Science Fiction
Found 879 works tagged 'Science Fiction'.
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Praise for "Vinyl Wisdom" and A Punk Rock Future
Published Jan 16, 2020 · 187 words (1 minute) · 25 views
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Questions Posed in an Alien Tongue
Published Jan 15, 2020 · 1,286 words (5 minutes) · 3 likes · 252 views
Science Fiction melancholy sci-fi Alien outer space
At age five, she survived a crash landing on an alien planet. At age twenty, she's charged with learning what brought her ship here. But the answers may permanently change her relationship with her keepers—or are they her captors?
Wendy Nikel, tea aficionado and flash fiction expert, has published dozens of short stories in venues such as Nature Futures, Daily Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online. Her time travel novella, THE CONTINUUM, is now available from World Weaver Press.
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Lunar Year's End
Published Jan 15, 2020 · 4,185 words (16 minutes) · 310 views
Science Fiction food steampunk found family cooking lunar new year peranakan
Nyonya trader Yap Siew Fei is on another voyage, but her indomitable maid Ching Seow Fen won't let her forget about New Year.
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Working The High Steel
Published Jan 14, 2020 · 4,770 words (18 minutes) · 1 like · 56 views
Science Fiction Romance space fiction plausible science fiction Hard science fiction Science Fiction Romance space elevator orbital worker engineering fiction
As a woman, Malisse struggles in the male-dominated world of the orbital workers, and struggles with her feelings for a coworker. When the chips are down, however... This was my first published story and was inspired by an exhibit about Mohawk construction workers at the NMAI in DC.
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Bottleneck
Published Jan 11, 2020 · 7,771 words (29 minutes) · 27 views
Science Fiction aliens military tentacles
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One Last Payday
Published Jan 9, 2020 · 12,616 words (46 minutes) · 3 likes · 176 views
Vega has just one more heist to pull before she can get off this mudball called Earth. But when the target turns out to be a seven-year-old boy, she’ll need to change plans fast—even if it means reaching out to her estranged SecForce sister. Author P.A. Cornell is a Chilean-Canadian SFF writer, SFWA member, and Odyssey workshop graduate.
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The Pink Life (La Vie En Rose)
Published Jan 6, 2020 · 2,931 words (11 minutes) · 4 likes · 266 views
Humor Science Fiction virtual reality Humour
Lauren’s state-of-the-art iPerceive unit represents the latest in perception-smoothing technology. But when it starts to malfunction one weekday morning, she’ll learn just how much of her reality is a lie.
Don’t miss this story The Guardian called a standout in an already strong collection from Shoreline of Infinity. Author Nathan Susnik is a medical writer and editor living with his family near Hanover, Germany. He’s new to Curious Fictions, so give him a warm welcome.Free
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Habits of Empire
Published Jan 6, 2020 · 4,912 words (18 minutes) · 1 like · 43 views
Simon Harnett is the first president of the new Australian Republic. So far he has led a charmed political life but now the legendary Maiden, Mother and Crone come demanding that he pay the price for what he has achieved, in order to prevent horrors that are to come.
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Jack of Spades
Updated Jan 6, 2020 · 9,324 words (34 minutes) · 41 views
Science Fiction far future space colony
Gerard Adher used to be a member of the ruling elite, expecting that he would have a long career in government. Even after the coup his family retained a position of privilege, but one day he learned that rank was no guarantee of safety. Fallen of favor, his family was killed and Gerard himself was sent to the Deck, an infamous prison satellite where prisoners are made to fight deadly machines and each other for a chance to survive. Updated every 2 weeks. First chapter is free!
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Announcing a complete novella in 7 parts: "You Can Take It With You"
Published Jan 4, 2020 · 252 words (1 minute) · 56 views
Science Fiction dystopia serial novella Afterlife death dystopian neural uploads coping
Announcing "You Can Take It With You," a science fiction novella about privatized digital afterlives. One new chapter will post each week.
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