Alastair Millar
Flash (mainly sf) writer (BSFA), specialist Czech-English translator, coffee drinker, immigrant, traveller, cynic, Star Wars addict. Welcome! :)
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About me
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Alastair Millar is an archaeologist by training, a translator by trade and a nerd by nature. A Briton by birth, he studied Architecture before graduating with a first class degree in Archaeology fr…
My Books
Mars & More: Fifty Flash Fiction Futures
Mars & More: Fifty Flash Fiction Futures
Mars & More by Alastair Millar
Uncollected writing (2026)
A Modern Girl’s Guide to Invisibility (01/2026)
A Modern Girl’s Guide to Invisibility (01/2026)
Author: Alastair Millar Don’t be nervous. I don’t know how tight you are with Johnny Red-Eyes, but he wouldn’t send a customer somewhere dangerous. I don’t bite. What can you call me? Just ‘Jane’ will do. I don’t need to know your name. Johnny’s paying me good for this consult, and that’s enough. I don’t […]
Tones (01/2026)
Tones (01/2026)
Uncollected writing (2025)
Veteran's Christmas (12/2025)
Veteran's Christmas (12/2025)
Author: Alastair Millar Grandpa Jack had a generous ‘meritorious service’ pension from his time in the Terran Space Force, but he never talked about his time in uniform, or shared war stories. “I’d rather not,” he’d say diffidently, or, if pressed, “Just not much to tell, really”. Everyone around him quietly assumed that his off-world […]
The Fire Wrangler (11/2025)
The Fire Wrangler (11/2025)
The Transcendent (11/2025)
The Transcendent (11/2025)
Author: Alastair Millar The cold wind, persistent further down, had died away. Now the silence was so intense that the man could hear his footfalls on the sandy soil. He was almost where he needed to be. The hairs on his arms stood up as he made his way higher. Something like magic was palpable […]
Harsh Mistress (10/2025)
Harsh Mistress (10/2025)
Up Close & Personal (10/2025)
Up Close & Personal (10/2025)
Author: Alastair Millar “How many victims?” This was the fifth case in under a month, and Commissioner Jones was apparently taking an interest; he’d come down to the scene in person. “Four, sir. Three here, one in the consulting room,” said the keen but clearly nervous field officer. “Alright, walk me through it.” “Same MO […]
Papers, Please (10/2025)
Papers, Please (10/2025)
Author: Alastair Millar Maybe if we’d thought about it sooner, instead of just buying what the newscasts told us, things would have been different. But I’m not sure. I mean, Autonomous Immigration Management Systems sounded like a good thing – they’d be a non-human (read: non-emotional, non-threatening) way of quickly checking ID documents against the […]
The Guide (10/2025)
The Guide (10/2025)
* Managing Editor: Edward Ahern * * Associate Editor: Alison McBain * * Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas * * Poetry Editor: Mary Keating * ...
