Sci Fi

The Business Model. Content Warning.
Introduction I was listening to "Masters Of War" by Bob Dylan and it just made me think of the state our world is in at the moment. This story is anything but hopeful and is not the sort of thing that I enjoy writing. It observes how evil so often triumphs because people allow it to exist in the name of fairness or due to complete apathy.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Fiction
The City That Measured Silence. AI-Generated.
The first time the city fined her for being quiet, Elin thought it was a mistake. She stood at the corner of Larkspur and Ninth, holding the thin slip of gray paper between her fingers, rereading the printed words as though repetition might soften them.
By Cordelia Vance6 months ago in Fiction
For One Ear Only
Hazen was on the way to Service Elevator 43-7. It would be the last place he needed to clean that day. Seldom would anyone go there. Even if he did it roughly, no one would notice.
By Helen Hsu6 months ago in Fiction
The Uglies . Content Warning.
Before you say anything... no I didn't read the book. Two, I saw the movie and looked up that there's a series ( I'll go and read it when I get paid again to buy it ). So anywho, the movie 'Uglies' appeared on Netflix. It came out in 2024. The story begins about a girl name Tally wass waiting til her 16th birthday to go and get surgery while she was waiting her friend got it and didn't respond to her once he got his . ( He's a bird anyway so fuck him ) She was where she wanted to look deep into it and got a costume to cover her identity until she got caught and almost got into trouble. So when it finally became her birthday all and everyone went and got theirs while she got placed back into having one because they needed her to be a spy to get Shay ( Shay basically was the one telling her she don't need all that and she need to go into the Smoke with her and run away with her from " The Pretties " and their lies. ... Tally ugly ass wasn't trying to hear that . )
By Erica Williams6 months ago in Fiction
The world stops
Today was unlike none other. The sun pierced through my window, blinding me. Stepping out of bed, I swing myself toward the door and leave into the kitchen. Opening the fridge I grab the milk and a bowl and pour myself some cereal. I put the milk down and watch as the liquid inside the bowl settles unnaturally. The splashes froze in mid air as soon as I stepped away. But as I eat it flows around my spoon. The faucet usually drips but today, looking at the droplets suspended mid air. I walk outside and see a woman walking her dog. Her still figure glistening in the sun, and the dog's tongue hanging out its mouth for its eternity. The normal chirps in the morning sky, or the shaking of the trees, or even the cars on the street supposedly driving to their next destination. Everyone unknowingly picked their place as they waited for the clock to move somewhere, anywhere, but it never came. The lonely women, only accompanied by statues. She touched the woman walking her dog, hoping that she will move like the cereal. But her arms did not cross. She did not fall or speak or breathe. Death stared through her eyes as she stood, gripping the leash and hoping to one day bend her knees to the ground.
By pink wol6 months ago in Fiction
What Happens When a Fictional Character Starts Escaping the Script?
There’s a strange feeling that happens sometimes when you spend too much time building a world. At first, everything feels controlled.
By Lyon Gaber6 months ago in Fiction
Andreas Szakacs on Michael: An Actor’s Reflection on Legacy, Performance, and Emotion
As an actor, I didn’t approach this film as a historian or critic. I approached it as someone trying to understand performance, emotion, and the weight of becoming a legend. And in that sense, the film offers more questions than answers.
By Andreas szakacs6 months ago in Fiction
An AI Mindset
A short story By: Stanley Komarniski As Soloman sat at his computer. He typed in his first command to the Large Language Model called Duplet. His command of creating a beach scene with a young girl building a sandcastle turned out to be better than he had expected. The picture was elegant and sharp. The 4K quality surprised him as he downloaded it. He thought to himself, ‘What else can this thing do?’
By Stanley Komarniski6 months ago in Fiction
The Day the Sun Didn’t Rise. AI-Generated.
At 6:01 AM, the alarm rang. Hassan opened his eyes and waited for the light. It didn’t come. He frowned and reached for his phone.
By shakir hamid6 months ago in Fiction
US IRAN WAR. AI-Generated.
My Brother Flew Drones for the U.S. My Cousin Drove Trucks in Pakistan. My Aunt Sold Tea in Tehran. One Sky Connected All Three.
By Tariq Pathan 6 months ago in Fiction
The Yukon Canvas
That canvas bitch comes at night, when I sleep. I have vowed not to stop until I create a work of beauty and yet she has consistently ruined everything I have ever done.
By Amos Glade6 months ago in Fiction
Smoke Out
Shion. シー。音. Yes, stylized with the obnoxious stop in the middle. In Japanese, the katakana characters for "she" and the kanji for "sound." A play on language—"her music"—Shion's music. Music that rested comfortably in a bubblegum metal ballad category that packed small indie live house and bars in Paris to Tokyo. Including this one.
By Made in DNA6 months ago in Fiction