3 Results with the "Science Fiction" genre
-
Story
The Last Train to Orion
On the final passenger service beyond the solar system, a station engineer receives a message from a platform that does not exist.-
158 • New
-
169 • New
-
-
Chapter
01 — Platform Zero
At 03:17 station time, a train appeared on the departures board that Jun had personally disconnected. Its destination was Orion. Its platform was zero. Its departure time was yesterday.Jun put down his coffee. Beyond the observation glass, Jupiter turned in its sleep, enormous and indifferent. The last scheduled passenger service had left two hours earlier. In four days the station would be dismantled. He had already packed his tools.The public address system cleared its throat. 'Passenger Jun Vale,…-
355 • Ongoing
-
-
Chapter
02 — A Seat by the Window
Platform Zero lay behind a maintenance hatch that had always opened onto a cupboard. Tonight it opened onto snow. Not simulated snow, not coolant crystals, but the soft, imperfect kind Jun remembered from Earth.A silver carriage waited beside a wooden bench. Its windows glowed with lamplight. A conductor in an old blue coat inspected Jun's ticket without asking where he had found it.'Is this a rescue?' Jun asked.'That depends on who you are looking for.'Inside were six passengers,…-
355 • Ongoing
-