Until Death

Professor Malkin was sitting in his office pondering what species to use to try and stump his students in today’s lecture. In thirty years of teaching final level Xenoanthropology, he has never failed at bringing up a sentient species that none of his students was familiar with. But this year, this class took it as […]

Why do we fight?

Humans and the Vaslisa have been fighting since humans entered the galactic scene

Human Idioms – Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

Steven is sitting in the mess hall finishing up his lunch when Parla walks in and sits down. No sooner as she did, the odor hits him. “Whew, what have you been working on?” he said as he put his hand to his nose. “I just got back from working on a clog in the […]

Human Idioms – Two wrongs don’t make a right

Steven is walking down the hallway headed toward engineering when Quatittel turns the corner just ahead. “Quel, there you are! Where have you been?” he asks feigning any knowledge of zis whereabouts. “I was negotiating a trade agreement with the Lixa.” ze replied as ze gave Steven a hug. “I didn’t know if you were […]

Human Idioms – Down in the dumps

Steven was sitting in the mess hall in the back corner sipping a glass of water feeling depressed and wishing he could be drinking a stiff drink when JT Miscity enters in and walks over to him. The odor emanating off of him reaches her nose before she gets there causing her to wince. “You […]

Bob’s Experiment

Rod and Thul walked over to Bob who was just sitting there staring at his experiment. “How is your experiment going Bob? I already have three hundred created, Thul has four.” “I only have one.” was Bob’s answer. “Only one hundred? You better get busy and stop staring at it.” replied Rod. “No, not one […]

Human Idioms – The heat of the moment

Quatittel was laying in bed with many tentacles draped over Stevens naked body. Zis primary lobe was thinking about how ze is happy to finally know what was under all the clothes, but wondering what the fuss was about. Why did they need so much clothes to cover such a single small area? Zis secondary […]

Human Idioms – Herding Cats

Steven and Quatittel were making their way down a maintenance duct, along with two other teams, working to corral the uninvited guests. Each team was carrying a freight bag that was large enough to cover across the duct and strong enough to contain their quarry without tearing. Or at least they hoped so, the beasts […]

Human Idioms – Elbow Grease

Quatittel and Steven were crawling through a maintenance access duct having been tasked with removing the fungus that had been found. The duct was wide enough for them to work side by side and be able to reach all surfaces. Steven, having to sport a pair of goggles that would show the fungus with a […]

Human Idioms – Curiosity killed the cat

Steven sat in the captain’s office feeling as scared and as small as he felt when he went to the principal’s office in fourth grade. He liked Sarah, so he pulled her hair, what else was a nine year old supposed to do. It wasn’t because he was in trouble, he didn’t think he was, […]