Archive for the ‘Fiction’ Category

 

jaredrbyer on Nov 14th, 2008Friday 55 Number 11

The problem with memory he 
said was that you don’t
get to pick what you
remember. Sure you remember how
much it hurt and how
stupid you felt for doing
it again. But you remember
other things. You remember the
smiles and the laughs. You
remember you loved her and
you hate yourself for it.

jaredrbyer on Nov 10th, 2008Hope for Mankind

The professor said the ship was humanities last hope and I believed him.  I worked with the professor to help build the ship. Dorothy, the name, that was my idea. Ok, well it was our idea. Honestly, it was the professor’s idea, but I was there when it happened. I had been working with the [...]

jaredrbyer on Nov 8th, 2008A Poem of my Flesh

The generation ship has programs designed to maintain a healthy population. It is perhaps the biggest long term problem of the generation ship. Maintaining biodiversity is a delicate balance. Suppressing health disorders is one of the key stones of the program. Everyone’s health is closely monitored. It might sound unfair but anyone who shows [...]

jaredrbyer on Nov 7th, 2008Friday 55 Number 10

Rocket Ship burning fuel so fast….
Up into the night sky it blasts….
Lonely the few people on board….
Going to die those who stayed behind….
Families torn apart across time and space….
Long the trip is going to be….
The future of humanity at stake….
Over the story is not….
SciFi All month long!

jaredrbyer on Nov 6th, 2008The Great and Bountiful Human Empire

Space travel changed what it meant to be human, in more ways than one. In the 21st century if a definition of the word human included the word Earth it only did so to tell you what planet one could be found on. Space travel for normal humans wasn’t a problem, however setting up colonies [...]