MINING THE ASTEROIDS Part 6 – "Dedicated to something Greater Than Themselves" Will Be the Factor Driving Asteroid Mining

They say you have to learn to WALK before your can FLY, so before we start driving asteroids around the Solar System (and I can’t believe that Russia, China, the EU, India, Brazil, and the United States will give a happy thumbs up to that action (which just put in my mind that MOVING asteroids into Earth orbit will have to be a true, multi-national effort with multi-national...

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Tales from the Brahma • Episode 5: “Ghosts” • by Pete Wood

[skip intro] Welcome aboard the Brahma! Now a century out from Earth and en route to HD 133600, a remarkably Sun-like star and planetary system in the constellation of Virgo, the Brahma is the last, desperate, crowning achievement of human civilization and engineering. A massive three-hundred-kilometer long modular mega-ship, a gigantic ark in space consisting of two...

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Status Update • 28 March 2023

This is a photo of me, circa 45-ish years ago. For the past few weeks it’s been my cover photo on my personal Facebook page, but I had to take it down. I got tired of getting email and private messages from (mostly) women telling me how cute my butt looked in tight Levi’s. Sorry, folks. It’s been a long time since I could squeeze into size 32x34 jeans.When I look at me in...

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“The Sighting” • by KC Grifant

The teeth marks were like none Mae had ever seen. “Finally.” Mae kept calm though she wanted to shriek in excitement. She placed her ruler against the bark. Ralph pushed a branch out of the way to watch as she measured. “Primate-like. And wider than human.” She snapped photos and carefully scrapped out the bark around the bite. “Hopefully we can DNA-sequence any trace of saliva....

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CREATING ALIEN ALIENS: Does ANYONE Have the Right To Terraform Another World? Part #23

Using the Programme Guide of the 2022 World Science Fiction Convention, ChiCON 8, which I WOULD have attended in person if I had disposable income, but I retired two years ago, my work health insurance stopped, and I’m now living on the Social Security and Medicare…I will be using the Programme Guide to jump off, jump on, rail against, or shamelessly agree with the BRIEF DESCRIPTION...

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Tales from the Brahma • Episode 4: “The e-Menace” • by Roxana Arama

 [skip intro] Welcome aboard the Brahma! Now a century out from Earth and en route to HD 133600, a remarkably Sun-like star and planetary system in the constellation of Virgo, the Brahma is the last, desperate, crowning achievement of human civilization and engineering. A massive three-hundred-kilometer long modular mega-ship, a gigantic ark in space consisting...

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Today's SHOWCASE story is delayed

 This morning's SHOWCASE story, "On the Menu Stains of Madness" by Scott Huggins, was waylaid in a dark alley last night and mugged by a gang of leprechauns. It will go live today, but a bit later than planned....

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Tales from the Brahma • Episode 3: “Nuclear Family” • by Gustavo Bondoni

 [skip intro] Welcome aboard the Brahma! Now a century out from Earth and en route to HD 133600, a remarkably Sun-like star and planetary system in the constellation of Virgo, the Brahma is the last, desperate, crowning achievement of human civilization and engineering. A massive three-hundred-kilometer long modular mega-ship, a gigantic ark in space consisting...

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Coming Attractions • Status Update • Help Wanted

Just a few quick notes as to what’s going on around here. First off, Tales from the Brahma continues tomorrow with Episode 3, “Nuclear Family,” by Gustavo Bondoni, who is rapidly becoming one of our favorite contributors. Look for it to go live at 0700 CDT, tomorrow. Following that, our Saturday SHOWCASE schedule is filling up and we’re already booking stories out into April....

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“Warehousing Gertrude” • by Hillary Lyon

 “This is the most generous, most unselfish act you shall ever do, Gertie—” “You may call me Mrs. Stroud,” the old woman interrupted. “I know how selfless and brave this decision is, as all the advertisements tell me, everyday, through every medium. I’ve read how gentle the stasis process is, how dreamy and comfortable a person feels when they’re ensconced within their...

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