A young boy, Adam, discovers a gold medallion in a lump of coal. He keeps it as a curious good luck piece for the next twenty years, until as a scientist, he discovers it contains a message and is clearly alien. Join Adam and his colleague, Linda, as they embark upon an adventure of revelation, ultimately giving up all they hold dear to discover who we are and who put us here.

A Soft Science Fiction short written for the final round of the SciFi Smackdown 1.5-- Cadie is unplugged. She is shunned by those who use the Scroll and sought out by Abhi--who wants as his student. But why, and at what cost?

Stranded on a barren planet, a silent but sentient little robot tries to understand his true purpose from the man who built him, the sole survivor from a downed spacecraft.