Articles tagged with scifi

The Man Who Downloaded The Internet
Idea Suggested by Vincent Summers in his article here. This is just a start to a possible story. Story Starts Vince screwed the last cover into place and stretched out his hand to flick the main switch. He turned off the torch on his head and stood in s

Science Fiction Short Story: "The Velvet Glove" by Harry Harrison
When the reader first meets Jon Venex, he is seen opening a hotel room door. He’s paid extra for a large room—the largest in the hotel, fully three feet wide by five feet long. Even if weren’t this big, he doesn’t dare c

Science Fiction Short Story: "Waste Not, Want" by Dave Dryfoos
Eighty-six-year-old Fred Lubway wakes up with panic. He’s still not over using Tillie. He’s still not over the new place. Not that he needed a new place—this house full of gadgets that Tillie never saw. He was told at Tillie’s funer

Mockingjay Part 1: Holding Its Own
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 was released November 21, 2014. It had been rated as the year's most anticipated film, beating out even the latest instalments in the Hobbit, X-Men, and Spiderman franchises. And although its box office take for

More of an introduction
I know my first, introductory post gives some information about me, but I figured it would be a good idea to tell you more about myself. Um, well, I was born. Okay, I’m not much for talking about myself. I guess the real point of this was to ta