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verbal

Chew (part 2)

Series: Chew

Spend more. Want more. Need more. Own more.

The man on the phone told him the latest girl was twenty-one, but Mr. Hargrove thought she looked more like a teenager. It didn’t matter anymore, of course. All that mattered now was getting rid of her body. Jeeves wasn’t around to help this time. The phone call--no name, just a number--took place every few weeks. Mr. Hargrove would order an ounce of good weed, several bottles of...Read On

Added: 04 Sep 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 6,623 | Tags: pandemic  5-g  conspiracy theories  wendigo  facebook  apocalypse  subliminal advertising   | 6 Comments

verbal

Chew (part 1)

Series: Chew

Spend more. Want more. Need more. Own more.

Baby was hungry again. Sara set down the baby bottle, opened the cabinet and counted the cans. Seventeen. Mostly refried beans, one of the few staples left after the supermarket got looted. Two cans of Beefaroni. Five cans of soup. Green beans. Corn. Peas. One lonely can of cranberry sauce, leftover from some pre-infection Thanksgiving and likely to be the last of the cans opened. A low...Read On

Added: 03 Sep 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 4,816 | Tags: facebook  post-apocalypse  pandemic  wendigo  subliminal advertising  mind virus   | 8 Comments

chippihc

Dirk's Deal - Dirty Dozen Demystified

Dr. Ingram Briefs Dirk on The Dirty Dozen's Mission.

Dirk was waiting in Laboratory #1. Dr. Ingram had invited him for a special briefing, promising to provide him more background and understanding of not only their next mission, but their overall mission. She also promised to brief what he needed to know about the enemy's tactics, and the Dirty Dozen's vulnerabilities. Dirk was absolutely ready, he had waited a long time to be trusted...Read On

Added: 13 Jul 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,784 | Tags: adventure  team  action  paramilitary  tactical  demons  science fiction   | 1 Comment

Lev821

A broken twig

What would you do, if you found a time-machine?

What would you do, if you found a time-machine? Yes, that's right. You would keep it for yourself, which is exactly what Geoffrey Maitland did up in the far north of Scotland, when he was recceing a walk from Shegra to Keoldale across the rocky mountainous regions where it was easy to get lost.  Well, it wasn't exactly a machine, more of a swirling void. Trouble was, he was an...Read On

Added: 09 Jun 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 4,499 | Tags: short story  fiction  myth  fantasy  time-travel  historical  medieval   | 2 Comments

Beesting

Pscybotics Volume One: Episode 11: Introducing the Lullaby

Following their break in into the armoury, Sam and Doug are introduced to the mystic Lullaby

Before Sam and Doug was a beautiful silver-gloss-painted car. It was slick, with smooth curves and tinted windows. It had side skirts and a hood with a vent on it. The tires were thin and the rims, shiny with a metallic blue glow coming from them. The car looked like a combination or a 1967 Ford Shelby Mustang; a Chevrolet Camaro and a Dodge Charger. It looked like it was designed to be the...Read On

Added: 12 May 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 2,922 | Tags: futuristic supercars  new chapter  time travel  cyborgs  heroes  villains  

Welshdreamer42

Time Warp Challenge: The Projectionist

Cigarette smoke. No doubt about it. What idiot was smoking in the cinema? I take the steps two at a time determined to find the culprit before the smoke alarms go off. Bursting through the door, I intend to head for the toilets – the usual hiding place – but there’s no need: a tall blonde is leaning against the wall by the balcony doors, cigarette dangling from scarlet lips. Startled, she...Read On

Added: 09 Mar 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 591 | Tags: time warp challenge   | 8 Comments

Beesting

Pscybotics Volume One: Episode 10: And Then Some

Doug finds himself in hot water after uncovering a secret of the Human Resistance

TWO HOURS LATER November 7th, 2040 - 12:18 Doug walked down the darkened corridor as stealthily as he could. He’d been exploring the compound all morning for all the secrets that they hadn’t told them.  If this was the future, then there had to be some cool gadgets lying around somewhere. On the south side of the compound, Doug came across a locked door. He used a hammer he had found...Read On

Added: 03 Mar 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 2,327 | Tags: time travel  cyborgs  purpose  futuristic vehicles  breaking and entering  

