Sci Fi

The Slide
The last thing Elias Thorne heard was the sound of a ceramic mug shattering against the hardwood floor. It was his favorite mug, the one with the chipped rim that he’d bought in a dusty market in Marrakesh thirty years ago. Then came the crushing pressure in his chest, like a grand piano dropped from a great height, followed by a silence so absolute it felt like a texture.
By Nguyen Xuan Chinh3 months ago in Fiction
Eddie Munson Had the Perfect Character Arc in Stranger Things
While Stranger Things is known for creating many great characters, I think there is only one character that really stuck out to me. Eddie Munson, who was introduced in season 4, was hands down the best character added to the series. He was your 'outcast,' a metal head nerd who wasn't afraid to be himself, and also had a very kind heart.
By Emy Quinn3 months ago in Fiction
Comet 3I/ATLAS on December 26, 2025: A Departing Visitor That Still Has Secrets to Reveal
Comet 3I/ATLAS is already leaving our cosmic neighborhood, quietly slipping away on a path that will take it beyond the Sun’s grasp forever. Yet even as it fades from easy view, this rare interstellar visitor continues to surprise astronomers. Just when it seemed the story was winding down, new observations revealed something unexpected — subtle, wobbling jet structures hidden inside a highly unusual, sun-facing tail.
By Wellova 3 months ago in Fiction
so the Sherpas say
The great sins, so the Sherpas say, are to pick wildflowers and to threaten children. —Peter Matthiessen The Snow Leopard The children played in mud while parents worried. The rains had not stopped. They had never lasted this long in spring, never been this heavy.
By majoki3 months ago in Fiction
the bend in the end
The age of life was short. The age of sentience much shorter. The age of understanding lasted only a moment. Though a quantum moment, fractally infinite.
By majoki3 months ago in Fiction
Dance of Orion. Content Warning.
Micrometeorites crack into The Spacecraft as it exits the Orion Nebula, stripping away layers of cosmic dust. Once semi-nude, its Gun-Metal-Gray body reflects a lifetime of experience. Blast marks from battles survived. Rushed repair jobs. Polite stencils instructing maintenance crews from a forgotten age.
By Christopher Smith3 months ago in Fiction
The Last Light in Window Seven
Every night at exactly 9:17 p.m., a single window lit up on the seventh floor of the Alderstone Apartments. No one knew why.
By Yasir khan3 months ago in Fiction
Thriller Red
It’s dark. Zarodie couldn’t see anything. She gingerly moved forward extending her arms as barriers so her body wouldn’t hit anything.
By Devond Devoe3 months ago in Fiction
Bakhashic World
It may have been gloomy and slippery outside, but that didn’t stop Lysenius from walking in the house with a big smile upon his face.
By Devond Devoe3 months ago in Fiction
Vessel Control Part III
Vapor trails issued from the stick. Gunnar Mayser walked the passageways. His gummy footwear never made a sound. He puffed on his vape stick. More of the smoke-like stuff puffed out and swirled about him like a morning mist.
By Skyler Saunders3 months ago in Fiction
Bechevinka
If you believe in monsters, you believe in Bechevinka. As child refugees growing up in New Beijing on the southern tip of the subarctic Kamchatka Peninsula, we’d heard all the stories. Tales of fire and ice, volcanoes and glaciers, radiation and mutation.
By majoki3 months ago in Fiction
feel for your hatchet
“Take my advice, if you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn't now, or ought to be human and isn’t, keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.”
By majoki3 months ago in Fiction