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I carry corpses. They drift on my surface, usually in boats, sturdy enough to last a few days against my grasping fingers. This is the first and only time their passengers will touch me. The boats are alight with memories of life: feeds scrolling endless well-wishes, funeral goods piled high in jewel colors, holograms of […]

I sit on the floor of what should have been my future child’s bedroom and stare at the field of stars painted on the ceiling, tears pricking the inside of my eyelids. Not two hours ago, Doctor Sharma confirmed that the tiny little dot of potential on the ultrasound monitor had no heartbeat. If next […]

“Maybe we should have noticed sooner,” says Elaine Bantam, “but we all go through that phase around here.” She sits next to her husband, Nat, on the couples’ front porch, facing the cameras. “Started with small things,” Elaine continues. “Ralph, our oldest, began leaving milk and bread on the back porch every night. Now, I’m […]

It was ill luck that found Aphra tending the mother vine on Roanonck in a late August squall. It was a fate fouler still that found her watching as a pirate ship scuppered itself on the nearest Carolina barrier island. She stood next to a live oak while the sailors launched a dingy, which began […]

The god’s carcass floated between the Marble Nebula and the Third-Quadrant Gate. Scavengers had already begun harvesting vital minerals and resources from the decaying godfall and ships matched its velocity as they fell through the cosmos. Most were enterprise-grade ships, though smaller vessels dotted the space between. Many had a charter to sell their harvest […]