The Writers’ Room is an independent Canadian comedy-of-fiction literary publication. We publish weekly short-form humour, sci-fi, horror, absurdist, and speculative fiction under 1,000 words.
Stardate (SD): 3087.03.29 We barely made it through the rainy season. The cargo ships that supply our colony came back yesterday. They were stuck for weeks in our capital city, New Colonia – the sulfuric acid rain makes travel impossible on Planet Colonia. Consequently, the captain and crew had to spend Easter away from home. When the ships return, everyone rushes to grab their packages from Earth. But so many packages seem to get lost in the wormhole that many go back empty