Beesting

Pscybotics Volume One: Episode 9: Meant for a Purpose

After the events of the previous episode, Ripley now faces the justice system of the Resistance

FOUR WEEKS LATER November 7th, 2040  – 08:57 “Don’t worry,” said Sam.  “I’m sure they’ll rule in your favour. “How can you be so sure?” said Ripley. “Because Eduardo’s in one piece,” said Selena.  “And according to Sommer, she saved his life.  That means you were right.  So you have nothing to be afraid of.” “It doesn’t change what she did,” Selena.  “She attacked you and...Read On

Added: 24 Feb 2020 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 2,532 | Tags: time travel  cyborgs  human resistance  

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Five Health Care

Health Care

Health Care TODAY While a number of changes have occurred, many of the issues of the early 21st century plague health care in 2101. Five things continue to drive health care in 2101. They are the attempts at governing particularly the Medical Insurance Act of 2046 and the Social Reorganization of 2082, robotics/transhumanism, genetic editing/designer DNA, AI and instanet’s impact on...Read On

Added: 03 Jun 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 1,622 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  prediction  

Lev821

Prototype

In trying to build a clone robot, what does Charlie have to do to get it to work?

Archie stared at the equipment and apparatus before him. Something simply wasn’t connecting, literally, as what lay on the table was his prototype, his robot. With synthetic skin peeled back around the humanoid form before him, he was attempting to create a human-like automaton, but it was failing. He knew he had all the parts; there was nothing to salvage, buy, or bribe from anybody. ...Read On

Added: 28 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 900 | Tags: fiction  short-story  science fiction  general   | 3 Comments

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Four Robotics

Robotics

Robotics TODAY Robotics performs much of the daily maintenance of most things.  They are programmed into most life functions such as home repair and cleaning, transportation, personal items, food acquisition and preparation, etc.  One can choose to do those things or allow the programming to complete them.  Some have chosen industrial looking robotics to complete specialized tasks...Read On

Added: 16 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 2,025 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  prediction  

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Three Education

Education

Education TODAY Most individuals and families enjoy a self directed education.  As far as academic requirements, the purpose of our 18th and 19th century education is nearly defunct.  Education programs are more designed to learn how to survive in the 22nd century with significant emphasis on socialization and appropriate means of personal interactions.  The need to prepare youth for...Read On

Added: 14 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,285 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  prediction  

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Two Changing Climate Change

Changing Climate Change

Global Warming TODAY The topic of global warming is still regular news, but the focus has changed somewhat. The LB, Lens Bank, has produced the effect of reducing warming, but the two issues surrounding its creation come up every few years. When a permanent member or two of the UN Security Council attempt to flex their muscle the LB sometimes comes up in the conversation. But more often it...Read On

Added: 11 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 977 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter One Introduction to Brian

Introduction to Brian

Chapter One Finally arriving at my STOP (Short Term Overnight Place) I open my link to our weekly group cast. I joined late today, so had to join the conversation in mid stream. Steve: With both Bill and Sarah going to spend several weeks in Biloxi, Mississippi in September, I would like to stop there for a get together. Is anyone else willing to make a trip there? B^GJo#: I would like to...Read On

Added: 10 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 793 | Tags: future  fiction  historical   | 1 Comment

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun

Brian in 2101 looks back on the history of the world and describes how we got to life in 2101.

  This is the beginnings of a multiple chapter story of what life could become in 2101.  Brian tells the story as he looks back on life from 2101.  Chapters are usually written to cover some aspect of life providing some details of what happened historically and what it means for today (the year 2101).  The chapters will be presented in random order as I have written them or writing them. ...Read On

Added: 08 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 1,064 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  

MikeStone

Who Weeps for Cadmus? (Part 2 - final part)

Sometimes a walk in the park is not really a walk in the park.

Chapter 7: A Walk in the Park The flashing arrows turned left, as expected, and when Cadmus and Lonesome turned the corner and saw the door of the hyper-vator flashing exactly where he expected it to be, he didn’t know whether to be amused or irritated. “They must think we’re half-blind fools or clueless children with these flashing arrows and doors,” he thought. He tapped “0” on the...Read On

Added: 15 Mar 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 5,461 | Tags: cadmus  dagu  lonesome  sapiens  rationals  robots  remi   | 1 Comment

MikeStone

Who Weeps for Cadmus? (Part 1)

Sapiens to the left, Rationals to the right, and robots straight ahead...

