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Category: Science Fiction

Two Candles (story by Ainsley Arin)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter

We have been in the fallout shelter for two years today. Dad made a chocolate cake with two candles, though…

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Posted in: Family, Parenting, Relationships, Science Fiction

Will The Sun Rise Tomorrow? (bp coyle)

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Tomorrow. Tomorrow all will be different. Tomorrow I’ll be a different person. I’ve volunteered for total personality reassignment. A complete…

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Posted in: Crime, Science Fiction
Repeat - bp coyle

Repeat (bp coyle)

December 15, 2017 coylewriter

I materialized a little behind the school, hidden by some half dead rose bushes. Exactly where I had planned. I…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
Berry 51 - r c peris

Berry 51 (story by R.C. Peris)

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When the CEO of Berry released his latest phone, Berry 51, lines wrapped around the Berry stores to buy the…

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Posted in: Humour, Satire, Science Fiction
planet x - bp coyle

The End of Planet X (bp coyle)

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Just when it was all looking so good. Just when things were about to kick off big time, it all…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
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Weaponized (story by R.C. Peris)

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Near the end of the Time of Echoes the human population was dwindling. This was not due to sickness or…

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Posted in: Science Fiction
planet x - bp coyle

Return To Planet X (bp coyle)

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If you wait long enough, pray hard enough and keep all fifty of your fingers crossed enough of the time,…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction

Kids These Days (bp coyle)

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Next year they start turning eighteen, the first ones. Able to vote. Most of them run their own businesses already.…

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Posted in: Parenting, Science Fiction

The Invading Force (story by R.C. Peris)

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“Get the President underground,” yelled my supervisor at the command station. I had to yank out my earpiece his voice…

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Posted in: Humour, Science Fiction
planet x - bp coyle

Planet X (bp coyle)

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They do things differently down there, it’s not like the rest of the Universe. All that sharing and love and…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Humour, Science Fiction

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