Month: September 2018
Captain Jackson Haddock And Professor Candyfloss Calculus
Captain Jackson Haddock And Professor Candyfloss Calculus The year was 2030 AD. Captain Jackson Haddock was sailing in the Mediterranean Sea in his ship ‘Sirius’ with his crew of 20 men, DinDin and Professor Candyfloss Calculus. Captain Haddock had had a tired day and wanted to retire early to his cabin. He walked over to […]
Five Minutes of Fame
Five Minutes of Fame ‘Can I appear on television just once?’ I asked Mom. ‘No dear, you are too young for the camera,’ said Mom. I made a face and said, ‘Well, I don’t see why I can’t. Aren’t they interested in children at all?’ Mom sighed and said, ‘We allow only experienced people to […]
Romeo Remembers
Romeo Remembers The year was 2046 AD. Nobel Laureate Professor Harrington Rutherford sat in his lab staring at the prototype of the humanoid he had created. He had modeled the humanoid on the male homo-sapiens. It had all the characteristics of a human male including the capacity to mate. He had named the humanoid Romeo. The last few days, the […]
The Green Tribunal Speaks
The Green Tribunal Speaks The year was 2045 AD. It was the era of ultra-sensitive long-range high capacity satellites. Means of covering news events had been revolutionized since the twenties and it was the age of instant news. Eckhart Tomlinson the media Moghul and the owner of the greatest news service of all-time, the Eckhart […]
The Long Arm of Revenge
The Long Arm of Revenge Fred and Luther sat in the back of the closed van which carried the trunk-full of cash to be dispensed at automatic teller machines all over the city. They were just three kilometers away from the bridge that led to the city gates. Fred blew a puff of smoke from […]
Professor Lily Enjoys Dog Biscuits
Professor Lily Enjoys Dog Biscuits The year was 2056 AD. Professor Lily Heisenberg stepped out of her time transporter in disgust. She still found herself in 2056 when she had expected to step out in 2063 AD. Nothing had changed. She had spent the seven best years of her life on research to continue where […]
The Red-Haired Sibling
The Red-Haired Sibling Zak looked at the redhead seated opposite him and marveled at her thirst for alcohol. She had been consuming whiskey ever since they had arrived at the club. This was their first date. ‘Rita, do stop drinking,’ Zak said with concern. ‘That is the 4th glass of whiskey you have had. Even three is one too many.’ ‘You […]
The Buzzing of the Honey-Bee
The Buzzing of the Honey-Bee Professor Wally Darwin threw his test tube away in disgust. He had been trying to create this new species of honey-bee through genetic mutation for a long time. But what did he keep getting? The same old type of bee again and again. It had been nearly twenty years since […]
The Peace-Queen
The Peace-Queen Professor Zhuang Zhang looked at his humanoid the ‘MA-KING’ with pride. MA-KING stood for ‘Martial Arts – King’. The humanoid was a male prototype. Professor Zhuang planned to make MA-KING the best-known exponent of all the martial arts known to the world. He was meant to be far superior to human beings in […]
The Reincarnation
The Reincarnation Professor Lily Rutherford looked at her dog Silver and said sadly, ‘What should I do, Silver? All of them believe I am a crank.’ Lily was a firm believer in reincarnations. She had set out to create a machine that would transport a person forward to his or her next birth. She had […]
