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 Online fiction Micro ExpressionsThe soldiers call me Diogenes, although they never address me directly. I am a state-of-the-art neural network tasked with determining the likely threat of foreign nationals who wish to visit the State.  Frame of MindInfiltrating the compound is like stepping into another world. Even primed by intelligence reports, Alec Berg is startled. After days in the desert, what greets him on the other side of the fence is a discontinuity.  TransparentWelcome to 2028. Every detail of Lewis' life is laid bare online. The right to privacy is a thing of the past and everyone from his employer to his girlfriend can check his bank account or medical records.  Not Enough Stars In The NightScience and progress has turned inward, creating new realities and entire new worlds. Fletcher works as a virtual reality tester to escape to the past, and longs for a bygone era when humankind could still gaze into space.  Untangling the FutureDigger had glimpsed the future and changed it. His untangler could interpret movements and fluctuations in space-time; it was like a sculptor's tool and he was the artist, shaping the future from the clay it gave him.  All of CreationTrilobites died out 250 million years ago. Or so we thought. But now they've washed up on a Texas beach. Has a relic population clung on somewhere, away from human attention? Or is there a far stranger explanation...  Infant ColicThe baby's howling was stirring something bad in Helen's memory. The vacuum and quiet of the airlock, at least, would provide some space to think.  A Few Good MenHow very different things would have been today if the history of science had taken a slightly different path.  Time Traveling: A Quick Reference GuideYou've always wanted to do it. Your friends have all tried it. Somehow, though, the idea of time travel still makes you nervous.  Going Somewhere ElseWhy would you sign up for a space mission that never returns? Maybe after a while, you run out of places on Earth that are somewhere else from where you've already been.  Gas GiantThe newspapers went wild when a space probe showed up anomalies near Jupiter, but the full implications would not become apparent for years to come.  The Dead Man's ChildAs her father's star-polished bones rattle in their grave-drawer, Marguerite resolves to track him down.  Apollo's BreathWell travelled, widely read, Pausinias was sure of man's superiority over beasts and women. He just needed a woman in a temple to confirm it for him. 
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