Sci Fi

The Lost Symbol
It started with an unmarked envelope tucked into my mailbox. At first glance, it seemed harmless—aged parchment, no return address, just my name scrawled in hurried penmanship. Yet, as I opened it, my pulse quickened. Inside was a single sheet of paper bearing a cryptic symbol, one that I had seen before only in my nightmares—a strange, intertwined pattern, part serpent, part flame, with an eye embedded in its core. Beneath it, in trembling ink, was written: "The truth lies in the forgotten."
By James2 years ago in Fiction
The Abandoned Manor
I never should have gone back to the manor. It stood as a specter of my youth, a decaying structure perched atop the hill, its gothic spires clawing at the sky. Time had worn its façade, and yet the air around it seemed untouched, as though the world dared not encroach too closely. I hadn’t thought about that place in years, not until the letter arrived—a single sheet of parchment bearing no return address, only the words: “The truth awaits you in the manor.”
By James2 years ago in Fiction
The Heart of the Machine
The Heart of the Machine In the heart of Silicon Valley, Amelia Cross was a rising star. A robotics engineer celebrated for her groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence, she was known as a pioneer who merged the boundaries between machine learning and human emotion. Her latest project, codenamed Eros, was meant to be a revolution—a humanoid AI designed to understand and emulate human emotions in ways no robot ever had before.
By Lacey Morgan2 years ago in Fiction
The Last Knight. Content Warning.
Chapter 2: A Witch Named “Tell” Bo was at her last straw. She was thirty eight now, with no children, no husband, no property and only a few measly pieces of silver to see her through the next few weeks, if she could even last that long. She had no other options left. She had used her looks and her body to hold her this far, but that option had died along with the man who had scarred her face. Now only the one dreaded option remained; visit her aunt and ask for help.
By Taylor Van Zant2 years ago in Fiction
Family
The child kept fussing, but it was not hers to comfort. She just gave birth to it. She only had a few days with the baby before they took the child away to the community nursery where all infants went three days after birth. Pediatric Carers would take care of the infants until they could walk. Then they went to the toddler houses where they were cared for by “Preschool teachers” twenty-four hours a day. Children were not raised in families and no one had parents anymore, not since the revolution. By the time they were five years old, they lived in large dormitories and were taught by the Resident Teachers.
By Terri Kalloch2 years ago in Fiction
What Was That?
It was late November, and the days were growing shorter, the nights colder. The small town of Wrenwood was already preparing for winter, with residents stocking up on firewood and sealing their windows against the biting wind. There was a sense of quiet anticipation in the air, the kind that precedes a long, dark season. But no one could have anticipated what would happen on the night of the 23rd.
By V-Ink Stories2 years ago in Fiction
Adventures of Oahron (prologue)
Preface This story is based off of the starting point of a sci-fi fantasy war story I wrote some years ago. I am taking the beginning portion of an early draft of my book and splitting it into short stories (probably 3 short stories) based off of my main character Oahron in his early childhood. This is an ongoing draft and may be a bit jagged and in need of editing. Please show support for this project to help support a bigger work based on these promotional stories I will be sharing freely online.
By Netanel Lynn2 years ago in Fiction
364 The Whole Universe Is Against Me
Byron Masters discovered the threshold of synapse interaction that determined self-awareness. His "Masters' Threshold" of S = f (D/m3) Nx 2.56P, still unpublished, also proved the connections needn't be neurons—one example being trees, sustained by the "S" of the fungi interconnecting them.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Breaks Records with Closest Sun Pass
Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest-Ever Sun Approach : NASA's Parker Solar Probe has made history by executing an extraordinary mission. It brings us closer to understanding our solar system's most critical celestial body. This groundbreaking spacecraft has achieved the closest-ever approach to the Sun, reaching an incredible proximity of just 4.51 million miles from the star's scorching surface.
By Royalty Side2 years ago in Fiction
Realm of Eternal Night: The Seeker’s Journey
Realm of Abiding Night In the far alcove of the multiverse lies a abstruse area buried in abiding darkness, a branch accepted alone as the Abiding Night. It is a abode clear by the ablaze of stars, a ambit that thrives in the absence of time as bodies apperceive it. Whispers in the catholic abandoned allege of this ambiguous even as a altar for age-old secrets, abandoned gods, and energies too almighty to abide aural the borders of accustomed universes. The Abiding Night is not lifeless, admitting its abiding darkness. The mural glows faintly with bioluminescent hues of violet and indigo. Rivers of bright activity carve through jagged, apparent terrains, while immense spires acceleration like alert sentinels, anniversary crowned with pulsating orbs of light.
By Say the truth 2 years ago in Fiction
The Garden of Second Chances
Maya wiped the sweat from her brow as she adjusted the atmospheric sensors within the biodome. Through the transparent panels, Cairo's restored skyline gleamed within the distance, its buildings wrapped in vertical gardens that helped cool the metropolis. At 42, she in no way thought she'd be managing one of the international's most formidable rewilding tasks, but right here she turned into, overseeing the recovery of a slice of the Sahara.
By K. B. 2 years ago in Fiction
2025 Tech Vision
Introduction to the 2025 Tech Vision The landscape of technology, as we shall step into the future, is shifting dramatically. The year 2025 will change everything - innovations which turn the face of our daily lives and reshape the larger scheme of industries. From artificial intelligence, including things like learning and real-time adaptation, to virtual realities that take us on a journey of experiences beyond imagination, emerging technologies are going to throw the world into revolution.
By Aniket Shelar2 years ago in Fiction