Rose was a rose. She worked in the gamma arboretum and everyone loved her. The gamma arboretum was home of the old growth experiments. Rose was the senior worker in the gamma arboretum and was the third most senior in the whole arboretum system. Unlike command or maintenance, the arboretum wasn’t fully staffed 24 hours [...]

She woke up to the sound of the computer.
Good morning officer McShane. Ship time is now Six Hundred Hours. You are scheduled to over see primary bridge renovations today, January 13th 9980.
To which Officer Gail McShane responded the same way she had for the last 7 years “I know what year it is!”
Gail got ready [...]

This is the title story in a series of short stories I have been wanting to write for a while. I am writing it on the fly so it might be a lot rough around the edges, a real bonus for those of you who love it rough around the edges.
A generation ship is a [...]

James said the scars were on the inside.
You wouldn’t be able to tell by looking at him,
how much pain he was in.
He looked happy, he looked healthy,
He looked alive.
Most people never heard him complain.
If you asked how he was he’d say ok.
However, the scars are on the inside.

I said I had heard it all before
It is was not a lie, not this time.
I had heard it from her before.
It didn’t hurt as much the second time.
Scar tissue can do that to you.
One day you stop feeling all together.
Of course I know she was lying this time.