Chapter 1: Voyage Cadmus preferred flying this old fashioned solar sail ship, to one of the more modern hyper-drive ships, from his native moon’s orbit to Draco.763.3a, the only habitable moon orbiting Draco.763.3. He was well aware he could have made the trip in a couple of hours instead of the two hundred and seventy days, give or take, that this trip would take him, but he didn’t...Read On

Added: 14 Mar 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 5,153 | Tags: cadmus  dagu  lonesome  sapiens  rationals  robots   | 1 Comment

MikeStone

Something Happened

Charlie was beginning to feel pretty mellow when he saw the air in front of him waver.

Charlie Jones attended a party of friends and acquaintances in one of the trendy studio apartments near Washington Square on the lower east side of Manhattan. Charlie brought some beer, one of the girls brought wine. Someone brought some hash and someone else brought some acid to get high on the music. One of the guys rolled a mixture of Cherry Blend pipe tobacco and hashish into a clumsy...Read On

Added: 10 Mar 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 2,650 | Tags: manhattan  telaviv  gaza  party  doctor  missiles  dimensions   | 1 Comment

MikeStone

Little Boy Blue (Part 2)

The door closed and Lem was alone without his parents for the first time in his short life.

Chapter 6: Welcome Wagon It was strange, Evanor thought, that nobody came to visit to see whether she needed anything, not even her best friend Dorka. Not that she needed anything in particular, really. The delivery had not been so bad. There hadn’t been any complications where she was concerned. Lem seemed perfectly healthy. He took his fill of milk at her breasts, God bless him. He...Read On

Added: 05 Mar 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 5,609 | Tags: humans  draco  evanor  thort  javid  dorka  lem   | 2 Comments

Ansaryon

The Portal

What if there were more than one of you

Carin absentmindedly scratched Rubbish behind his ears while the tourist images of Israel scrolled slowly across her tablet screen. Her best friend asked her to join her on a trip, but Carin was unsure, Maddy had cancer, but Carin just got a new job and was broke and don’t know what to do. Suddenly Rubbish’s head snapped up, his ears upright like two antennas. He startled her, and she...Read On

Added: 03 Mar 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,203 | Tags: science fiction  multiverse   | 3 Comments

MikeStone

Little Boy Blue (Part 1)

He’s always one step ahead of me. He’s also one step ahead of the neighbors too, thank God!

A short story excerpted from “The Rats and the Saps” Chapter 1: Mother I guess I’m older’n them hills on this god-forsaken planet. I don’t reckon I know how old those hills are. Come to think of it, I don’t rightly know how old I am neither. No matter. I usta turn a man’s eye. Now I ain’t much to look at. No matter. I’ve had a hard life. I don’t need no man’s pity and I ain’t ashamed...Read On

Added: 02 Mar 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 5,543 | Tags: earth2  andromeda  robots  humans  draco  evanor  thort   | 1 Comment

MikeStone

The Session

A multi-dimensional insane asylum injected into your brain ...

by Mike Stone A short story taken from my third sci-fi novel, “ Whirlpool .” The old man shuffled down the long white hallway in his pale blue paper slippers. Underneath his thin blue institutional bathrobe, he wore the brown striped pajamas that were his hospital uniform. Had he tried to escape by shuffling out of the hospital, they would certainly have caught him because they moved...Read On

Added: 27 Feb 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 4,560 | Tags: insane  multidimensional  stu  multiverse  ellen  lem  psychokinesis   | 2 Comments

Jimwillhavefun

We Are Kandiskis - Chapter 1

This is the first chapter in a very long book I am writing.

