Galaxy’s Edge

Tag Area: Periodical
Short Story

“—All You Zombies—”

A 25-year-old man, originally born as an orphan girl named Jane, tells his story to a 55-year-old bartender who then recruits him for a time-travel adventure. —Michael Main
When I opened you, I found a mess. I sent for the Chief of Surgery while I got the baby out, then we held a consultation with you on the table—and worked for hours to salvage what we could. You had two full sets of organs, both immature, but with the female set well enough developed for you to have a baby. They could never be any use to you again, so we took them out and rearranged things so that you can develop properly as a man.
A man wearing only a skirt stands on a spaceship while firing a ray gun upward at another ship.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Effect and Cause

A pilot on a one-man ship in a space battle repeatedly lives backward through fifteen seconds and then forward again with the chance to do things differently each time. —Michael Main
Ignoring this, I sit down at the table to pick up a cup and spit calding hot coffee into it. Then I proceed to vomit food onto my plate so I can sculpt it with a knife and fork into peas, carrots, and omelette.
A city-sized ring world, covered on the inside by skyscrapers, floats in front of a bright nebula.
  • Science Fiction
  • War
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

The Gettysburg Game

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  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena
Short Story

Penguins of Noah’s Ark

A bust of President George W. Bush gets thrown into a time vortex, catching fire by friction, whereupon it sets out on its task to direct various pairs of animals to Noah’s Ark—most notably, the penguin couple of Mrs. Bleep and Mr. Bleep-Bleep.
The Bush bust passed through the vortex, catching fire through friction as it shot through time.
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  • Comedy
  • Definite Time Travel