You’d expect a physically challenged, mentally retarded child born with a life expectancy of six years to figure out a crude way of getting around. Some simple crutches, perhaps. Or maybe a box to drag oneself around in ( Read more... )

First contact went very well. The neutral meeting point on one of Saturn’s moons was a good point for everyone. They had faster-than-light travel and we didn’t so it was deemed fair ( Read more... )

It’s a very strange feeling, waking up after you’re sure you were killed. I remember thinking that this must be how people who were in car accidents feel when they wake up in the hospital. Shaky. Disjointed sense of time. It must all feel a little unreal ( Read more... )

Hands on the dials and tears in my eyes, I administered the shock that ended her life ( Read more... )