Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Futurism.
The DJ Was a Doctor
Red lines from the scanner analyzed the digital device like a psychologist probes the mind. The smartphone displayed a picture and the master’s degree earned by Blythe Winnington. She smirked as the velvet rope lifted and allowed her into the dark space with booming music. A doctorate holder in economics flashed his tablet at the bouncer, Nimitz Fo. Just a few yards away from the entrance, a group of billionaires, two of them dropouts, took pictures with the newspeople. The group consisted of a wiry American Indian fellow—the skin color of cinnamon—named Horton Billings. Another was a fair-skinned African American woman named Calla Carras. The final was a white woman named Delilah Pill with cobalt eyes who held a bachelor’s degree in computer science.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in Futurism
My Review of 'Passengers'
Passengers is a story about an interstellar spaceship occupied by 5,000 passengers going from Earth to populate a new planet across the galaxy. The problem is that the ship will need to take something like 100 Earth years to get to the new planet. In order for everyone to get there without dying of old age, they were all frozen and put into a state of deep sleep.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Futurism
Invasion
This is a work of fiction. All copyright held by Anna-Roisin Ullman-Smith. The wind lashed around the opening into the small alcove. She sat nestled inside the gap of the stone walls, kneeling near the opening and looking out at the world below her. The weather of late had been weird and wonderful, strong head winds blew across the landscape in such a rage that the trees bent their heads to allow the angry winds faster passage. The lakes swelled with the rain water that ran from the mountains, and the water in an endless race to reach its mother ocean.
By Anna-Roisin Ullman-Smith7 years ago in Futurism
Valencia Vaunt's Vehicles
Glass on the board reflected in the light. Valencia Vaunt peered at the tiny glowing figures that represented where her cars went. As CEO of Vaunt Vehicles in Newark, Delaware, she commanded over a fleet of more than one million vehicles. Her face looked like an achievement of joy and determination. With skin the color of a plum, she was a hawk, honing in on the ordered chaos that remained on the board. A knock at the door almost broke her concentration.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in Futurism
Don't Kiss Me (Ch. 5)
A 17-year-old, Raven Fields, never being kissed before is a bit abnormal nowadays. Though in Raven's case, he's never been normal and he knows it because of his succubus mother. With a human father, he has a chance to be normal as well, but if he ever exchanged fluids with another before his body matured, his whole world would change. Growing up knowing he could never feed, even by mistake, takes a tole on a once so bright young lad.
By S.M. TOZER7 years ago in Futurism
The Final Word, Maybe. How 'Star Wars: Episode 9' Can Work and Tie Together the Entire Saga
So you detested The Last Jedi, and you signed the petition to have that ill-fated episode stricken from canon. The effort will go nowhere, and though I’m one of those fans who abjectly loved the film, I’d of course have to admit it left many of us in a teeth-gnashing uproar.
By Joel Eisenberg7 years ago in Futurism
Entry Devices
The surface seemed like talcum powder. Soft and giving yet somehow a bit firm. Two women prepared to walk out from the Martian module and experience the landscape firsthand. One woman, Commander Wanda Vicente, stepped forward onto the soil first. Another, Command Module Pilot Floral Cheever put her boots on the surface second, a few minutes later. They scooped up samples and made note of the temperature and surroundings. Then the two women heard the hatch to the Martian module shut and lock. Martian Module Pilot Bianca Coales ventured out of the vehicle.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in Futurism
Review—'Doctor Who: The Mega'
Given its more than 50 year history, it comes as no surprise that there would be stories written for Doctor Who on TV that never got made. From 2009 to 2013, Big Finish produced a sizable number of them as audio dramas in a range entitled The Lost Stories. Serving as the finale was the sole Third Doctor entry for the series, The Mega.
By Matthew Kresal7 years ago in Futurism
A Novel Solution for Efficient and Durable Deep-Space Electronics
For all of recorded human history, we've dreamed of what was beyond the sky. It's a topic that has intrigued us for millennia, and as a species, we've deemed it central to answering our most fundamental questions:
By Andrea Dawson7 years ago in Futurism
Palmistry
Palmistry is believed to have originated from India spreading through China, Europe, Greece and eventually Europe. An ancient practice that has been around for many centuries. Your life story is drawn out on the palm of your hand and every line has something to tell.
By Autumn Leann7 years ago in Futurism
'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'
Here is the back story of the movie if you never heard of this anime film. This movie is set in a future Earth where there was an apocalypse that destroyed most of the world's ecosystem. The remaining humans have scattered to a semi-habitable location on Earth. They are trying to survive this toxic jungle that covers most of the planet, now populated by massive bugs. The main character is Nausicaä, a young girl that lives in this valley village of the wind. Her people can communicate to the massive insects that populate this toxic jungle. With the overlook of Lord Yupa, Nausicaä tries to restore peace back to the planet.
By Audrey Walters7 years ago in Futurism
Righteous Minds
Like most systems of mysticism, there can be found nuggets of truth, bits of wisdom, and pieces of thought by which to live. Though most of it is wrapped around contradictions, embedded in fallacies, and tangled around falsehoods, billions of people live by these codes, consciously or unconsciously. With the Nation of Gods and Earths, a movement that arose during the Black Nationalist movement with ties to the Honorable Wallace Fard Muhammad, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and the Nation of Islam by Clarence 13, there exist three types of people in the world. There are the 85 percent who are the “deaf, dumb, and blind,” or those who possess a philosophy, but cannot articulate or embody it with adroitness. They go about their days with any mishmash of utterances, visits to psychics, and also point to the zodiac for guidance.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in Futurism
