"How quaint," Blasted reflected, "that I often enjoyed being abducted and imprisoned in some remote tower, strapped to a stone slab. This world might drive me mad." A crow of the

My friend was so proud of his new star cruiser, but eventually I had to ask, "Why is there even a bridge? Doesn't the ship know best? Ever heard of Cyril M. Kornbluth?" He looked

He had hoped to catch The Beholder at the node 437 smoothie bar, but he unloaded on Muroise anyway. "I really just want a beautiful and decent young guy who will never change, but

Jericho Eridani Radiomind thrashed about and resisted the medical assistants. "So what about Trump and the Ellisons? How about the centenary of Grandpa's

"Things break down over time," thought Jezikara of Mars, her canal skiff grounded, most of her clientele gone, and some golden bozo of Earth not even threatening her with tariffs.