Sci Fi

Reunion with the French Flower
The Case Minister was quite right: something had to be done about “the Paris situation” — a masterpiece of euphemistic language, Ellis thought. Speaking plainly, it would be more accurate to refer to the “imminent disaster in Paris”, but that wasn’t how the upper brass delineated their views. The Time Bureau did not promote alarmists to the upper brass, reasoning that if something had already happened, it could no longer constitute an imminent anything.
By Eric Wolfabout a year ago in Fiction
Stormed
Sebastian picked up a sheared finger. He gingerly held the digit, storing its smooth, young paleness in his memory before dropping it in the orange bio-waste bag fastened to his belt. Jakarta, Cape Town, Yangon, Chengdu, Lima, Montreal, Oakland. He’d seen the same devastation. The new supernormal.
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
Causal Fridays
As he entered the lab, no one was directly staring at Etherid, but he felt all eyes on him. No doubt because of the neon orange Hawaiian shirt and optic green shorts he was sporting. As a new hire in his first week, he’d gotten an email yesterday from HR with the subject line: Causal Friday tomorrow - all you need to know.
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
The Moon Who Wanted to Shine Alone
Luna was beautiful, and she knew it. Every night, she would rise and cast a soft, silver light upon the sleeping world. Poets wrote verses about her, lovers met under her gaze, and travelers used her to find their way. But a deep, private sorrow lived in her heart.
By Habibullahabout a year ago in Fiction
The 50th Star — A Grounded Superhero Concept
The 50th Star stands as a grounded superhero concept. It focuses on a story set in modern times. The idea centers around what would happen if Americas first superhero needed to protect his country from superhuman dangers.
By Astral Worksabout a year ago in Fiction
The Veil
He clicked out of the site, and swiveled to face Apryll who was standing expectantly behind his chair. “Am I right?” she asked.
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
then
These thousand years. The awaited. The tried. The tested. The true. The equation. The final variable. The n. Then. And then. There was then again.
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
We don’t want him!
Musk sat under his basking lamp and moaned. He clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth. He hissed. “I just wanna go home!”
By Sam Spinelliabout a year ago in Fiction
Perfume
‘Heavy weapons on the’ cried Jonas over the Vox just as a hail of bullet fire cut him down. Another good man down Lucien thought to himself.
By Alan Walkerabout a year ago in Fiction
Fracture
(Masculine Voice) “What if there is no way to truly die?” Jonah listened to his favorite podcast, The Rabbit Hole, as he zig-zaged the familiar potholes of King Street.
By Kristen Keenon Fisherabout a year ago in Fiction
Number 56. Content Warning.
I stare at the anger in her eyes. As she tightens the grip of my hand, I stare down at my fate below me, the smooth, rocky surface stares back in silence."Let me go," I say in a tired tone. I close my eyes and force my mind to fully flashback my life before hitting the floor. The smoke surrounds us, the bad decisions of mine heating my skin. Maybe if I werent so intimidated by my mirror, this wouldn't have escalated the way it did.I do die eventually, but not from this. But in order for you to find out how I need to tell you how it all started.
By Camu Tao Fan 1999🪲about a year ago in Fiction
Uncanny
Kenji adjusted the carbonized breastplate and finished his couture by placing the bulbous lenses under his eyelids. He looked in the mirror, but did not smile, though he was pleased. They did not smile, thus he would not.
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction