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A World Amidst Shadow

On 15/10/2022

Cold, and a sharp agonising pain was what she felt. Her frozen eyelids broke asunder and saw their first light for God knows how long. The layer of glass above her lifted ajar.

‘Greetings Captain, I hope you have had a fulfilling sleep; but I have encountered an… interruption. I had to wake you early, for your immediate attention’

‘Early?’

‘Yes Captain’

She clambered her way out from the stasis pod and her eyes glanced to the others near her. No one but herself was awake. The Captain wobbled to a locker and got dressed, grabbed a calorie bar, a hot drink then headed for the bridge.

Black Pyramid

By Matt

On 14/09/2022

In Other, Stories

A group of archaeologists unearth an unorthodox pyramid. Ancient records spoke of it as a place of rebirth…

Long, dark and dusty corridors shaped into a trapezium awaited me every corner I took. It was a maze. Unlike the pyramids I had ventured into…my legs trembled where they’d stood, my mind pondered on the place where I’d entered in hope of climbing back out, however, all my eyes could see was what I had described at the beginning.

This was no ordinary pyramid as the structure was built upside-down. A pyramid that pointed down into the earth. My team and I did not know whether it was built into the ground or stood high supported by other structures and simply buried over time.

Why? We do not know either, of what or whom it entombed. But I’ve looked for a very long time by going on vague rumours, old documents, tales known only by a few and lastly; faded dreams. The information gathered pointed us to the black desert of Egypt (where else would a black pyramid be?). Those who had the dreams spoke of two statues on each side of the pyramid, one statue took the form of a crocodile whereas the other was a… snake. Both statues represent one being, one that I had not expected to be adorned with such luxury. A deity not praised; but despised.

Webb’s First Image of Deep Space!

By Matt

On 12/07/2022

In Home

First “Deep Field” infrared image from the James Webb telescope, revealed on 11th July 2022. NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet | NASA

The first image of deep space, pertaining to a cluster of galaxies designated SMACS 0723, was revealed by President Joe Biden on 11th July 2022 during a White House event.

Skip to image in video here, or if you want to watch the whole thing from the start, click here.

Light-Blazer

By Matt

On 10/07/2022

In Sci-Fi, Stories

‘Command, this is Light-Blazer, we’re ready to proceed’

‘This is Command, everything appears to be green across the board on our end, prepare for pre-flight checks’

‘Copy, disengaging from docking station delta. Moving to designated co-ordinates, over’

The ship’s wings spread, its thrusters burst with furious fire, pushing its sleek, metallic body through space and to the staging point.

‘Well dear, this is it, it’s finally happening’

‘Yeah, from all our hard work…we did it’, said Deanne.

‘Oh Mark can you boil the kettle’, she added.

‘What, right now?’

The two give each other lingering gaze.

‘I don’t thing that’s a great idea Deanne, I’ll make you a coffee once we’ve made it, ok?’

The woman sighs.

‘I guess’

‘Going to be you cleaning up the mess if it gets everywhere, not me…how far till our staging point?’

‘Er, ten metres, so any moment….now’

The astronauts tap away at the terminals in front of them, running diagnostics, double checking everything.

‘Pre-flight checks out’

‘This is Light-Blazer to Command, pre-flight checks are green, we’re ready to warp, over’

‘Affirmative Light-Blazer, you are cleared for warp, Godspeed’

Bearer Of Hearts

By Matt

On 16/03/2022

In Other, Stories

Far away amidst a vast void, our world existed, rested within a hand of a half-dead God. This cosmic being, curious of death, torn its own heart out and froze into a static state between acute awareness and unbridled sleep. It had discovered the other side, of mortality.

Hence, the Great Ones came to alleviate this temporary symptom, however, because of their sudden separation from a collective source they became estranged. Themselves curious, such as their creator, of the individuality bestowed upon them. Through time the Great Ones molded the God’s heart into our world.