Sci Fi

tohuvavohu
Before there was light, before there was darkness, there was tohu va vohu. The attempt to make order out of chaos. The attempt of being. The essence of life.
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
The Bells of Saint Aurelia
The village of Drovnik, tucked deep within the Carpathian hills, was the kind of place travelers passed through quickly. Its cobbled streets wound between stone houses, their roofs sagging with age, and at the highest point of the village stood the ruined church of Saint Aurelia. No one prayed there anymore. Its bell tower had long collapsed, leaving only the shattered walls and a hollow archway that locals avoided at all costs.
By Wellova about a year ago in Fiction
The Room with No Windows
When Farhan moved into the old house his uncle had left him, he thought of it as a blessing. The house stood at the edge of town, its walls cracked but sturdy, its wooden floors creaking under each step. It needed repairs, but it felt like a place where he could finally be alone and focus on his writing. Everyone in town warned him about the house, muttering that no one had stayed there long. He laughed it off. Old people and their ghost stories, he thought.
By Wellova about a year ago in Fiction
Hoag’s Object. Runner-Up in Through the Keyhole Challenge.
I had gotten used to the eyes, one after the other, peering constantly through the jagged remains of where a peephole once sat. Stranger’s trying to catch a glimpse of the accused until: This eye, this very eye in particular, that stared with a deep hatred burning into my soul. I knew this red-gold-hazel iris that lit up a room like fire. She was the reason I would be locked in this cabin, a prisoner, until our arrival in Pteetneet City. This is where the proper authorities would step in to arrest me.
By Amos Gladeabout a year ago in Fiction
The Æther Echo
Dr. Aris Thorne traced the shimmering blue lines across his holographic display, his brow furrowed in concentration. Quantum entanglement was his life's work, a tantalizing whisper of interconnectedness in the vast symphony of the universe. Yet, for all his breakthroughs, a sense of stagnation clung to him like the scent of ozone from his experimental reactors.
By Algomehrabout a year ago in Fiction
Rewrite
I backed out fast. Fast. Fast. Fast. I couldn’t get away fast enough. The anger. The disgust. The betrayal. The heartbreak.
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
The Default Position
“It can’t be moved.” “Anything can be moved.” “You ever heard of the Sword in the Stone?” “It took the right person. The right person moved it.”
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
How to Earn Money from Social Media
Connecting with friends is no longer the only use of social media. It has evolved into a potent business, creative, and financial platform. Nowadays, social media is used by millions of people worldwide to make money, either as a full-time job or as a side gig.
By Shohel Ranaabout a year ago in Fiction
Unmade
There were always two; there always had been. They were never seen together. One had been born, had a mother and father, the other, well, that was shrouded in mystery and darkness.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Fiction
The Cog-Boy of Aethel. AI-Generated.
Baron Von Greed was waiting for them. Cogsworth had expected pursuit, searches, perhaps even mechanical hounds sent to track him through the city's steam-filled streets. He had not expected to find the Baron standing calmly in his carnival quarters, examining the maintenance tools with the casual interest of a man appraising property.
By Shane D. Spearabout a year ago in Fiction
Whose Who
“I think therefore I am. Screw Descartes and his cogito ergo sum. That’s the kind of philosophical crap that’s going to bust us, Shannyn. If we want to capitalize on this breakthrough, we need to make every last person on earth damn well believe: I am because IDco tells me so.”
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction
The Last Variable
“Welcome, datazen.” A pleasant female voice echoed through the cavernous chamber of stone. “Please have a seat. A mechacolyte will attend you shortly.”
By majokiabout a year ago in Fiction