Stories tagged “rockets”

  • Fishers of Men

    It wasn’t our fault. I kept telling myself that. We were the ones who’d been oppressed. We weren’t the wastrels. But the lady’s picture stayed with me, telling me otherwise. In my mind I could see her eyes looking down at me wit...

  • Countdown

    A masculine voice, talking over the normal craft noise plus an almost subliminal other sound, intoned, “Nice to see y’all again.” McClane chuckled. “Put a sock in it, Callihan! We’ve to got to get there and back again safe...

  • Rock 'n' Roll

    The centuries-old song blared full-blast, cutting over the internal din of the thrusters, as the crew were crushed into their seats by the brutal forces of liftoff. An eerie and total silence was to be experienced outside; there was no air to transmit ...