Sci Fi

The Flip Phone
Ring… Ring… Ring… I stopped in my tracks. I had never heard that sound before. I looked down and saw some weird device. It was ringing? What is that? I started thinking to myself. I picked it up and put it in my pocket. I’d be fired for this in a heartbeat if anyone ever found out.
By Charlotte Monroe3 months ago in Fiction
The Programmed Manager
In the sleek glass tower of Novatek Systems, the office of Richard Bale,Director of Strategic Initiatives,was beginning to feel like a war room. It had been six months since they opened the search for a program manager to oversee the company’s new multi-million-dollar AI Integration Initiative. Six months, 5 job postings, 26 interviews, and not a single candidate had passed muster.
By Lucy Guo3 months ago in Fiction
The Cold Comfort
The flavor hits the sensory cells of the tongue’s papillae, and suddenly, I am floating in the clouds. It was a hot summer afternoon. After walking in the sun for hours — shirt soaked, surrounded by a suffocating flood of people — I spotted an ice cream parlor. I have never been a particularly devoted fan of ice cream. But that afternoon, the ice in the cream was icing and was simply calling my name, and I answered.
By Elizabeth Agyeman Prempeh3 months ago in Fiction
Effie & Simon. Top Story - August 2026.
I am at it again. This thing, it fits me, tight, like a glove. Tighter. Like a second skin. My sister isn't here tonight. She has not been here for several nights. She's so waif-like, now, so whisper-thin, that she's almost not anywhere at all. With the shadowy circles under her eyes so dark you could almost believe they were bruises. Maybe they are. May he hit her again.
By L.C. Schäfer3 months ago in Fiction
TERMINATOR: DEAD SIGNAL
The first thing Skynet heard was music. Not a coded transmission. Not a targeting pulse. Not the encrypted machine language that moved invisibly between satellites, factories, and autonomous battalions.
By Alejandro Arango3 months ago in Fiction
The Safe Room. Top Story - July 2026.
Two eyelids suddenly flicked open. In the green-painted dark corners of the ceiling, spider web residue still there for over the existence of the cheap apartment room had a permanent existence.
By Vuthy Huot3 months ago in Fiction
Clarke's 3rd Law. Top Story - July 2026.
“What a cool rock!” Petey’s father exclaimed. Petey beamed with pride. He was wearing his new jeans that had its many pockets. He had insisted on them so that they could hold the rocks he collected, including his newest one.
By Gerard DiLeo3 months ago in Fiction
Mind the Reality Gap
I can’t remember why I signed up for the study but the advert had been simple enough: Paid Research Opportunity. Must be over sixty.
By Rejoice Denhere3 months ago in Fiction
A Number’s Game
It was a normal Tuesday night on Earth until 8.27pm, when every communication device paused as one. Every television, radio, and phone halted mid-broadcast as a message addressed the entire planet.
By Sarah Tinney3 months ago in Fiction
The Deep: Blue Light. Content Warning.
This was a mission to find the wreckage of a Spanish galleon that had sunk in an Atlantic storm after leaving San Juan in Puerto Rico carrying millions in gold coin.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Fiction
Before The Silence
Chapter Four A Hum in the Walls Jesse Jesse woke to the sound of Mara’s truck leaving the driveway. She reached for her glasses and looked at the clock beside her bed.
By Ronna Curtis3 months ago in Fiction
Goodbye, Elon Musk
Sweat ran along Elon’s temple, but he did not break eye contact with Vivian. “I have done nothing wrong,” he insisted. “You continue to interfere with humans.”
By Stephanie Hoogstad3 months ago in Fiction