Side four — Picking up where Purple and Pink left off I’ve heard you can get use to pain. I think I remember that…article? lecture? interview?…Whatever it was, it focused on people living with chronic pain. Maybe you can get used to acute pain as well, when you know it’s coming. The teleportation…

Before the first light painted the night sky, Virgil quietly sneaked out to the shed where he had packed up everything he needed for the day’s adventure. Vincent was a few paces behind him. Virgil had enlisted Vincent in his plan and sworn him to secrecy — an oath the…

Side Three — Picking up where Things In The Shadows left off The pain that comes with being transported, short as it is, is intense enough to fill my whole consciousness. There’s no room to worry about where I will end up until I am already there. I let out something between a…

Side two — Picking up where Subject Seven left off The flash of light comes with a flash of pain. For a moment it’s excruciating and I just don’t know if the Rubik’s cube worked or if I am being torn to shreds by rows of thorn-like teeth. Then the pain shifts. It’s…

Side one — “Gail Henderson?” “That’s me,” I reply as upbeat as I can. The last thing Nathan said to me was “act natural.” How the hell do you act natural? Acting and natural are complete opposites. There’s no way I could ever act natural. I just hope my panic isn’t too obvious. …

War. War never changes. In 2077 the world burned to ashes in nuclear fire. When the survivors crawled out of the vaults, we found it impossible to fight groups of people on the other side of the world. So instead we fought the groups of people on the other side of…

Short Science Fiction story Xeno landed his small craft perfectly, without so much as one corrective counter rocket burst, until the very last moment when he needed them to come to a complete stop. He was showing off. The Intergalactic High Court of Law and Criminal Processing was probably not…