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Buckle Up For A Trip To A New World: A Review Of 'Red Sky, Blue Moon'

The world of Red Sky, Blue Moon (by Bruce Golden) is unlike any you've seen, and yet some of its...

The Ash Virus

Nancy wasn’t surprised when her father left, but her mother was. The incessant crying, moping, and...

The Tale of Bob

Once upon a time, almost before recorded history, but not quite, in the time of Gilgamesh there...

Mission 197

It was the seventh mission of The USS-MASON and after lots of external ship repair the preparation...

R. L. Vogeler’s “Reminiscence of an American Dream”

Part horror and part criminal thriller, R. L. Vogeler’s “Reminiscence of an American Dream” looks...

New Sci-Fi Thriller 'SABER Ladder' by Cory Richardson

In the 2090’s, it’s a much different world. The United States is controlled by a foreign power. The...

Buckle Up For A Trip To A New World: A Review Of 'Red Sky, Blue Moon'

The world of Red Sky, Blue Moon (by Bruce Golden) is unlike any you've seen, and yet some of its inhabitants are as familiar as yesteryear's serials. Aliens who may have seeded the first life on Earth return eons later, collect humans in massive groups from various societies (along with animals from their environs), and transplant them on another world as a sort of science experiment. More than a millennium later, these transplanted cultures have evolved differently than their forbearer's who were left behind.

The Ash Virus

Nancy wasn’t surprised when her father left, but her mother was. The incessant crying, moping, and sobs interrupted with something about “our vows” were grating. Repeat after me, she thought. Loss of motor functions, loss of bowel control, internal bleeding, death. The floating heads of Health Canada officials, eerily bobbing at the top of their white lab coats, issued online advertisements. “Government-sanctioned vaccinations did not create the Ash Virus so please keep vaccinating your children,” and “the Ash Virus is only contagious for those with the dominant, but rare, gene.”

The Tale of Bob

Once upon a time, almost before recorded history, but not quite, in the time of Gilgamesh there lived a weaver of cloth named Gorfflemychu. Gorfflemychu, which means bright flame, is also the meaning of the name Bob. In order not to make things too confusing to our modern readers and listeners who have no passing conversational ability in Babylonian, we’ll keep his name as Bob.

Mission 197

It was the seventh mission of The USS-MASON and after lots of external ship repair the preparation for re-entry was underway when something happened. The EVA was a disaster. Alex, our number one expert in Extra Vehicular Activities coordinator exploded into a bloody mess and when retrieved, showed most unusual symptoms. Although he was mostly liquid, he would gather in small organ-like pieces inside the spacesuit and looked like he was trying to reconstitute. It was the scariest looking mess and Doctor Kellner was totally perplexed.