Sci Fi
Before the Silence
Chapter Two The Message That Vanished Jesse Jesse Bennett had spent most of her life preparing to leave Red Creek. She had marked the distance to college on maps, compared dormitories, calculated tuition costs, and imagined waking in a place where nobody knew her as Ranger Bennett’s daughter. Her acceptance letter from Flint Hills University remained pinned above her desk, its lower corner curling in the July humidity.
By Ronna Curtis3 months ago in Fiction
UNVERIFIED ENTITY
When I woke up that morning, nothing felt wrong. The light through the blinds was very British — dull, flat, dependable. Mornings like that reassured me the world was still behaving. I aligned my toothbrush with the edge of the sink, ate my cereal in silence, and had just put the spoon down when my phone began to vibrate.
By Rejoice Denhere4 months ago in Fiction
The Chrome Legacy: The Last Campfire
Humanity finally did it. We left Earth for the stars. The oceans remained. The mountains endured. Cities of glass and steel became monuments buried beneath sand and ivy. Somewhere beneath a desert sun, Las Vegas surrendered itself to time while humanity chased distant suns across the galaxy.
By Alejandro Arango4 months ago in Fiction
The Undulating Field. Top Story - September 2023. Content Warning.
This is for Mother Combs "Twisted Endings" Challenge that you can read about here The Undulating Field I had a restless night and kept getting up for some reason, but I don't know why. Eventually, I decided I might as well just get up, so went to the bathroom shaved, cleaned my teeth, took a shower, took drugs and got dressed. It was six in the morning, and I was on holiday, so there was no need for me to be up at this unearthly hour, but I was and went to the kitchen and made coffee, instant, with oat milk in the microwave.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Fiction








