A Science Fiction story of first contact Lieutenant Yusmara is an unconventional starship pilot. She steers by rope and canvas, at least in metaphor. She’s at the helm of the Gemini as something pulls onto

A contagious short story Stories are repeated. They evolve. They are cross-bred and spliced. Ideas take on a life of their own. The oldest legends appear in the latest retellings. One day, by design or

Knots

Follow a thief into a twisty world with a unique magic system. M Resche crossed a bridge and can’t go back. He can’t even find the bridge. Monsieur Resche is an art thief. He has

Sellenria

A Science Fiction Adventure … this story bolstered my faith that someone can still write decent sci-fi. Sellenria brings you back to a timeless quest on an alien world. Archaeologist Stenn Gremm was following the

Time is something that humanity has always known and measured. Early humans marked the days of the year to know when the solstices were, when to plant crops, when to expect the monsoons. But we tend to think of timekeeping as a more modern device. Clocks to tell workers their shift at the factory, or when to expect the next train. (Time zones were the creation of the railroads to allow them to synchronize their schedules.)

This month we are featuring graphic novels, those beautiful volumes that marry artwork with storytelling. The stories can be as deep and as moving as novels that employ only prose, but their form brings both freedom and constraints to tell stories in a different way.