dawn. Slow awakening. I rub my face/the face to facilitate the process. I doubt. Pause. The fingers drift over the chin, the cheekbones, the forehead. There is no recognition. Damn! Soul-switch. So soon! Without notice. So who am I this … Continue reading
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Tagged Heavenly, new writer, Overheard, Patrick Prinsloo, SF, writer
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