I As far back as his memory went, Arlan Mynx had longed to rule the world. In grade school, this longing manifested in a dramatic...

I The Dyje River rivaled the sky for blue as the helicopter swept out over an open field a mile or so east of Dolní Vĕstonice. Its...

I open my eyes and it’s pitch-black. That’s truly fucking unnerving. I take a deep but silent breath and get a quick sense of my...

The deputy administrator motioned to her assistant, who hurried to her side as one wall of the office faded away, revealing an expansive...

Jeddy and Tori Bena bolted across the promenade, dodging their elders and more than a few robots as they raced for the outer ring. No one...

The full moon hovered low in the sky above the fence Joni Powell used to scramble over as a child, headed into the woods on weekend...

The banging on the door was both sharp and incessant, stirring Nora McGee from her new page-turner, a Patterson thriller she’d picked up...

Earthrise and evening meal, and three years of multiple daily viewings had not made it any less breathtaking. He lingered a moment, then...

She bent forward, ballerina-like, easily grabbing the toes of her left foot, propped on the back of the couch. She held the position for...

“From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official, President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time - 2 o'clock Eastern Standard...

Noise and bright light jolt me, followed all too quickly by a stale, vaguely rancid odor. I’m sitting alone at a cafeteria table, and...

The digital clock next to the luxurious king-size bed glowed a neon-blue 6:37 – eight minutes before she’d set it to go off, but she was...

He could see the evening moon through the branches above him as he made his way down the ridge, gripping his walking stick tightly,...

The little bell above the shop door dingled as Sophie McDonald, age twenty-two, rushed in and flew across the floor, pushing past her...

I The horizon was pink and gray and laced with strands of bright silver lightning. The near-full moon had begun glaring down through a...

She carefully tied her shoes with well-crafted loops (as always), tucking the shopping list (which was almost always the same) into the...

Young Jessie Petrie scooted herself up in her bed with effort, cautious of the IV in her left arm, rising up enough to survey her entire...

Sunlight flared and the windshield dimmed, and the Director glanced to his left as the transport dropped past his own cruiser, tossing...

“The spot where we’re standing,” said the spunky little guide with her dimples and green eyes and perky tits, “is ten million years old!...

I He wasn’t alone. At first this realization, triggered by a muffled sneeze in the locker behind him, brought more relief than fear; and...