Space is not the final frontier. It was our first frontier. If the panspermians are to be believed, life as we know it traveled through space, imbued with twinkling slivers of stardust, finally settling on an alien planet we named Earth.
And Earth is an alien planet. Beyond our horizons and beneath our feet exist vast constellations of the unknown, lost continents and hidden oceans. There is a hollow Earth spinning through the hallowed cosmos. Space is not a fixed location Up There, it is here; we are In It. If you ever dreamt of spacefaring, congratulations–you’re doing it now.
On this day of the Great North American Eclipse of 2024, join us for a symphony of the spheres, for explorations and extrapolations of worlds beyond, worlds within, and worlds in between, from sea to shining star.
STRANGE SKIES
WEIRD WORLDS
- “FRANK SINATRA” by Sterling Bartlett
- “INCIDENT REPORT” by Elwy Malin
- FINDING BIGFOOT, LOOKING FOR AMERICA by Robert Skvarla
- NEUROALCHEMY by Germán Sierra
- 2323 by R.G. Vasicek
- A MESSAGE FROM THE MEALWORM SPACE PROGRAM by Cesar Ruiz
- A PIECE OF THE SKY by Warren Benedetto
- BACKSCATTER by Eric Williams
- BOB IN THREE ASPECTS by Alex Kies
- DREAMING OF EUROPA by Aaron Thorpe
- THE GREATEST SECRET IN THE UNIVERSE by Svetlana Litvinchuk
- IT CAME FROM UNDER THE ICE by Phil Lamkin
- THE LAND OF UFRANA by Jessie Lifton
- ODDS OF LIFE by Craig Rodgers
- OLD GODS by Stacey Harris
- OUMUAMUA by plasticbagger
- PILOT PROJECT by Michael R. Colangelo
- THE PLACE WHERE BIRDS MOVE SLOWER by Lance Manion
- RECONFIGURATION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT by Pauline Chow
- “THE CAPE GIRARDEAU INCIDENT” by August Smith
- “MISSION STS-51-L” by Robert Ronnow
- “MUSIC AND ATHLETICS” by Sam Robinson
- “NEGATIVE SPACE” by Jamie Manias
- “PARASITICA” by Kurt Newton
- “SATURNINE” by Arbogast
artwork by Robert Voyvodic