Perhaps a workable element of a sci-fi story, but something that would be pretty cool in real life, too. Elevators that go up and down through buildings, as usual, but that also settle into trams that travel horizontally from building to building. Basically, a combination elevator and subway -- though the trams could be at … Continue reading Mobile Elevators
Tag: Science Fiction
Terminator vs. Predator
After watching the excellent new Predator movie "Prey", and seeing some online discussion about the best way to continue the Terminator franchise, it occurred to me that there is a viable way to do "Terminator vs. Predator" right: A non-Arnold, original-mission Terminator is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor's mother while pregnant with … Continue reading Terminator vs. Predator
Finally
Author's Note: As a species, we seem destined to hate, to fight, to destroy. If we don't find some extraterrestrial civilization worthy of venting our worst instincts upon, our greatest aspirations might not work out so great It took millennia, but the day finally came. It was a day that trillions had struggled to bring … Continue reading Finally
Transformers Clans
It seems we will never stop getting new Transformers movies. In which case, there is more than enough room for them get to an idea I had years ago. Move the Transformers away from the Autobot/Decepticon split, and toward a multi-clan split based on vehicle type and function. So planes of both sides would band … Continue reading Transformers Clans
Extradition
Author's Note: Not all missions go as planned. But the unexpected failure of some have far greater implications than anyone involved in planning or executing them could ever imagine. The young scientist knelt down for the third time in half an hour, his lungs madly grasping for purchase on the thinning air about him. The … Continue reading Extradition
Chrono-Vector Space Travel
I find it hard to believe that no sci-fi writer has come up with this yet, but if they have, I’ve never heard of it – so, for now at least, I’m claiming this as my own original creation … But I invite any enterprising writers or creators to take it and make it their … Continue reading Chrono-Vector Space Travel
The Borrower
Author's Note: I would jump at the chance to be immortal. But there is a price to pay for everything, of course -- even if you aren't the one who has to pay it. Two hundred thirty-two years was a long time to live, anyone could tell you that. The teller would have no … Continue reading The Borrower
The Termination
Author's Note: I often wonder about how much better the world might be without certain plagues that afflict it. This story is about the eradication of the worst of them. The scientist that took the podium looked, at first glance, more like a center linebacker for the Samoan National Football Team than a man … Continue reading The Termination
Charlie Dach
Author's Note: There has to be a better name for this story than the one above, but I'm almost as bad at naming stories as I am at naming characters. Needless to say, I'm open to suggestions. Charlie Dach stood atop a jagged, juvenile mountain at the base of the last tree within the … Continue reading Charlie Dach
Arena
Author's Note: A bit of science fiction, which allows for a mix of familiar and alien elements that help build a wide world in just a few pages. I think the shifting perspectives add drama and, ultimately, greater weight to the more meaningful shift at the end. The suns blazed harshly overhead, singeing the … Continue reading Arena
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