Author
Shane D. Rhinewald
Shane D. Rhinewald is a communications professional by day and writes speculative fiction by night (except when there�s hockey on TV, of course). This is his third appearance in Daily Science Fiction. His other fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Flash Fiction Online, Everyday Fiction, Big Pulp, Alt Hist, and many other venues.
Mama's Science
At ten, Darcy considered her father the center of the universe, a constant like one of Newton's laws. She had just learned about basic physics in science class the day she returned home to find out that he had gone into the stars to seek other fortunes. "He'll come back, right?"…
What Jerry Knows
Jerry sits in his favorite chair--the one with the red, plastic back. He says the others just don't feel right. His eyes dart around the room with boyish wonder, but they're a man's eyes, milky with cataracts, edged with wrinkles. He looks at the black and white pictures on the…