The city was one of the busiest places in America, on Earth even, and Times Square was one of the busiest places in the city. In the weeks since his arrival, Agent Shahim Al Khazar had taken to walking through the bustling crowds in this mecca of commercialism. Having spent his first months on Ea...
Most of them knew each other by now, and at the very least they all knew each other’s names and reputations. At one end sat Neal, scanning his notes on each of the agenda points they had laid out. To Neal’s left sat General Milton. To his right sat Admiral Cochrane of the British Navy. Birgit had...
said Amadeu to Guowei, alone now, viewing the world from above as the final minutes passed by. The boy smiled, appreciating the comparison. He pinged for control of the image and Amadeu gave it. As the Portuguese teacher looked on, the amalgamated, real-time view of Earth and its thousands of sat...
As well as the blackbirds and blue tits in our workshop, we now have great tits in our mailbox. Well, not our mailbox, to be exact, but the one belonging to our neighbours Dawn and Marc, directly opposite our side gate. I discover this when our postwoman, Val, knocks on the door. Val has covered ...
Yet birds form such a central part of my existence, and have influenced the course of so many aspects of my life, that the idea that I might not be totally fascinated by them is, quite simply, unimaginable. That doesn’t mean that I am some sad obsessive whose every waking hour is spent thinking a...