Cold, white and deserted. Those would be the normal adjectives one would give when asked to describe the Arctic. Only visited by those who are in a specific research field or have are truly interested in seeing snow ice and water in one place, it wouldn’t be the first place on one’s mind to visit as a tourist spot. That the temperatures hitting below negative 30 degress centigrade also proved to ...

Ken and Kate by FURLOUGH Monday, the 25th "…what did you say these were for?" "Heartburn, Ken. Anti-heartburn pills." "Don't people just get over the counter stuff for that?" "But this is so much better and more efficient! Do you know how hard I worked to get it like this?" "Is it cost efficient, though? You know that's what the brass is gonna look at. We're not like those bigwig companies that ...

­Part 5 – Continuation of the naughty space opera in the Aurora Universe! Winning Announcement The pictures of the winning contest entries, and the names of the contest winners, were announced in the morning news. The announcement included this quote from her: “Your Empress is pleased with the photographic talents and data measurement skills of her people!” She left the data selections entirely ...

To be frank, asking her address from Bruce was an unnecessary gesture. It wouldn’t take Supergirl more than a few minutes to quickly comb through Gotham City with a combination of her superspeed and x-ray vision to find the elusive woman. She had initially wanted to follow the Vampirella back to her place, but a bit of vanity plus some inner conflict about being too brash led her to kill that ...

A Very Small Favor by FURLOUGH Dr. Megan Byrne sat with a blank, languid expression, her hands resting atop her head, her chin planted on the edge of a cheap plastic dining table that lay littered with empty soda and beer cans. She needed a break. But she was technically already having one; she had especially requested a few additional days she had saved up to spend on herself during this long ...