Original Science Fiction - Makeshift Stories

  Authorities in the minor galactic spur of Orion contract the Hyper Nova to clean up an illegal dump hidden in the orbital trash of a backwater planet. Something in the debris has been leaking tachyons and tau neutrinos which are interfering with navigation in a nearby space lane. After locating the offending device, the crew is confronted by an angry alien who claims to own it. And they are...

  In this month’s story Risa and her mother have worked hard to grow their social credit score to the point where they can move on. However, a mysterious delivery, sent to by intention or mistake, becomes a roadblock to their plans until Risa discovers an unexpected way out. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H. Written by Alan V Hare Read by Mitchell Tew

  Lan, a would be writer, about to hit the big time with his first novel, thumbs his nose at a large software company in an online post. The post goes viral and soon after things start to go wrong. And Lan finds that he is about to loose his one and only chance at fame and fortune. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H. Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare

  Fossmar Gunnarsson, the founder of a large international technology company, creates the ultimate technological innovation, a system that copies the brain and uploads it to an artificial neuro-net. When he is suddenly diagnosed with a terminal disease, Fossmar uses the not quite perfected system on himself so he can beat his untimely death and continue to run his company. But not everyone w...

  After listening to an unusual doctoral thesis that makes outlandish claims about music and the nature of the universe an archaeologist, finds himself gradually coming to believe that the crackpot theory may have some truth to it. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare

  In this month’s story the third generation leader of a divided colony ship, drifting between the stars, tries to escape his duties by submerging himself in fictional stories. But at a critical moment the line between fiction and reality blur, when one of the characters from a book escapes fictional space to oppose him. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Writte...

  Could life be measured by how far it has traveled? Possibly, after all time and space are intimately connected. Time slows down as you approach the speed of light and it’s been frequently postulated this could be a time machine of sorts that would allow one to travel to the future. But time just below the speed of light does not entirely stop. For example at 99 percent of C time dilation is...

  This month we bring back two characters, Adrian and Serene, mutual mimesis, from some of our earliest stories. Adrian is drawn to Earth hoping to find the resources to finally right the ancient wrong that nearly destroyed his people. His presence on the planet inadvertently attracts the attention of the watchers, who bring Serene back into being to confront and stop him. When Serene wakens...

Hansa one of the working poor in a large city is caught in a happiness sweep and finds herself imprisoned in an odd internment camp run by clowns. When the clown assigned to Hansa attempts turn her into a happy citizen by erasing her identity Hansa struggles to fight back. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare

In this month’s story Illusio, a veteran TV illusionist who is struggling to keep himself interested in his profession is confronted by an eager amateur magician named Dai. When Dai tries to unravel the mystery behind Ilusio’s unusual act, the older magician brushes the annoying upstart off, but inadvertently finds himself becoming fascinated by the simple tricks the youth performs. Envious...

Veeda, a mathematical savant who has never miscalculated anything, blanks out on a simple question in an exam. She wakes from her stupor to discover that she used the wrong value for a constant and has inadvertently changed the physical world. Veeda refuses to believe that this is possible and suspects that she in a coma caused by an accident. However, evidence to the contrary come from an unexpec...

Coyotl, a slave in a seventh-century new world silver mine, must take on the work of two after some of his brethren escape. However, a very unusual stranger soon arrives, wanting to trade diamonds for Quicksilver, better known today as mercury. To coyotl the stranger is a sign of a coming new age. He is approached by the stranger in what he thinks is a dream and given a task to prove himself. Coyo...

In this month’s story we return to the True North a colony ship on a multi-generational voyage. Greta, a devoted auditor discovers something odd about a survey mission, but when she reports it to her superiors their reaction is not what she expects. And Greta soon finds herself turning for help to the most unlikely person onboard the hollowed out asteroid. Program Notes And Credits Opening and clo...

To eke out a meager living, Neela, a senior in her early 80’s, must rely on her social engineering and hacking skills to phish. While she is running a phishing scam, Adam, another guest at the senior complex where she lives, confronts her about her use of the public access terminal. He then admits that he too is running an online scam, but that something odd is going on in the retirement home&#821...

Lynn’s uncle, an avid ham radio operator, wills his estate to her after he dies. While sorting through her estranged uncle’s belongings, Lynn discovers a shoe box full of notes that document an unusual encounter her uncle had in 1956 over his short wave radio. Moreover, if true Lynn realizes the story would change history, but there is no tangible proof that the event ever took place. Program Note...

In this month’s story Greta, a rising star in the audit division on board the colony ship, the True North, needs one more successful case to ensure her promotion. To her disappointment she is assigned to audit a small obscure social club for amateur astronomers. On the surface the case appears to be simple and insignificant, but she discovers something else, something that the captain and senior o...

On a day off, Ramone, an industrial engineer, takes a mountain bike ride to document the damage done to a remote stretch of forest by an extreme weather event. After an accident, forces him to walk back to his car, a weird storm appears catching Ramone unprepared. But help arrives in the form of an odd stranger, who seems to be able to see into Ramone’s soul. Program Notes And Credits Opening and...

In this month’s story, Alejandro a poor fisherman, has been haunted by a constant noise all his life which he has nicknamed the hum. But everyone around him insists that it is all in his mind, so to keep himself sane he has been forced to fill his life with noise to mask the constant tones. Then a chance encounter with a tourist, in the city to attend a conference, changes everything, and Alejandr...

In this month’s story, Orman an untalented musician, of dubious origin, on tour in Orbit City New Mexico, meets Garth the curator of the local space museum during one of her performances. Garth had once dreamed of becoming an astronaut, but instead had settled for a job working with space program artifacts. He discovers that Orman is not the usual travelling musical act and decides to show her to...

Adrian, the last Aleutian, travels back in time to a backwater of the universe to hide from the agents of the people who have taken over his world, only discover that things are not as they should be on planet Earth. He meets Nikola Tesla who appears to be in the process of changing the course of history and Adrian finds that he must make difficult a choice. Program Notes And Credits Opening and c...

Against her family’s wishes, an aging matriarch decides to take a very expensive extended cruise on the Shangri-la of the Seas; an exclusive specially designed ship that promises to take its’ invalid passengers to the ends of the earth and experience life to its fullest to the very last minute and beyond. Suspecting the Shangri La cruise lines is a scam the family enlists one of its members to fin...

After ten years in a paranormal reality TV show, as the debunking half of a popular ghost hunting duo, Sage  finds herself on the flip side of her own arguments during the live broadcast of the shows’ season finale, and quite possibly the last show ever. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare

An alter ego is another self, a distinct second identity that can allow a person to lead a double life. Jane a meek java developer by day is a crime fighting superhero by night, etcetera. But is it truly that simple? Can you just slip from one personality to another by finding the closest phone booth to make a quick costume change? In this month’s story a man who is woken by his dog in the middle...

Ajit, a fourth generation resident of the arcology GBT Ellesmere, is tasked with the job of clearing out old documents and by accident stumbles upon some disturbing information that is not found in the official digital record. While the knowledge helps him make sense of his family’s situation the truth turns out to be something no one is ready to hear. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing...

Loyalty, according to Wikipedia, is  the “faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause.” In this month’s story loyalty comes in many flavours as an aging pack of genetically modified space faring canines embark on what could be their last mission. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David Hume Written and Narrated by Alan V Hare