An artist's vision may differ from that of his patron, and when differing visions come into conflict, only one can win out. In this story, set against the background of Pamela Sargent's Venus trilog... more »

A scientist searching for life on Mars finds it in a most unexpected place, leading him to re-evaluate not only his own life but what it means to be human. Like beauty, thought is its own excuse for... more »

In the future, businesses use alternate dimensions to alleviate society's overwhelming traffic problems and woo workers back into the corporate world. Dim hoppers transport modern workers to and fro... more »

A serial murderer's consciousness is transferred into the mind of a Tyrannosaurus rex. But which of them was the greatest killer of all time? Arthur Ellis Award Winner, Aurora Award Winner, Seiun Aw... more »

Mendelia Space Station is supposed to be a utopia, so when Detective Toby Korsakov is called in to investigate the murder of a genetics counselor, he's quite surprised. But there are more shocks to ... more »

Virginia, a rabid feminist, buys the personality of Ann Boleyn and has it inserted into her own mind, meaning to use details of Ann's victimization in her own anti-male polemic. But the resurrected ... more »

In the same universe as "The Orchard": What if birds were carefully bred on a planet to warn its inhabitants of mortal dangers? What if the breeders were no longer there? Jack Swirl, a settler on a ... more »

Why did Galileo really give in to the Church, and recant his Copernican view that the Earth revolved around the sun? Did the Church have some evidence, from the distant future, that was more persuas... more »

Every wonder why there are so many errors in the "newspaper of record"? This story will tell you why....

What is it that makes a man a father? Nebula Award® Nominee

Adult pioneers leaving the interior of a Dyson sphere to establish a colony on its outer surface see nothing but blackness above. But their children, born outside the sphere, claim they can see some... more »

After 1200 years of travel, the sleeper ship Pioneer Spirit finally arrives at Tau Ceti ... only to find that the world they intended to colonize is already inhabited. Aurora Award Nominee more »

An artist who is a reluctant member of an expedition to Loch Ness finds not only the creature, but answers to her own questions--ones that are less than scientific. But then, if truth is beauty, per... more »

The colonists on Munij were, one-by-one, leaving the colony. Was it an alien threat, a disease, or something a lot more fun?

Ewan is a collector of homunculi, those triumphs of art and science. He travels to Earth, the junkyard of the universe, to find another item for his collection. But is he willing to pay the price?more »

What do you do when an eight-foot, roughly centipede-shaped creature materializes in the kitchen of your trailer home, where it plans to stay for two weeks of its "tourist-type vacation"? You could ... more »

First contact may not happen on our terms. Writers of the Future Contest Winner

It was time to end the war against the Altairians once and for all--that is, if the three fighter ships from Earth could reach their target...

An alien scout craft crashes in northern Ontario, and the pilot is dying. Can a small group of humans who've never seen an alien before save the life of the pilot?

Marooned on the planet Glorp, where all the food has hallucinogenic drugs, the castaways cope with unreasonable aliens, keeping sane, and figuring out how to keep Dwain from turning into a plant. B... more »

Sometimes there is little a man can do, but does that mean he has to do nothing?

When you write software, sometimes you get the code and sometimes the code gets you. Then again, sometimes something entirely different happens...

When you're a human Crawler, able to move only on all fours, every second counts, and every moment becomes stretched and magnified into eternity. Because in a clockwork society, with no mercy or rel... more »

While sipping drinks at a cafe in Vatican City, an eclectic gathering of pontificators discuss the controversial Papal election going on across the street ... and the possibility that the next Pope ... more »

A socially introverted missile guidance systems programmer develops an unusual hobby as he begins creating angels on his home computer system. The interactive Biblical sprites--both good and bad--pr... more »