Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Futurism.

'The Valiant'
The romanticism of Rome. The ferociousness of the gladiator pits and the ancient Celtic warriors. A tale of old loves lost and new ones found. This is the story Lesley Livingston tells in the first of The Valiant trilogy.
By Erika Farrah8 years ago in Futurism
The Trouble with Humans Teaser
“This was found in the Ambassador’s effects,” said a willowy woman in a HAZMAT suit, holding up what appeared to be a flash drive with a series of miniscule American, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese flags printed on the side.
By Michael Barnes8 years ago in Futurism
Silicon Visions
It wasn't the droning hiss of the static on the old Television set that woke Nian Zhen, it was that it stopped, and in it's place was a blue screen that screeched a horrible digital tone. She frantically dug through her blankets for the remote control quickly gouging her fingers at all the buttons until it stopped.
By Ana_Avos8 years ago in Futurism
Vortex
Do you ever have one of those days where you feel insignificant? That's basically my whole life. I wish that I could go to sleep and explore the vastness of space; but that's what we have movies and the entertainment industry for, exploring where most of us cannot venture.
By Elijah Taylor8 years ago in Futurism
'Beastly'
Looks aren't everything Now we all know the famous tale of Beauty and the Beast. A beautiful young women name Belle gives up her freedom to save her father and is forced to live with a beast. Over time they begin to love each other, the beast turns into a handsome prince and they live Happily Ever After.
By Kailah Pierre8 years ago in Futurism
Glass Through Mirrors
I never knew a set of doors could be so scary, like a give-you-nightmares-for-months type of scary. Who would have thought a slab of mahogany could be so frightening? Terrifying even. I guess it wasn't the doors themselves that scared me; it was what lay behind the doors that scared me. My new life. My new scary, dangerous, humiliating life.
By Amatsi Writes8 years ago in Futurism
'Downsizing' (2017)
I’m Dusan Mirkovic, your neighbor.Neighbors are friends.Friends tell friends the truth.Okay, maybe sometimes I’m a little bit asshole,but the world needs assholes.Otherwise, where would shit go out.
By Peter P8 years ago in Futurism
Top 5 Best Cults
History has definitely seen its share of disastrous cults. But there have been a few good ones too. Here’s a list of Cults that are, as far as Cults go, benign. You may not agree with their beliefs, but you’d probably have a much more interesting life if you did.
By Auckland Martens8 years ago in Futurism
The Soul's Temperature
Every 1 in 20 people is born an empath. Every empath was born with at least one gift for directly experiencing and sharing the energy of another person.
By Harper Colon8 years ago in Futurism
Hostility-1
It’s been three days since she’s seen her family, or at least she thinks it has been three days. She isn’t sure of a lot of things these days. She remembered the time she was sure Scott Hamilton was flirting with her in world history, but it turned out that he flirted with a lot of people. Turned out he was bisexual and flirtation was his natural demeanor. She remembered when she was sure that Hedgewater wouldn’t win the election—after all, the popular vote was in Elliot’s favor—but he won. She was absolutely, positively sure her little brother was okay four days ago— was it four days or five? She couldn’t remember.
By Aurelia Gold8 years ago in Futurism
'Star Wars: Clone Wars'
*Caution, possible spoilers ahead. If you have not read The Dark Disciple, Ahsoka novel, or have not been caught up on Clone Wars or Rebels, I advise to leave the article now.*
By Randy Sinclair8 years ago in Futurism
Let's Talk About Dun(e)can Idaho
The Duniverse (that is, the Dune Universe), whose life began with the publication of Frank Herbert's original masterpiece in 1965, is a lush wonderland of possibilities, despite its arid world of inception. One character in particular single-handedly explores a majority of those possibilities on his own: Duncan Idaho. I have never had the great pleasure of looking at Mr. Herbert's original manuscripts, so I cannot tell you exactly when Herbert decided that Duncan Idaho, not “the Atreides,” was the main character of his Dune books. But rest assured that he is, and any further reading by anyone who has not finished the main Dune series (that is up through the end of Sandworms of Dune) will be riddled with spoilers.
By Caleb Sherman8 years ago in Futurism