Science Fiction
Inversion - 7. AI-Generated.
Chapter 7 The nausea struck again as Laurel hunched over his desk, trying to focus on quantum field equations that swam before his eyes like tadpoles in murky water. Three days of dry heaves, and his body felt hollow, a discarded shell. The campus health center had run more blood work, urine tests, even did an MRI. Nothing. Dr. Mukherjee had suggested stress when he called her, perhaps delayed concussion symptoms, and prescribed rest. Rest. As if he could sleep when his stomach felt like it was digesting itself.
By The Myth of Sysiphus4 months ago in Chapters
Who's the real Monster. Content Warning.
Waking up I turned my head to see that neither Ed nor Matt were here. The door was already closed, it must be passed lights out. Slowly sitting up every muscle in my body protested against the action. All of me hurt. Noticing that both my clothes and bandages were covered in blood. Those two must've cleaned and covered my wounds while I was knocked out.
By Lucy Torralba4 months ago in Chapters
The Dream Collector
Dr. Sarah Umbra adjusted the delicate sensors embedded within the memory foam, her fingers tracing the nearly invisible network of neural receptors that had taken her team three years to perfect. The pillow looked ordinary enough—soft gray fabric, standard size—but beneath its surface lay technology that could capture the electromagnetic echoes of sleeping thoughts.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Chapters
The Forest of the Forgotten
Chapter One A gentle breeze brushes along the leaves of the neighboring trees. I'm lying in the grass, tall and overgrown as far as the eye can see, making it almost impossible for me to see. The sound the wind makes had always brought a smile to my face, especially here.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Chapters
The Conduit
“There’s no sign of the doctor aboard the station. Do you think she’s back out on that dammed boat?” asked Han. “Why don’t you let me and the guys take that thing back in with us. We could use a few days of rest and relaxation, and who better to steer her in than some frogmen?” asked Jensen.
By Jason Ray Morton 4 months ago in Chapters
Inversion - 6. AI-Generated.
Chapter 6 On Monday morning, Laurel woke still exhausted. Sunlight filtered through his bedroom curtains, casting familiar shadows across furniture that seemed somehow more solid, more present than usual. Mornings like this one, when a long-term problem had been solved, were strangely empty instead of being satisfying. Now he would need to find a new problem to pursue. He would be at loose ends for months, it could be, before he would have a new idea to consume him.
By The Myth of Sysiphus4 months ago in Chapters
Voices in the Void
The coffee had gone cold hours ago, but Dr. Sybil Aisling couldn't bring herself to leave the radio telescope control room. The signal had been repeating for three days now—a complex mathematical sequence that defied any natural explanation. Prime numbers, Fibonacci spirals, and something else entirely woven between them like a cosmic signature.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Chapters
CH 3~ Building a New Life
Frannie woke on a couch in a parlor with Gerdie holding her hand; she didn’t recognize this new room but knew it must be the parlor in her new home. Where else could she be? It was comfortable, though not as large or richly appointed as her home here.
By K.B. Silver 4 months ago in Chapters
