A is for Astronaut Very rarely did something ever come into view of the International Space Station that wasnât Earth. There was considerable surprise when, hovering just beyond the reach of the station and well beyond the reach of Earth, floated a single EVA space suit. A quick search of […]
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Blake Gardner awoke to an oppressive, physical darkness. It embraced him. As the cold shadows flowed around him, he felt himself falling; slowly but surely. He tried to reach out, to flail and to grasp, but only pain greeted him. Something bit into his wrists like fiery needles. His hands
âI want to hear about the Spindler.â Logan listened as the voices of his three friends talked. He watched as the fire before him dwindled. âYou sure you wanna do that, Lexi? In these woods?â Loganâs back was firmly set against the back of a broad, old oak; he sat
It was hardly past seven that morning when the Gravedigger saw the Earth stir. Fingers, rotted and skeletal, burst forth from the dirt, and with force they pulled their bodies to freedom. It was happening all over the graveyard. Every grave. Every square inch of dirt was overturned. Soon, there
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Jeremy Miller was never a man of God. Whereas all the other kids he grew up with spent their Sundays in their respective holy houses, Jeremy spent his Sunday mornings glued to the television. He grew on the knowledge of the Discovery channel, the girth of the internet, and the
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It was supposed to be such an uneventful day, but overhead the clouds churned and plotted. Rebecca Madison saw and heard the roaring of the wind against her car, but she didnât care. It was warm inside, so what did the fierce cold outside have to do with her? It
It started when we called out to the stars; into the darkness. We felt so small, tumbling through vast emptiness while clinging to the skin of the world, and without a single reason why. We were curious, yes, but ultimately I think we were just terribly frightened. And we were
He had stopped running, but only because he couldnât run anymore. His foot had hit a stalk at just the perfect angle to leave him face first in the dry dirt that tore through his shirt, bloodied his elbows, and sprained his right ankle. He had found himself completely immobilized.
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Experimentation has always been for the benefit of mankind, even if it has not always yielded such fruit. For every smallpox vaccine we createâŠwe get an atomic bomb. For every life we saveâŠanother dies, each for the âsake of progressâ. The case is no different here. I, Dr. Daniel Hoburn,
