science fiction
The bridge between imagination and technological advancement, where the dreamer’s vision predicts change, and foreshadows a futuristic reality. Science fiction has the ability to become “science reality”.
Dome
I remember the Battle of the Dome. Of course it was in Peking, back in 2046. We had spent months fighting across China, city by city. We had already taken down North Korea, then the Russians, India, and the Japanese helped us invade China from the South and East while the Brits and Europeans came in from the West. The cyber war shut down everyone’s nukes and most of the bots, drones, and satellites, so fighting was back to old school land, sea, and air.
Second Chance, Stolen to Order
Six solid years of ferrying mysterious packages for shady people, and that was the first and only time any of them insisted on shackling the parcel to my wrist. My contact was a jerk about it, too, and not just by accident like with some of these guys. He made a point to fasten the handcuff way too tight around my wrist and I could feel the muscles throbbing gently in time with my pulse the whole time. Of course I complained, but the bastard wouldn't adjust it as much as a smidge. Stickler for the contract, that one, and the contract said that the cuffs didn't come off under any circumstances until after delivery. “We pay you well enough to put up with a little discomfort,” he said, and I couldn't argue the point – the customer is always right and all that nonsense, even (maybe especially) when the customer is an asshole. And usually, it’s the assholes who pay the best, at least when they’re self-aware.
Andrew JohnstonPublished 3 years ago in Futurism"Strucken" Scenes - Playwright Rendition
Characters: Zapora Watts (AKA Zap Aura) – Zap possesses elemental lightning powers and has the ability to physically see the auras of others
~Awakened~Published 3 years ago in FuturismThe Proposition at Café Lemonade
“Oh,” said one, the taller of the four seated aliens, “You needn't tell me about Humans, Mr Skorsjeld. I have had my share of them.”
H. Robert MacPublished 3 years ago in FuturismCommentaries on the Mating Habits of the Human Being
Commentaries on the Mating Habits Of the Human Being By Xarxes Sergaloth, HHd, Office of Xenobiology Part 1
Veris MarockPublished 3 years ago in FuturismA Piece of the Pie (Chapters 43 + 44)
Chapter 43 – The Fourth Day I woke up after what I felt had been only maybe three or so hours – despite this I was on top of the world. The third sun just came up over the horizon, and the light sparkled beautifully off the waves. There was a warm breeze blowing through the palms. Feo was curled up beside me, an arm resting over my stomach.
Justin MoorePublished 3 years ago in FuturismWhimper, Not Bang
The most surprising thing to everyone turned out to be how mundane the end of the world was. You would think that an alien invasion from outer space, complete with reptilian Masters of the Universe equipped with laser emitting talons would have been more fraught, and frankly, more dramatic.
Valerie KittellPublished 3 years ago in FuturismThe Ego Collector
The morning greeted me as it always does, in a strange room surrounded by strange things and a strange face staring back at me in the mirror. I know that I am now Heather, and by the end of the day I will know much more about Heather, and tomorrow it will no longer matter. I learned a great deal about Tyler, whom I was yesterday, and plenty about Cassandra, the self I was before that. But what I know about them doesn't matter at all to Heather, the me of today, and it will matter less to the me of tomorrow - whomever that will be.
Andrew JohnstonPublished 3 years ago in FuturismFallen
I remembered meeting him. I'd been driving home late at night when my car broke down very suddenly. In the middle of nowhere with no street lights to give me some clarity of what was around me, I felt damned. I turned the ignition off and on a few times but there was no spark from the engine. Now what?
Denise LarkinPublished 3 years ago in FuturismRed Sands
Red sands, thin sky, dusty hands, tired eyes. The travellers move through the strange landscape; they are weary and home is too far away to bear thinking about without a shadow falling across the soul, so instead they choose to lose themselves in the stark and barren beauty of their surroundings.
Jackson HowlingPublished 3 years ago in FuturismPatching the present cracks
After months of trying, I was finally eligible to time travel. Time travelling is so simple yet so expensive. I had been working my ass off for months just to get a chance. I also had to study the rules of time travelling and I had to pass a strict interview, but I think it was all worth it.
Hevry PaylesPublished 3 years ago in FuturismThe Greatest Mission!
It was the beginning of a new world, when two boats mysteriously floated towards each other. From the furthest point at the horizon, one noticed, in the distance, a small shadow which slowly became a boat. His raised sails blew in the wind, and that’s how I made it out alive. Our body and mind were to start the greatest adventure.
Alice K.S.Published 3 years ago in Futurism