When I was young, you came with your black mouth agape and your blacker heart pounding with anticipation.I feared for my sanity or my life.So I tried to drown you in drink, in powder,in the temporary warmth of another...

  Come back to where sky meets SunSunny days are the rule of tenTenuous weather is the first. Come back where mountain spire upwardWalking down paths you love the mostBearing in mind those paths may end. Come back to where you want...

2017: It had been an informative, engrossing, if not intriguing, event. Now the audience were getting restless, pining for their buffet lunch, a clip-on glass of mineral water, a chat with like-minded delegates. The audience: scientists, students, industry experts, sci-fi...

Free at last from the protective womb of her dead mother: its vacuous shell, the husk orbiting the new-born, Carmen began her meticulous descent. Descent, for a space-child, was particularly dangerous, requiring constant adjustments for the elements of risk:...

2030: The signal celebrating her awakening: a single pulse of energy, a starburst erupting from its molten surface, took 6.66 hours to reach Astute, the world’s most advanced orbiting telescope. Entrusted by scientists with autonomous digital deciphering decision-making capabilities, Astute...