“Oh, what the hell? What the freak just happened and why does it feel like I just got ran over by a bus?” saying out loud and holding my head trying hard to open my eyes and sit up. After what seemed like several minutes but was only seconds, my eyes opened and adjusted to the light. Not quite able to sit up yet, I lay on my back holding my head and try to look around. Something didn’t...Read On

Added: 01 Jun 2018 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 4.88 | Words: 3,765 | Tags: space  travel  race  new place     | 5 Comments

Maxsilver18

Hope in a Barren Wasteland

After WW3, Humans take refuge inside a hole in the ground called a vault

It is the year 3065. The world as our ancestors knew it will never be the same because of the last three World Wars, spanning from 2993 to 3025. The greed of resources was the catalyst of these malicious acts that resulted in an all out nuclear war, stripping the planet from its abundant life and replacing it with a toxic, barren, wasteland. Very few life forms were left, and if they...Read On

Added: 28 May 2018 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 4 | Words: 916 | Tags: doomsday  vault  radiation  

SWARM

CARBON PLANET - CH 4 / 4

Theories about the clouds we breathe. It's a trailer of a novel I am still working on.

Bessie The Lake Monster Chapter 4     The GM workers continued fishing after what they just witnessed in the sky. The skies are now clear, only a few gulls and a few ducks passing by. The sun’s reflection on the calm, vast domain, rippled by the little invisible wind, and Jesse even gave a little present to Junior, that comes in a small package, “Happy Birthday kiddo,” he said. “Now...Read On

Added: 14 Nov 2017 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 3,011 | Tags: ufo  uso  mystery  monsters  foggy  humid  frogs  

SWARM

CARBON PLANET - CH 3 / 4

Theories about the clouds we breathe. It's a trailer of a novel I am still working on.

The Interview Chapter 3     It is Sunday. July 17, 1983. At the Sinbad Restaurant and Marina; Jacob and Junior are waiting for the rest of the guys at the side of Jesse’s boat. It is six in the morning time, and this is their second visit at the same place this week. Yesterday, Junior and his family dined in for his twentieth birthday, and it was just all five of them. The fifth one...Read On

Added: 13 Nov 2017 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 3,646 | Tags: ufo  uso  mystery  monsters  foggy  humid  frogs  

SWARM

CARBON PLANET - CH 2 / 4

Theories about the clouds we breathe. It's a trailer of a novel I am still working on.

Lisa Chapter 2     Work is nothing but the ordinary; as the large lakes around the factories stay still, and while the black rivers flow to the streams, the road also breezes with cars that the plants assembled. The burning coals continue to fume clouds all over Michigan for another day, and Sacha just turned off the conveyer of where he supervises. The fifty-eight-year-old man...Read On

Added: 12 Nov 2017 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 2,399 | Tags: ufo  uso  mystery  monsters  foggy  humid  frogs  

SWARM

CARBON PLANET - CH 1 / 4

Theories about the clouds we breathe. It's a trailer of a novel I am still working on.

The Glitch Between Billions of Years Chapter 1     The Holocene epoch is where we are on today, and in no comparison to the size of all the other geological periods. The time when the landscape is Carboniferous. I think it’s always been a carbon planet. And it might return just the way it was. Back to the same era, where an amphibian sleeps in months within a humid, wet, foggy...Read On

Added: 11 Nov 2017 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 3,441 | Tags: ufo  uso  mystery  monsters  foggy  humid  frogs  

Vuto_MSK

The Man from the Abyss

Part 1 Dear Mr. Emmet Cartwright, My name is Trevor Miller and I’m writing to you from a mental health institution in St. Augustine. The story I’m about to tell you is the very story that landed me in here, so my expectation is that you will not believe me. It was because of this expectation that I initially decided to leave you to suffer the coming ordeal without warning. On the off...Read On

Added: 15 Aug 2017 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,577 | Tags: evolution  research  immortality   | 2 Comments

Kari

Adventures Across the Starways - Chapter 23

Her imagination flared as she saw herself embraced by Murdock, their bodies sliding together.

Sive watched as Fido and his co mutineers were lead off the bridge. She was hoping she could slip away and take a shower. The past few hours had left her feeling dirty and slightly sick to her stomach! She was hot sweaty and could still taste Fido in her mouth. It would feel so good to get all traces of the vile man washed off her. She sighed knowing she had lost her chance when she...Read On

Added: 22 Jun 2017 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 4,003 | Tags: action  humor  romance  battle   | 4 Comments