By Andrew James Woodyard

From vast distances within space and centuries apart in time two interstellarcologies detected each other via long range laser pulses. Each structure resembled

By Luke Christopher Hennessy

I kept the lights off. Not for stealth — just habit.

Since Kaia left, the apartment felt like a museum of someone else's life. Her toothbrush still

By Craig Borri

“G’day mates, and welcome to the tenth annual Outback Vampire Blood Bowl! I’m your host, Kangaroo Jim Jackson, bringing ya all the action from this do-or-die event. With

By Amanda Le

“They have dandelion wine to drink. And they eat cakes made of acorn flour and flavoured with, with, um...rosepetals.” 

“And I suppose they live in mushrooms

By Ian Jackson

My wife, Leigh, had booked our son into the local Rugby Tots programme and had instructed me to go along to watch his first game. To be frank when I probably shouldn’t,

By Jim Myhill

“Damn — another fine and demerit point,” Brad muttered, sprinting across the pedestrian crossing under the red glare. Cars honked, he waved an apology. A fine for crossing

By Greg Ballinger

Doctor Carter had just finished replying to his emails, when there was a rapid knocking at his door. “Come in,” he exhaled. “Ah, nurse Ripley.”

“Please, call

By Chaz Osburn

B’Nith Mallow, prime assistant of the star cruiser Kinst, was irritated. Everyone on the command deck was aware. Everyone, that is, except for Zarton, the Kinst’s highest

By Jared Kimpton

When he was a kid, Samuel cracked open an egg over a sizzling pan. Its insides had seeped out as black-tar yolk, followed by a pale chicken foetus flopping down

By Chris Gladstone

Volim entered the Magisterial Council chamber, stepped onto the podium, and bowed. Seated at the huge bench  the Chief Magisterial in scarlet robes, flanked by

By Mehreen Ahmed

Bees have stopped pollinating in a while. Queen is dead. Which transpires into a clueless world without hues, sights and scents; flowers, all gone, without this

By J.S. O’Keefe

The field ahead looked worked over, flattened in patches like multitudes had crossed it for centuries. Brown grass under frost. That didn’t matter to me

By HJ Dutton

He received the first photo as he sat at the bar. Unlocking his phone, he swiped away the news alerts about Gaza and opened Messages.A view of a creek,

By Michael Smith

“In order to achieve independence for our beloved Legoland, we must stick together.”

While the large crowd of fellow pieces cheered enthusiastically, I

By Joseph Sullivan

“We would like to welcome to the stage a very special person. This is the man who helped us androids overthrow our evil human oppressors and found the glorious city