Y+28, Day 1: “You, in the jail,” the voice said over the intercom. Sheriff Del Anderson stood and switched on the voice channel. Del watched the warped video of the […]
Category: Short Fiction
The Soldier: A Vignette by Torn MacAlester
The Soldier Y+0 Granger realized that the whirlwind month had ended as he headed to the Greyhound bus, hoping to see if he could get a trip. According to the […]
Sins of the Son: A Vignette by Torn MacAlester
Sins of the SonPhoto by Brett Sayles from Pexels Sins of the Son By Torn Macalester “Did you hear it?” The patient asked over the cacophony of emergency equipment as the doctor worked on […]
Decisions: A Vignette by Torn MacAlester
Decisions Y+13 Nils heard Katie enter the room as he finished typing the letter and sent it to the printer. He’d been using the back bedroom as an office ever […]
Short Fiction: Cold Contact by Torn MacAlester
Cold Contact is a science fiction short originally written for the Fiction Fountain. Of the current stories on my website, it is the one not working on the similar theme […]
Short Story: Morgan’s Road
Nelson once felt independent. His life as a lunar prospector at least seemed that way. With his money supply dwindling, the stark reality of his freedom had faded to disappointment. […]
Sins of the Son — a vignette by Torn MacAlester
A vignette by Torn MacAlester: Sins of the Son My stories are arranged in a timeline of events. See it here. It is the first story from the aftermath of […]
Apollo 14
Photo by Brian McGowan on Unsplash Did you know that Apollo 14 landed at the planned landing site for Apollo 13? The place is called the Fra Mauro […]
Science and Technology in Morgan’s Road
Being a scientist and engineer, I enjoy adding as realistic elements as possible to my stories. For example, I wrote this article to discuss the science and technology that I […]
Free Short Science Fiction Story by Torn MacAlester
Free short science fiction story: Morgan’s Road by Torn MacAlester Making a living on the Moon is not for everyone, but Nelson Carmike actually preferred the airless basalt plains over […]