Science Fiction
Found 779 works tagged 'Science Fiction'.
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The King of Justice and Revenge
Published Aug 9, 2019 · 984 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 47 views
Science Fiction Dinosaurs! Robots flash fiction family drama tyrannosaurus rex
Grace Roberta Smith is finally released to hospice after half a lifetime in prison, but the only person to visit her there is her granddaughter Jo. Jo is a teenage roboticist, and Grace--well, Grace has some secrets to share.
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Recovering Spitzer
Published Aug 8, 2019 · 2,148 words (8 minutes) · 48 views
Science Fiction Spitzer Space Telescope
Today, we take America's leadership in space exploration for granted. But the future of outer space may not be American.
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Perceptual Set
Published Aug 7, 2019 · 8,359 words (31 minutes) · 46 views
Science Fiction Romance space travel First Encounter romantic science fiction asteroid mining
People claim to see the Virgin Mary in water stains on a church wall, and every oddly shaped rock on Mars looks like an animal or an artifact to people who want proof that aliens exist. They have a perceptual set to interpret what they see the way they want it to be. But what if the face sculpted into the side of an asteroid deep in space actually is a face? What will it mean for humanity, and what does that face have to do with cheesecake?
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Magnificent
Updated Aug 6, 2019 · 12,154 words (45 minutes) · 2 likes · 62 views
Fantasy Science Fiction genderqueer powers nonbinary deep issues transgender and a little bit of snarky humor superhero alternate history lgbtq
This story started from wondering what if an everyman family-values hero had a kid, and that kid was non-binary? So, Magnificent was born. This is my love letter to the superheroes who helped shape my life, and a fulfilling of my desperate need for a non-binary superhero to look up to. And every hero needs an origin story. | This is a serialized novelette, updated bi-weekly.
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The dataSultan of Streets and Stars
Published Aug 3, 2019 · 6,904 words (26 minutes)
Humor Science Fiction diverse first-person aliens character driven space opera istanbul cyberpunk AIs adventure software middle-east
A hacker with a price on his head returns to Istanbul to retrieve rogue AIs involved in a massacre. Only, the AIs have grown more intelligent (and mystical) than anyone thought possible.
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Bed 17
Published Aug 3, 2019 · 1,779 words (7 minutes) · 22 views
Horror Science Fiction cyberpunk dark dystopian body horror urban
Nurse Anjee knows that bio-nanites are the cutting edge of personalized medicine: they can kill cancerous cells, keep down inflammation, keep insulin receptors functional, and keep waistlines trim. But if they can be programmed, then they can be hacked--and to her hospital comes the most terrifying, cutting-edge hack of all.
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Cephalopoda Obsessia
Published Aug 1, 2019 · 4,102 words (15 minutes) · 1 like · 119 views
Fantasy Horror Science Fiction kraken
This story is a combined homage to two different myths. It’s a blending of the classic kraken legend and the ever-popular Cthulhu mythos. First published in Bloodstones anthology (ed. Amanda Pillar, Ticonderoga Publications, October 2012).
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Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
Published Aug 1, 2019 · 796 words (3 minutes) · 2 views
Humor Science Fiction orbital shenanigans gratuitous oregon references
You can't copyright a title so back off, Heinlein estate!
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Final Voices
Published Jul 31, 2019 · 459 words (2 minutes) · 64 views
I think every writer has tried to write the "dialogue-only" story (especially those of us who love old-time radio). They tell us it never works. We call the effect "voices in the dark." But, for some stories, all that's left are voices in the dark...
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The Last of the O-Forms
Published Jul 31, 2019 · 6,295 words (23 minutes) · 5 likes · 208 views
Horror Science Fiction dystopian mutation
Dr. Trevin’s Traveling Zoological Extravaganza raked in the cash in the early days of the DNA-mutating plague—it was even featured in Newsweek! But now that mutated animals roam every city and town, Trevin and Caprice (a preternaturally smart 12-year-old) will need to resort to more desperate measures to stay relevant.
This Nebula-finalist story originally appeared in Asimov’s in 2004. Author James Van Pelt, an English teacher turned full-time writer, has also been nominated for the Sturgeon and Campbell awards, and published dozens of short stories and novels.
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