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Short Fiction

The Last Quagga

I woke up before you, looking down at your peaceful, sleeping face. You were curled into me, your breaths warm against my collarbone. I wanted to lean down and kiss you, but you needed the rest. I ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min

Payment in Kind

Ian Li

Lana grinned upon hearing the cawing of her door chimes. Her days had grown dull with regularly scheduled client meetings, so she relished the thrill of unexpected guests. She tossed aside he ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1 min

37.4 Hours Before My Brother's Execution

Nico Martinez Nocito

One electric pulse can instantly suppress ten thousand digital signs, so before the protest begins, we scrounge for cardboard and cover it with bright colors and wild slogans. I tie the balaclava ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Romance 4 min Mature Audience

Roping in the Wind

Ej Sidle

Olivier Brossard had been hanging men for the best part of a decade, and he'd never seen the rope break. It wasn't uncommon for folk to try, usually magicians spitting fire and brimstone as they ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

Watchdog

J. Millard Simpson

Tonight, like most nights, James Shelby woke in the small hours and listened to the silence.

He pulled on his robe, went to the kitchen, and made tea.

Moving quietly so as to not disturb the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3 min

Moonmouse

S.L. Harris

We brought them with us accidentally, or maybe they were secret smuggled pets for someone who worried they might get lonely. They'd've been right to worry: it's really lonely on the moon. Howeve ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Quirky 3 min Mature Audience

Therapy

Brittany Story

"It happened again," Myriam said, as she entered the room. "I screwed up. I'm sorry." She collapsed on the couch, head in her hands. "I just wanted a sip. I thought I had a handle on this ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min Mature Audience

Through Grief

Brandon Case

Joseph it can't be "Will you sacrifice?"

This isn't real. I'd never let it happen.

I sit cross-legged in a meadow of four colors and all around me blue. Grass grows from my thighs and ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Love & Loss 5 min

Beloved

Angela Teagardner

The witch lived alone in the shadow of the forest. Her cottage, with its crooked door and moss-covered shingles, was perched at the edge of a still, green pond with an overgrown orchard beyond. Only ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Absurd Humor 5 min

For whom the troll tolls

Rob Roy O'Keefe

I couldn't believe it. "10,000 Kroners! That's outrageous!" I was deep in the Troms region of Norway on the Nordost Road. I had been for a while. At the moment, I was trying to cross the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3 min Mature Audience

How Me and Petey Saved the World

Andrea Goyan

Me and Petey didn't mean to break the world. Honest. We were just bored and looking to have a bit of fun. And you know, high school dropouts like us don't know anything about physics. Hell, we ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

Hard Times at the Four Pines Motel

P.A. Cornell

I was just a kid when Dad bought the Four Pines Motel. He called it a "diamond in the rough," but I couldn't see much promise in the shabby building with the mint green paint peeling off the siding ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min Mature Audience

The Best Ice Cream in the Universe

Russell Fee

My uncle Gerry Karlsson was a storyteller—a great one. My cousins and I loved his stories and even loved the fact that they changed a bit—sometimes a lot—with each retelling. We'd all listen closely ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

If I Have Defects, Am I Defective?

Ian Li

My hands shake, indenting the lip of the ceramic cup I'm molding. I swivel and look at the other android artisans on the factory floor, robotic hands ablur ensuring each cup is perfect—and they ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3 min

The Color Out of License

Rodrigo Culagovski

I placed the shiny red shape in the exact center of the table. Martín looked at it dubiously. "That's the strangest cherry I've ever seen. Whoever made it needs to get their printer calibrated ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Sorrow Love & Loss 4 min Mature Audience

Unwrapping

Madeleine Pelletier

The DeliverBot drops the box at my feet and wheezes out a metallic "Happy Birthday" before flying away. At first, I think it's a mistake, because it isn't my birthday. At least, I don't think it is ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min

And One Day Soon Your Many Worlds

AJ Rocca

The Mine was due to rise in thirty minutes, and Regge wanted to grab a bowl of ramen planetside before his shift started. He biked through the smoke and stirring bodies and boss-bots buzzing around ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Absurd 2 min Mature Audience

An Android Story, Literally

Kevin Eric Paul

"Oh, Geoffrey! Good. You're finally home. Just put it all on the kitchen table. Were you able to get everything I wanted for the party?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"It's just that it's so late, did you run ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min

Invulnerable

J. Millard Simpson

The master alchemist's voice rang clearly from the stone walls. Anyone hearing it knew immediately that he was Important."The vials are identical," he explained, as if lecturing particularly favored ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

Three Hundred Kilometers

William R D Wood

The wind outside was a constant howl, but the sun would be up in a few hours. Days were calmer, typically. He'd have to climb out of the train tunnel and replace the antenna again if the weather got ... [+]

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

The Last Quagga

Payment in Kind

37.4 Hours Before My Brother's Execution

Roping in the Wind

Watchdog

Moonmouse

Therapy

Through Grief

Beloved

For whom the troll tolls

How Me and Petey Saved the World

Hard Times at the Four Pines Motel

The Best Ice Cream in the Universe

If I Have Defects, Am I Defective?

The Color Out of License

Unwrapping

And One Day Soon Your Many Worlds

An Android Story, Literally

Invulnerable

Three Hundred Kilometers