Torn MacAlester’s Fabulae Lunae The Lunadyne Incident and Other Stories
Tag: short fiction
CME by Torn MacAlester 17 Nov 2024
From Torn’s Timeline of Events: Golf and Outgassing; a Science Fiction Short Story
From Torn’s timeline of events, Golf and Outgassing is a science fiction short story dealing with the first mission returning to the Moon after many years: Golf and Outgassing: A Science Fiction Short Story
From Torn’s Timeline of Events: Y+1; A Science Fiction Vignette
This is a science fiction vignette dealing with a radio talk show and a survivor living near devastation of the Yellowstone caldera.
From Torn’s Timeline of Events: Drive to Houston
The Lunadyne Incident: A Short Story by Torn MacAlester
Lunadyne IncidentY+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 shady figure in the hallway outside the Sheriff’s office. The facial recognition software failed to place the individual. Either the man wasn’t in the […]
Diamonds: A New Vignette by Torn MacAlester
Nils departed Conrad Lunar Station, driving his pressurized crawler. He imagined the station would become the hub of lunar activity associated with the Lunadyne Corporation. His hab wasn’t far off, allowing him to be away from the center of activity and on his own. The whole point of his being here had been to build […]
Cycle 3: A New Story by Torn MacAlester
From his Texas Office, Nils fell into the routine since they landed the remote-control crawler on the lunar surface. For about two weeks, he’d work nearly fourteen-hour days. Then once the sun had set on the landing site, he’d spend the next two weeks relaxing and working only a couple of hours a day. He’d […]
Vignette: Another Plot by Torn MacAlester
Another Plot“Milt,” said Mary, tired of the conversation. “You didn’t really want to be an astronaut?” “No, it was a means to an end. Nothing more.” “I wish you wouldn’t antagonize our brother. He scares me.” “Morris is a fool,” Milt said. “A dangerous one. “True, we cannot underestimate him.” “Then why all this messing around […]
Short Story: Golf and Outgassing by Torn MacAlester
Golf and OutgassingGraphic By Shannan Albright A sixty-year-old Moon mystery prompts Colonel Annie Macturner to make a risky decision. Intrigued by an interview designed to manipulate, Milton Johnson, a candidate that conflicts with her highly distinguished military background, is selected as her crew-mate. Can Annie solve the landing site mystery and unravel Milton’s enigma before […]