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Mary Berman

Two Legs, Four Legs, Six Legs

Published Jul 3, 2020 · 5,390 words (20 minutes) · 19 views

Horror Science Fiction post-apocalpytic YA cockroaches running from your problems

In which a swarm of invisible cockroaches brings the apocalypse to Earth – and Ellie Carnage, a sixteen-year-old girl with a fierce phobia of bugs, is the only one who can see them.

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Christi Nogle

Promise

Published Jul 3, 2020 · 5,407 words (20 minutes) · 2 likes · 159 views

Horror Literary Fiction Science Fiction hypnagogia Augmented consciousness

At a boarding school for lucid dreamers, a student learns to manifest her memories and thoughts into hyper-realistic assets for game companies, even as she becomes more and more removed from the grim realities of the world around her.

Author Christi Nogle teaches college composition and lives in Boise, Idaho. Her work has appeared in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and many others.

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Gretchen Tessmer

The CAT that Killed Curiosity

Published Jul 2, 2020 · 1,305 words (5 minutes) · 21 views

Science Fiction Shakespearean Tragedy biotech And Borrowed Character Names family drama Medical Malpractice Or At Least It Would Be Except For the 1984 Vibes And No One Is Paying Attention

They say it's a safe procedure...

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James Van Pelt

One Day, in the Middle of the Night

Published Jul 1, 2020 · 4,867 words (18 minutes) · 75 views

Horror Mystery Science Fiction sibling rivalry space travel poetry longsleep brothers

Little did you know that tucked inside a well-known children's nonsense poem lurked a tale of brotherly rivalry and travel to the stars.

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Jennifer R. Povey

Midwinter In Memory

Published Jul 1, 2020 · 432 words (2 minutes) · 18 views

Science Fiction christmas far future

Just a quiet little piece in which a character reminisces on the world. It's a Christmas story, so of course I'm reposting it in July.

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Curtis C. Chen

Kinky Bots

Published Jun 30, 2020 · 3,718 words (14 minutes) · 6 views

Science Fiction disability avatars_inc sexbots

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Daniel Roy

Forever and a Life

Published Jun 29, 2020 · 3,109 words (12 minutes) · 25 views

Science Fiction Immortality lgbt

When immortality is a prison, dying becomes the ultimate act of rebellion.

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Daniel Roy

The Virus Dreams

Published Jun 29, 2020 · 1,743 words (7 minutes) · 2 likes · 271 views

Satire Science Fiction starship

In retrospect, it was a little odd that all these alien cultures were so similar to humans, with just a face ridge here or a brightly-colored skin tone there to distinguish them as different. To be fair to the hapless humans though, the real explanation could be considered quite far-fetched.

Daniel Roy is a Canadian video game narrative writer and SF author currently living in Sofia, Bulgaria. His game credits include A Total War Saga: TROY, Need For Speed Payback, and Eon Altar.

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Daniel Roy

Schrödinger's Suicide

Published Jun 29, 2020 · 7,571 words (28 minutes) · 31 views

Science Fiction time travel Military SF

An elite soldier's battle-weary soul is tested when he must travel back in time and carry out a retaliatory strike for an attack that has yet to happen.

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Edward Willett

Devil's Architect

Published Jun 28, 2020 · 3,535 words (13 minutes) · 19 views

Science Fiction Afterlife virtual reality undertakers comeuppance

Two words: “programmable afterlife." Need I say more? (Apparently I do: here are 3,500 words inspired by that phrase.)