Comments from The Immaculate Lab on the nature of rare elemental discoveries. — This is part of a spinoff, based on a larger work; A Decent Land. For more, see this full list, or start from the very beginning! 02. Vidium Atomic Number: 124 Atomic Weight: 295 Essential to the entertainment industry, a batch of Vidium costs extortionate amounts (and baits the desperate pirates). …

Comments from The Immaculate Lab on the nature of rare elemental discoveries. — This is part of a spinoff, based on a larger work; A Decent Land. For more, see this full list, or start from the very beginning! 01. Beveron (Bv) Atomic Number: 216 Atomic Weight: 312 Beveron was first discovered beneath the oceans of Ūdan-III. Hoarded by the mermaids and their kin, this magnificent substance holds a perpetual liquid state…

Festival — A sound of squawking roused us from our slumber. Local parrots flew in fear of approaching mammals, crawling through the brush. Attracted to our scent, a group of simian detectives — loud and whooping in the distance — made their way towards us. ‘Kin wot?’ the vile creatures chattered. ‘Orr!’…

My contribution to 100 Stories by 100 Writers — The journey is long, and cold to the bone. A road stretches out for miles. At the end, a broken building — filled with lost ephemera — overlooks a driveway, built of dust and soot, and chalk…

Observations of the Settlers — Eventually, our Scout Crew discovered A Decent Land. They set to work exploring the most hospitable continent — Yowunas Maias. A magnificent magenta moonrise floods the deserts of Yowunas in pinkish hues. A lunar blue illuminates the parched, scant and blackened cacti. — Scout Crew Captain, Year One

A simple return from a personal burnout. — It might sound odd, but I was born with an extra appendage, attached to my arm. Contained within, a special gland secretes a flow of superpowers — extra strength, laser eyes… the lot — at my command. My mother passed this unique evolution to me; a gift, she says, and…

Brief biographies of the first forty ships to arrive in the system Mammaria. — Part One of this anthology is available here. Links to the remainder of A Decent Land can be found in this collection. 41. Scout If you see the bright green eyes of Scout grow larger in your sky, visit local monuments; prepare to say goodbye. Take the time to honour your surroundings…