Author

Vaughan Stanger

By day, Vaughan Stanger works as a research manager for a British aerospace and defense engineering company. This is less interesting than it sounds, which may explain why, fourteen years ago, he began setting himself homework. The resulting short stories have been published in Nature Futures, Interzone, Postscripts, Neo-opsis and Music for Another World, amongst others, with translations appearing in Polish and Hebrew. He is working on a novel, but then isn't everybody?

Invisible Touch

"I hear you're known as 'The Green Ghost,' Mister Franklin." Word gets around in the entertainment industry. I earned the nickname because I'm the guy who ensures the real and the computer-generated blend seamlessly. Clad in green-screen cloth, I twitch the hem of Superman's…

Supply and Demand in the Post-War Economy

"So, Reeves! I imagine you're surprised to see me." "I must confess that your resurrection has come as something of a shock, sir. I had thought you quite dead and buried!" "Evidently not, Reeves." "Indeed, sir." "If I'm not mistaken, you sound a trifle embarrassed." "With…

Writing on the Wall

"Should I prepare your jet pack, sir?" "That depends on the weather, Reeves. What has CompuFive programmed today?" "Showery spells, sir." "Then I'll need my aero-car, won't I?" "Very good, sir." "And while I'm slaving away over my slide rule, how will you occupy your time?" "I…