Doug Langille

hack writer & shameless technophile

Scifi

The Gators of Mars

2 minute read

So, who the fiddler’s flying fig decided Mars needed alligators?

A Gruff Patch

2 minute read

Bruno Gruff scratched his flea-bitten crotch and stared out the window. His brothers, Barney and Buford, bickered over the last patch of swamp grass. He snif...

Into the Void

2 minute read

Date: September 27, 1491 SCE (Second Current Era)

First Fledging

less than 1 minute read

I’ll never forget the first time I sat behind the yoke of dad’s old hovercar by myself, newly minted holo-license carefully filed in my e-wallet. I was all s...

Respawn

3 minute read

Respawn.

The Bonded

3 minute read

Not every Fayre could be trusted. I learned that lesson early on. But for every million of the flittering little freaks that infested the planet, there was o...

Haley on a Plane

3 minute read

I grabbed the first aid kit off the cabin wall and a jug of water. Eunice lay unconscious on the floor of the cabin. It was spacious. More cargo space than s...

Alien Haiku

less than 1 minute read

Driving late at night Bright green lights whirling above Almond eyes greet me

Last Glimpse

less than 1 minute read

I found the perfect spot, for us to share a final gaze Of cosmic wonder, before the end of days