Duty

“No thank you. I don’t want a drink.” I said. I was on Earth for business, not for pleasure. Even on my planet I didn’t drink. I liked to keep my mind clear. I didn’t like to participate in activities that would present me as anything other than stoic. “Water, then?” the bartender asked. I……

The Cape

Jeremy’s eyes sprang open as if he’d been jolted with electricity. He heard the same sound he’d heard every night since they’d moved in. He snuggled further under his Superman blanket. Light came in from the hallway through the crack in his door, and he felt some measure of comfort that he could see he……

Visions of Paradise

“You can’t go, Kate,” David said, instinctively reaching for my hand. I pulled away. He always wanted more, but we were sent to this planet to research, not to distract ourselves with meaningless romance. In close quarters on our ship, people tended to couple. Biologically it made sense. Suddenly the man you found repulsive is……