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AT THE GOOSEBERRY COTILLION • by Samuel Barnhart

November 21, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Snowcloud says you don’t begin a story except at the place where things start happening. But if I were to begin with the tyrannosaurus blasting through the front windows of the Delphine estate’s ballroom during their annual Gooseberry Cotillion, and… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories

DECOMMISSIONED • by C.L. Holland

November 11, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

From a distance the statue looks like a giant marine in full tac-armour, helmet on and faceplate engaged so you can’t tell gender. There’s a rifle, looks like a Xenon Mark Two, propped against one knee and they’re sat with… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories C.L. Holland, veterans, war

THE BIG LOOP • by Bill Doorley

November 5, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Control, this is TIDO on the big loop.” “Go, TIDO.” “I have a Hawking anomaly on the timeline. Might be the start of a loop.” “CHRONO, any secondary indications?” “Negative, Control. Timecraft systems are nominal. I still have the return… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Bill Doorley, time loop

ONE CHANCE IN A MILLION • by Hana Carolina

November 2, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

They grew a heart for her and had operated by the time Dr. Kracauer realised his colleague, Dr. Montague, misread the scan. “I didn’t misread it,” he said. “I read the report. I always do. It was all there.” “She… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories artificial intelligence, doctors, Hana Carolina

VIOLENT TIDES • by Sagan Yee

October 30, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

General Rasa tilted the battlefield 36 degrees. This made the violet particles representing her army appear liquid, pouring across the holographic basalt to clash with the enemy units pooled below. Victory as subject to gravity, like a shell spine falling… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories motherhood, Sagan Yee, war

FREE AS IN BEER • by Steven Saus

August 24, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

When I enter, Bob’s laughing into his whiskey while Steve’s gesturing wildly, mid-rant. “It only seems that way because we’ve got the attention spans of goldfish.” I spin a chair around and sit in it backwards. “Speak for yourself.” I… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories simulations, Steven Saus

BAT CHAT • by Ruby Zehnder

August 17, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

A thought rippled through the formless mass. When it reached Zamba’s being, it tickled. She tried to block it from entering her psyche, but it was too strong. “Hello, my name is Becky. Will you be my friend?” Zamba had… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories aliens, bats, Ruby Zehnder

AT MY SHOULDER • by Ron Capshaw

August 4, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Writer’s block. I never thought I would have it again. But days passed, and I would type out a sentence and edit it down to two words. It’s the pulps, I told myself. A penny a word — by now,… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Historical, Science Fiction, Stories Ron Capshaw, typewriters, writers

AIRWAVES • by Alexander Prestia

July 20, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The switch is flipped. Gears begin grinding. 5:00Rami wakes up an hour earlier than his alarm. The sun is peeking through the 40th story window. There’s a pounding outside; a construction crew is furiously drilling through the pavement. TutTutTut TutTutTut… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Science Fiction, Stories Alexander Prestia, experimental technology, office life

AN INSIGNIFICANT FUNERAL • by Jessica Andrewartha

July 19, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

We had a little funeral today in secret. We didn’t tell the Brogdonians. No one was in the mood to explain why we had decided to hold this human ritual they barely understand now. For this. We didn’t tell the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Science Fiction, Stories funeral rites, Jessica Andrewartha, spaceships

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