Here is the featured Science Fiction Story for October 2009. A short teaser follows each heading. Click on the title to read the whole story.

Day of Reckoning by John Hilario

Professor Theodore Jenkins added three drops of the clear liquid to one gallon of water. He marked the water level on the outside of the glass container, and stuck it in the freezer next to three other gallon jugs. As labeled on the bottle, this was formula IEI-327, his latest attempt at producing a perfect ice expansion inhibitor.