Science Fiction stories
Found 627 stories tagged 'Science Fiction'.
Until We Are All Free
Mar 16, 2019 · 6,298 words (23 minutes) · 1 like · 98 views
Fantasy Science Fiction steampunk
The third volume of Book View Cafe's Shadow Conspiracy anthology series started with the question, "What if the Emancipation Proclamation included freedom for automata with souls?" For Jasmine, an enslaved woman in Maryland who makes metalmen, the question is more than philosophical.
As the Angels in Heaven
Mar 15, 2019 · 5,756 words (21 minutes) · 1 like · 14 views
Humor Science Fiction Analog magazine psychology fiction Circlet Press
Birch and Melt are young archaeologists in love—but their love is considered crime for the simple reason that they're married ... to each other. This istory appeared originally in Analog SF magazine and was anthologized as part of a Circlet Press erotica anthology ... without me changing a single word. One Analog reader wrote a letter to the editor stating that he found it "erotic in a wholesome sort of way." How so? Read it and find out. ;=)
The Comeback
Mar 15, 2019 · 4,473 words (17 minutes) · 1 like · 33 views
Humor Science Fiction Romance baseball
Baseball is a game of unlikely stories, of fortunes turned on a wild pitch or a bad hop or a miracle play. A lot has changed in the game from the early 1900s, but in 2051, its nature is still the same. As said in the movie, Bull Durham: "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
Perfect Stranger
Mar 14, 2019 · 4,994 words (19 minutes) · 1 like · 92 views
Science Fiction gene therapy designer babies suspense
Gary and Carolyn's son Denny would never have lived more than a few weeks if they hadn't given him gene therapy before he was born. Then he started having trouble with math. So the gene doctor fixed him. He gained a little weight. So the gene doctor fixed him. Now Denny's a teen and his father wonders ... is he still my son or is he a perfect stranger?
Spectral
Mar 14, 2019 · 5,503 words (21 minutes) · 1 like · 101 views
Science Fiction Social Commentary
Trolling gets a lot worse with holographic projection technology.
Leaving Home
Mar 14, 2019 · 607 words (3 minutes) · 1 like · 13 views
Science Fiction time travel sad flash
Chris never told his mother that he wanted to go and help police the timelines, but he's been accepted into the program and now it's time to say goodbye.
My Eyes Molly Brown
Mar 13, 2019 · 4,071 words (15 minutes) · 1 like · 48 views
Science Fiction education fraud guide animals miniature horses visually impaired persons near-future
I started writing this near-future SF story about the privilege of wealth and education fraud sometime before 2002, and it was first published in 2015 in a charity anthology to benefit an animal shelter. When I wrote it, I wanted to give it a more human -- and animal -- touch, so it also features a miniature guide horse named Molly. Which really is a thing.
THE MANY DEATHS OF JENNIFER BROZEK: GEN CON 2014
Mar 13, 2019 · 391 words (2 minutes) · 49 views
Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Murder THE MANY DEATHS OF JENNIFER BROZEK Gargoyle
Jennifer has worked with many authors, editors, and publishers through out her career. She's pretty sure this kind of scenario has run though someone's mind at some time. This flash piece appeared on promotional material Jennifer handed out at Gencon 2014.
Two lists discovered folded in the wallet of space explorer Jorge Finnegan after the Reliant wreckage was recovered from Tau Ceti e
Mar 12, 2019 · 214 words (1 minute) · 1 like · 38 views
Girl of Great Price - Chapter 7
Mar 11, 2019 · 2,564 words (10 minutes) · 31 views
Mystery Science Fiction Detective Noir SciFi
A detective struggling to make ends meet. A girl they call the Golden Goose.
