Author
Sean Williams
The Misadventures of Tom Jones, Time Traveler--Being a dialogue between two hemispheres of the author's brain that is neither uncommon nor blessed with a happy outcome
Wow. Best. Dream. Ever. Are you getting it down? It practically writes itself! Beloved literary hero in an adventure leaping between epochs instead of bedrooms . . . Don't forget the bit where Tom vanishes from Molly's arms and lands naked on the Western front. That's hot. . . .…
Loopholes in Light
"Hello, Andre. How nice to see you again. I knew I would, one day." "I... can't say the feeling is mutual, Doctor Pedersen. It's amazing you're still alive!" "Not a day goes by I don't thank the miracle that is modern science. But miracles can be misused... and so here we are.…
The Winter Gardener
A fine day down here means sky like a baby-blue bowl blurring into the horizon in all directions and no wind to speak of. Six degrees below freezing. Cass heads inside to tend her garden. Six months ago, the hydroponics shed was entirely covered in white. That thought is never…
Uber
"Hop in, mate." I double-checked the app. My driver was supposedly "Edward" in a white Camry. His photo matched, but if the car had ever been white, it wasn't now. Down the passenger side trailed what looked like giant claw marks. "Seriously?" "Just superficial. Tom, is it?" It…
The Other Forty-Two
After a thousand years frozen between thoughts, Heart awakes to another dead system. It wasn't always dead. The planets have been extensively mined and parked in an orbital configuration that might last a billion years. The sun is surrounded by lenses casting complex beams and…
Tall Tales about Today My Great-great-granddaughter Will Tell
Once upon a time, people used to fly about in Air-O-Planes. One day the people driving the Air-O-Plane fell asleep, and it crashed into a mountain. Everyone died. When my great-great-grandma was young, people worked in places called "factories." They built things with their…