Vaz turned back to his screens and called up the alien data streams. With a mild sense of satisfaction, he saw that the signal NASA was sending him had markedly improved—suggesting that he’d succeeded in turning on two of their spare antennas and pointing them at Earth. In addition, the alien s...
They’d picked up a small number of fellow travelers who wished to accompany the caravan for protection against brigands. To hear Norton speak of it, they usually had a few fellow travelers because traveling the road in small groups could be fairly dangerous. The Hyllises’ collapsible stove had be...
It was a bitterly cold day, nearing the end of winter. Sharp winds and densely overcast skies made it even more unpleasant. He and his friend Boro, both scrawny, undernourished boys of thirteen summers, were returning from yet another unsuccessful hunt. Hunger pangs gnawed their guts and wearines...
‘General, we’re civilians and employees of the University of North Carolina. Dr. Robert Eisner, and grad students Nolan Marlowe and Tiona Gettnor. We are not terrorists. We do not represent a threat to the United States. We don’t believe that the military has authority over us. We will, if you wi...
Ell didn’t dismount, she just said, “Can you go ahead and close the door?” Emma’s eyes widened a little, Another closed door session? she thought wonderingly. What’s it going to be this time? Roger had closed the door, but Ell just stared at them fo...
I wasn't really the one who first saw the alien ship. It was instead the namesake of this school, a fellow known to my family as Sander. No doubt you know of him by a different and ill-regarded name, but I wish to shine a kinder light on this troubled man’s soul.I was twelve years old when my fam...