Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Fiction.

Dreams of Paris
Acid rain beat against the apartment block and down onto the dead Earth, which grew more incapable of sustaining life by the day. Inside, a woman waited in the dark.
By Charles Oldfield5 years ago in Fiction
Mandala's Army Part 1
“It’s been 3 years, 5 months and 7 days since The Shift. The day the world as we knew it, ended. If you’re like me, you struggle when you think of the way things used to be. I miss my home. I miss my bed, my hot showers, my fridge. And what I would give for some fresh, cold water. The comforts of life we all took for granted. Gone.
By KP Scott5 years ago in Fiction
Buy the Dip
There were still two days left until his allowance was due to be paid but despite this Anish woke up full of beans. The time was nearing. It has been nearly four months now since the XFD price has been hovering around £14,000 a coin. Back in 2021 he bought the dip. He did not understand too much about Cryptocurrency - but that didn’t matter. A couple of friends and his brother told him it was easy. He downloaded the Creance app and transferred one third of his life savings into an investment account. He followed his family’s investment advice and most importantly he was prepared to lose the money he had invested. That’s what the mainstream media emphasised at the time – only invest what you are prepared to lose! He was not a natural risk taker and followed this advice to the T.
By Adam Ryan5 years ago in Fiction
The Strength C1
Belladonna Hunter slouched in a metal chair under the awning of her favourite coffee shop, her legs crossed. An iced vanilla latte and her phone sat on the patio table in front of her. Her heart sank in disappointment with the realization that she'd been stood up again. J0eSm1th1983 was supposed to have met her half an hour ago. She was certain she'd spotted him from across the patio; he'd made eye contact with her and quickly kept walking. She'd even done her very best to look good that day, opting to put in her contact lenses instead of wearing her glasses since the purple colour didn't go with everything she wore. Her hair was brushed to a shine and was braided down her back.
By Valarie Graham5 years ago in Fiction
Hospital Stay
Just over the last war on earth which happened on May 24, 2028, there was so much chaos around and civility was not present. The war started simply by an explosion from the heavens and for all the scientists know could have been from an unknown planet we have not yet discovered and lasted for 7 days.
By Laura Dvoran5 years ago in Fiction
Water
Rei awoke hot, dusty, and parched. He always awakened parched in the morning. Since the Big Heat had arrived, every morning was the same. He looked out upon the landscape below for a moment, then sighed to himself.
By Jim Hale5 years ago in Fiction
The Two Worlds War
“The date is December 20th 2285, this is Doctor Jane McCoy with Tech specialist Eric Petters, Tech specialist Jeffery Michaels and Tech officer Ronda Chen, we’re in an old underground military bunker in Navada. We got the old terminals up and running and found some personal logs that were encrypted on the server, the encryption was easy enough to brake, one folder is labeled Earth, the second is labeled Moon and a third which is the newest log from January 1th, 2171, the day of the accident. This is strange because no one was left alive, the colony was destroyed.
By Robert Kegel5 years ago in Fiction
The End of Light
As the age of visible light faded into darkness, the void was cold and lifeless. The last star had given everything of itself, and just like all before it, we were nearing the end of the heat. Our final sanctuary was in the pangs of death.
By Samuel Z. Martin5 years ago in Fiction
104 Earth Source Solution Offices
Back in 2029, space travel was supposed to be the way into the future, with multiple space missions declared across the world, all destined to our neighbouring planets.
By B.K HUTCHEON5 years ago in Fiction
Betty's Locket
Near dusk, Reverie Miles kneeled before her father’s tombstone and relived her people’s history… The Last War decimated ninety percent of the world population and left most of the planets topsoil stewing in a layer of radioactive contamination that would render the surface uninhabitable for a century. Fortunately for a few G8 countries—particularly the U.S.A.—Deep Under Ground Military Bases provided safe-haven for a percentage of the American population.
By Theo S. Klinkenberg5 years ago in Fiction
Saving Amelia
If I’d had any water left in my body, the heat would have left me a hot, sticky mess. But it felt like a lifetime since I’d emptied my canteen, so long since I’d quenched my thirst that there was no water left in my body. I thought about taking a sip from Amelia’s bottle; I’d been sure to fill hers to the top. I resisted though. I couldn’t risk anything else happening to her.
By Courtney Harris5 years ago in Fiction
The End is Upon Us
The horizon was just starting to glow orange when Yumi slipped out of her house and into the field behind. The grass was just tall enough to tickle the tips of her fingers as she waded into it; early morning dew soaking through her cotton trousers in just moments. All remnants of the warmth she’d retained from her bed left her as a chilly wind gusted around her, finding every hole and worn patch of her threadbare jacket. The grass flattened down in the weather, exposing twisted and rusted metal waste leftover from The War to End All Wars, which did not end all wars. Not at all. In fact, it triggered such violence and chaos that the reign of humans over the continent of Asia came to a swift end. Weapons of mass destruction fell from the skies more frequently than rain, destroying all they touched and wrecking havoc with the atmosphere above.
By Rebecca Hodgetts5 years ago in Fiction