Proximity

Alpine: There are many forms of life. On the planet Alpine, life threads into the subterranean that spread into the roots between cells. In an endomycorrhizal network, fungal threads pierce trees and enter its cells. Fungi and trees form a symbiotic relationship. A union that may not be hospitable to alien visitors.

North vs. South: All through the march of inhabitants across their native planet, wildest dreams and fantasies, one age became the commonplaces of the next generation. A fantasy of the future. No different than the fantasies of those occupants of cover wagons crossing great plains pitting one society against another.

Flight of the Peregrine: Interstellar shuttle Peregrine continued its preselected flight plan unencumbered neither by the distances between its destinations nor by its haute passengers. It was a simple trip between a solar system's three anchoring stars---a yellow, red, and white dwarves---and their progeny holding within their gravitational influences stellar forms that housed landing places for both leisure as well as scientific to industrial ports-of-call. That was until...

Act Unholy: To her friends and admirers, Irene Garza was many things. But it was her letter writing that revealed her unseen truths into murder most fowl.

Nepantleras: A representation of the concept of "in-between-ness." That was until one girl screamed that it wasn't fair as an unknown older male descended upon her.

Past Life: A class reunion is attended by more than the mortal; ghosts haunts the events of days gone past when old friends begin to reminisce about daring tales of their youth.

Peek-A-Boo: Social interface platforms of the future have advanced to three-dimensional, a system for teleporting partners for casual rendezvous right into an interested person's living room. A place to go to meet the people that you want to meet in your dreams ...

Time To Go: The world had been flooded. A marshy existence is all Bil and Van had only known. Both knew the tales of vast urban sprawl along lower, dry coastlines - all drowned. They must follow the herds if they were to survive.

Vercingetorix Rogues: Stranded. Shipwrecked. Failure. Voyaging had pushed the crew of the Vercingetorix Vindicta to the very limits of human endurance.

Tempestarii: A league with a mythical race of cloud-dwellers. Witches. A chance encounter in a tavern between a priest and a wayward traveler challenges briefs and a faith. All is not what it seems...

Second Chance: Mankind settles on the planet Mars. A year had passed and several events, both positive and negative, had taken place. The bad news had not been on Mars, but rather from Earth...

Ode to Dad: With the lowering of the coffer into the ground, the gauntlet was passed. The weight of reality bore heavy on three brothers' shoulders. They were each next in line.

No One Should Ever Be Alone: Abandoned by 'friends' at a convention, Robert is befriended by a stranger that suddenly makes him feel less alone.

Purity: Before the Purge, Valpyra Skullstyr was an ordinary resident of Pyra. Deciding to join the rebel force that emerged to resist the invaders, she becomes a key member of the rebel group, using her skills, determination, and resourcefulness to fight against the Purist and their tyrannical rule. An inspiration for generations to come...

The Life Of Another: A young male awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of living another life.