Already Home
"Tell me again," the child said, "about the ship that arrived late." Ambassador Yuen Set-Amahle settled deeper into the gel-chair on the observation deck of Restful Persistence.
Stories tagged “space-opera”
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The Arithmetic of Breath
STATION MERIDIAN — EMERGENCY BROADCAST. To the 6,200 souls aboard Meridian Station: The numbers have been verified. We have seventy-two hours of breathable atmosphere remaining at current population levels.
The Last Frequency
The radio died on a Sunday in October, which was not really October because Mars had no October, but the colonists kept the old calendar the way you keep a photograph of someone who has moved away.
The People of the Curve
In the language of the Ahuri, there was no word for "sky." There was keliu, which meant the pale brightness above, and there was mohai, which meant the dark brightness above.