Sci Fi

Chaos, Technology, and a Dying Sun
“Civilization disappeared the day the sun started to fail. Should I have gone with my family on the last ship to the space station? No, it’s better that I gave my ticket to that kid. At least his family is together now.”
By Nicholas McKenna5 years ago in Fiction
The Life That Remains
The world ended three years ago. It began slowly at first, with whispers of a revolution and murmurings of corrupt governments. When that had run its course, the unraveling of entire nations began, fueled by the rage of people whose pain and suffering others had deemed as necessary for the advancement of society. The physical systems that humans had built and relied upon for hundreds of years came crashing down, completely obliterated in the wake of the new world. It was all over within a year. For those who saw it coming it seemed like divine retribution and, well, for those who didn’t, it was complete devastation.
By Sofia5 years ago in Fiction
Friends
Purring coaxed her brain to consciousness that morning. Time to feed Thor, her giant Maine Coon. Lana didn’t even glance at him, but he kept purring and followed her to the window. She opened the blinds overlooking the desert she worked on so the light would guide her way to the kitchen where she fed Thor his real food breakfast.
By Kira Mulshine5 years ago in Fiction
The Well
The Well By Walt Allen Sanford knew it was an important job. That doesn't mean it was exciting. That's the thing about lying in wait. It was boring. It was a good day if you didn't have to do anything. Sitting in the blind looking downrange at the well. And hopefully, seeing nothing. That was a good day.
By Walt Allen5 years ago in Fiction
Underwater Mystery
It has been 10 years since the covid pandemic and once again here we are in the middle of another plague, the White Plague. Many people thought this plague was brought on by the covid vaccine and were waiting for people to return as zombies. But no-this plague is nothing like covid. People are disappearing, entering another universe itself and are unable to return. It’s been said that some people are getting caught in black holes trying to get back to their own universe. Over half the population is gone already. The government is obsolete, no one works anymore, the grocery stores have been depleted of all their stock and of course no one is working to stop people from stealing food or to restock or sell the groceries. This plague has taken hold of my mother, little sister, Grandpa George and many other cousins uncles and aunts. My father died just before the plague got worst in a car accident. It has just been me my younger brother Shawn and my old brother Brandon since then. How did this start you may ask; well, I have a theory? In my opinion the common denominator in those that disappeared is fish- I’ve done my research and they all ate fish from this one particular fish farming company. We have all heard about the fish farms, tilapia heck if you watched Seaspiracy you should know most of the fish people eat isn’t real or simply is unsafe to eat. Many people ignored the warnings of activists. I even warned my mother that now was not the time to become a pescatarian because of the fish shortage and risk of eating something far worst. She agreed with me but that didn’t stop her. Lucky for us my father made the choice for us to stop eating fish before he died. It could be a coincidence but that is my theory, either way people are still gone, and we have no idea how to get them back.
By Alexis Jackson5 years ago in Fiction
Colony 138
Auntie Mira has been gone for five days. The Controllers took her on what the Ancients would call her ‘birthday’ – the day she was to become an Eldest.
By Christine Young5 years ago in Fiction
Wherever You Are
The sun is setting with pastel pinks bleeding into deeper purples without any clouds to tarnish the beauty. In the distance the sirens song of the ice cream truck plays and on my block, chubby toddlers and their sibling laugh manically as they run through the sprinkler set up in the street. Everything about today is beautiful and carefree, except it’s all a mirage. The laugher covers a blanket of thick anxiety among adults listening intently to portable radios crackling with static because despite today being a gorgeous day, it’s December 17th in New York. As I walk into the yard, the radio on my phone begins giving a forecast: “In other news, the heatwave hitting the Northern continents has turned into an ice wave in the Southern continents. Scientists are working diligently to understand the root of the issue but have warned us to expect the warm weather….” By the time I go to bed it’s 9pm and the sunset is still happening.
By Jessica J5 years ago in Fiction
The Perils of Planets as Playgrounds
It used to be such a pleasant place to visit. I used to go when I needed a diversion. The vegetation, from the smallest watermeal to the tallest sequoia, had such personality, flamboyant really, quite chatty. The animals were generally a rambunctious, creative, and emotive lot; they always made me laugh. The water and rocks collaborated far better than on other planets, even though the water usually won any arguments over time.
By Carolyn Kost5 years ago in Fiction
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By Jeremiah Ward5 years ago in Fiction
The Secret Of The Heart
The waiting room was draped from top to bottom with purple wall features, these flag like structures ran down to the floor. They canopied across the cieling as they intertwined with chandeliers of gold. Pillars of hazy marble held the building firm.
By H.M.Klein5 years ago in Fiction
The Heart-Shaped Locket Gang
I awoke from my dream to a startling realization: I was an illusion. Just a dream being dreamed. Sure, I could still touch my face, hear my heart beating, smell Natalie’s perfume as she slept next to me, taste the joint from last night upon my tongue and see the flames shimmering in the sky outside my window, but I was gob smacked to discover that this human being who my parents had named Mark didn’t exist. My timing, as always, was a calamity. The world, at the very moment of my breakthrough, was hurtling into the abyss due to the sudden massive rise in sea levels and the disarmingly absurd fluctuations in weather.
By stone petoskey 5 years ago in Fiction
Found at Lost
No time to think what do I take? It didn’t happen the way everyone thought it would, some earth-shattering projectile hurling from space. A World War would have been more predictable. It was a slap in the face of humanity, seeing that it was caused by our need to defend the planet after Asteroid Janis224’s near miss of the moon’s dark side. That asteroid had a profound effect on humanity as a whole. Millions watched for weeks as news agencies covered Janis224 around the clock until it changed course 3 days before it was supposed to make contact. The whole world rejoiced! This also brought the world’s greatest minds together who developed a space defense system. All that brain power and they settled on . . . Space Force. Boy, if President Trump was alive to see that day. All nations pulled together when it seemed like life was on the verge of extinction, Christians were seen worshipping with Muslims, North Korea joined the United Nations, and Israel and the Palestinians set differences aside and drafted border lines that all agreed to. The world watched as piece by piece, the defense system was manufactured, sent off into space, and assembled on the moon. As the world celebrated this major accomplishment, unforeseen events millions of miles away changed life on Earth in a drastic way.
By Kevin Carroll5 years ago in Fiction