Newspaper in Exile

Hello, my name is F’delty. Would that you could see the tears on the transmitter as I write this… My father was one of thousands of Martians who hailed Mars begging for escape transports the day the Earthlings’ Great Barricade started to rise. For years, we have had no information of the outside galaxy, no […]

Spider on a Mission

“F’delty, this is Michael, my cousin.” Sarah said. F’delty gave a slight bow and shook Michael’s hand. “Sarah’s efforts to reverse Earthling hatred of the Martian people have given us much hope,” F’delty said. Michael nodded, never the talkative type. Sarah opened her laptop and activated the Command Line Interface. A few commands later a […]

Fireworks

Three booms went off outside and the flash could be seen from inside Sarah’s apartment, even with the draperies closed. Dia’dymn squealed and ran back and forth across the living area of the apartment before jumping once more into Sarah’s arms. “It’s OK boy!” Sarah said as she cuddled him. “It’s OK. I’m h-here! I-I’m […]

A New Friend

Sarah angrily typed into the Martian communicator that C’therax had given her. C’therax! Please respond! NOW! The device pinged to show that he had received the message. Sarah! What is it? TAKE A GUESS! Sarah tapped out angrily. There was a pause. Sarah could see that C’therax was typing on his communicator due to a […]