Flechette (09/2025)
Flechette (09/2025)
Forces to be Reckoned With (09/2025)
Forces to be Reckoned With (09/2025)
Author: Alastair Millar “They can’t do this!”, fumed the Officer Commanding. The arrival of the memo from Staff HQ had interrupted the usual morning routine of carefully reviewing the battlefield monitoring reports. It was always better to form an independent judgement about what they meant, and now it would be necessary to start over. “I’m […]
The Modern Prometheus (08/2025)
The Modern Prometheus (08/2025)
Latecomers (07/2025)
Latecomers (07/2025)
Author: Alastair Millar It was our usually bad-tempered neighbour Mr Winkelmann who first told us we could get ‘special benefits’ if we registered in person at the Central Bureau in Lapis. Indigo’s government knew we spent a lot on the exoskeletal clothing and bone-strengthening drugs we needed to help us deal with the gravity, and […]
What The Eye Doesn't See (07/2025)
What The Eye Doesn't See (07/2025)
Hare (07/2025)
Hare (07/2025)
Passengers (06/2025)
Passengers (06/2025)
Thrust Upon Them (05/2025)
Thrust Upon Them (05/2025)
The Price of Silence (05/2025)
The Price of Silence (05/2025)
Author: Alastair Millar He awoke with a start. Cockpit red with emergency lights. Tried to move. PAIN! Slipped back into darkness. He awoke again; air still red. “Ship?” he whispered. “Yes, captain?” “Need medical help,” he gasped. “Affirmative. Medimechlings dispatched. Your condition is critical. Initiating emergency protocol B6. Distress beacon activated. Transponder check, affirmative, active. […]
Call of the Wild (04/2025)
Call of the Wild (04/2025)
Alice's Eyes (03/2025)
Alice's Eyes (03/2025)
The Button (03/2025)
The Button (03/2025)
Resister (02/2025)
Resister (02/2025)
Rays (02/2025)
Rays (02/2025)
Status Quo (01/2025)
Status Quo (01/2025)
Don't Look Back (01/2025)
Don't Look Back (01/2025)
Relations (01/2025)
Relations (01/2025)
Laboratory Lament (01/2025)
Laboratory Lament (01/2025)
Uncollected writing (2024)
The Odd Couple (12/2024)
The Odd Couple (12/2024)
The Solar Sutra (11/2024)
The Solar Sutra (11/2024)
Good Taste (11/2024)
Good Taste (11/2024)
The Spark (11/2024)
The Spark (11/2024)
Out on Grandma's Verandah (11/2024)
Out on Grandma's Verandah (11/2024)
Leaving (11/2024)
Leaving (11/2024)
The Fall of Man (11/2024)
The Fall of Man (11/2024)
Transient (11/2024)
Transient (11/2024)
Night Shift (10/2024)
Night Shift (10/2024)
Only the Lonely (10/2024)
Only the Lonely (10/2024)
Runaway (09/2024)
Runaway (09/2024)
On the Road to Damascus (09/2024)
On the Road to Damascus (09/2024)
Baggage (09/2024)
Baggage (09/2024)
Paybacks (08/2024)
Paybacks (08/2024)
Among The 1% (08/2024)
Among The 1% (08/2024)
One Body Problem (08/2024)
One Body Problem (08/2024)
The Joy of Work (08/2024)
The Joy of Work (08/2024)
Go Find It On The Mountain (07/2024)
Go Find It On The Mountain (07/2024)
Oblivious (07/2024)
Oblivious (07/2024)
The Review (07/2024)
The Review (07/2024)
Downwards (06/2024)
Downwards (06/2024)
Firebird (06/2024)
Firebird (06/2024)
Jack and Annie and Me (06/2024)
Jack and Annie and Me (06/2024)
GORD (05/2024)
GORD (05/2024)
Remember (05/2024)
Remember (05/2024)
Drone (05/2024)
Drone (05/2024)
Sleepless (03/2024)
Sleepless (03/2024)
Maisie (02/2024)
Maisie (02/2024)
The Delivery (01/2024)
The Delivery (01/2024)
Black Cat Blues (01/2024)
Black Cat Blues (01/2024)
Uncollected earlier writing
Trust Issues (12/2023)
Trust Issues (12/2023)
Semmering (11/2023)
Semmering (11/2023)
The Boyfriend's Tale (11/2023)
The Boyfriend's Tale (11/2023)
Isabel's Choice (07/2023)
Isabel's Choice (07/2023)
Citizens Stories - Exodus pt 2 (05/2023)
Citizens Stories - Exodus pt 2 (05/2023)
Citizens Stories - Exodus pt 1 (04/2023)
Citizens Stories - Exodus pt 1 (04/2023)
In Dresden (10/2022)
In Dresden (10/2022)
The MutantZ Saga, Generation 1 (09/2022-02/2023)
The MutantZ Saga, Generation 1 (09/2022-02/2023)
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