Anthologies & Short Stories
epub |eng | | Author:Susan Kaye Quinn [Quinn, Susan Kaye]

Seven “There are no maps of fusion labs in the Island records.” Lucía was sharing her display with Joe, so he could see it for himself. “Fusion was shut down ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 14,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-25 | Author:Holly Phillips

Phoebus ‘Gins Arise Kate Riedel No-one was really surprised when Miss Claudia Parry threw the sans-serif ball from one of the new Selectrics at Dacia Middleton, hitting her on the ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 14,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-07-11 | Author:Christi Nogle

Fables of the Future You might have found one of The Seer’s books in a stack of fancy hardcovers they used to have by the registers at big bookstores. Fables ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 14,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Justine Alley Dowsett [Dowsett, Justine Alley]

The three of them could not march at night even if they had possessed the strength, for the monsoon clouds hid the stars and moon completely, rendering them utterly blind. ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-17 | Author:Daniel D.F. Frost

Chapter Fourteen “If you want to hear my story, you'll be listening for a little while,” Laura warned. “There's a fair bit to it.” “Spit it out,” Kayla said excitedly. ...
( Category: Steampunk September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Blaze Ward

Scene Twelve Tessa was up on the bridge, having gotten the McLarens’ gear settled and them in the cabin aft directly across from Wyatt. Laney Coburn could go next to ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kristine Kathryn Rusch

I remain crouched even though my thighs ache. “The children?” I say. “They’re all right,” Robert says. He stands off the walk, just near the gate, watching me. He wants ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 9,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The next night, the moon still seemed full. I sat on my hilltop and watched the animals caught in their fever, fighting and copulating and running mindlessly across my acreage. ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 9,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kristine Kathryn Rusch

At First… I just wanted the rest of us—y’know, those of us with few assets to manage—to have equal footing in the workplace. Study after study after study has shown ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 9,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-04 | Author:Milo James Fowler

So How Can It Be a Faux Pas If Everybody Does It? Mom says it's like pointing when she was a kid, only nobody points anymore—not with their fingers, anyway. ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 7,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-05-06 | Author:Greg Egan

21 “You need to do the analysis,” Alice told her mother. “I don’t trust myself anymore.” Rebecca was dubious. “You know I don’t follow all this trigonometry. I can understand ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-12-29 | Author:Greg Egan

2062 “You want us to donate a year’s worth of our entire deep space launch capacity?” Ben Kershaw’s image glitched for a second, as if the connection was manifesting his ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-09-29 | Author:Aimee Ogden

Osahon Ize-Iyamu is a writer of speculative fiction. You can find him online @osahon4545. He lives in Nigeria, where he is currently working on his first novel. The Hide’s Effect ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 3,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:David Brin [Brin, David]

* * * Monday Detective Starling finished her investigation. Her report—inconclusive, except to say the bones date from the time of the surrounding stratum. Net tabloids are rife with speculation ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-07-14 | Author:Sally McBride [McBride, Sally]

Things with too many legs are creepy. If a spider had four legs, and a cute little face (as some of them do), would it scare you? If, say, a ...
( Category: Anthologies & Short Stories September 2,2023 )