Tag: Hard SF

  • Odd Prompts: Glass and Grape

    Odd Prompts: Glass and Grape

      This week’s prompt led to a short story, science fiction, and is a play on some science that actually exists, although not yet this mature…  Glass and Grape  The blackberry note was nice, but the green… Adriana gently spat the wine back out into her waste cup and shook her head faintly, regretfully. Her…

  • Decommissioned

    Decommissioned

      Yesterday was Science Fiction Day, according to the calendar in my lab. In honor of that, I wrote a bit of a story for my blog readers. Happy Science Fiction Day! May the horizons of humanity grow ever larger.  “…decommissioning.” The earbud hissed, then cut out. Jack was already rolling out of bed. He’d…

  • Review: Martian Aria

    I had some time to read this last week, as I was on planes and in airports killing time waiting for those planes. In those situations, having my tablet loaded with books to read is a very good thing. The tablet has enough battery power to keep going basically as long as I needed it.…