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Short Stories - By Genre: Sci-fi
in the "Sci-fi" genre

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You know it's Sci Fi when...
Themes, Elements, and Tropes. Some things that Science Fiction is best known for.
Rated: ASR
23 Clues
Sci-fi, Fanfiction, Fantasy
Type: Crossword Puzzle
Updated 6 months ago
Laplace's Mirage
He had seen the future. But did he have time to stop it?
Rated: 13+
~926 Words
Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Starship
Written for the Other Worlds contest
Rated: 18+
~1,797 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Mythology
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Quantum Memories
A professor of physics is left with troubling questions during a visit to Prague.
Rated: 13+
~3,000 Words
Sci-fi, Paranormal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Lost Incantation
Screams halloween contest prompt pumpkin patch about 1000 words
Rated: 18+
~926 Words
Horror/Scary, Sci-fi, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Leader of Javin
With some individuals, it’s hard to make them tell the truth. I’m not one of them.
Rated: 18+
~1,729 Words
Sci-fi, Thriller/Suspense, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Darkness
This story will ultimately about time and religion, but we begin with an AI named CAL.
Rated: E
~1,185 Words
Sci-fi, Computers, Technology
Type: Other
Updated 12 years ago
All's Fair
Tale for BlackAdder's Cantina
Rated: 18+
~1,179 Words
Drama, Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Rocket Alpha Invades My House
Yeah... this is a weird dream I had and I'm going to make a story based off it.
Rated: 13+
~1,179 Words
Sci-fi, Nonsense, Steampunk
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Tempus Fugit
A techno-thief finds himself on the wrong end of a disrupted time transfer
Rated: 18+
~1,751 Words
Sci-fi, Horror/Scary, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Spring is Flu Season
BIG problems for Springtrap
Rated: E
~1,743 Words
Fantasy, Sci-fi, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Where Lost Trinkets Go
Uress discovers something strange about his couch.
Rated: 18+
~567 Words
Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Peaceful Handover
A vision of the near future (or past) where one man decides who controls the world.
Rated: E
~1,079 Words
Sci-fi, Technology, Scientific
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
JFK's Space Odyssey
President John F. Kennedy meets some aliens and he ends up in the middle of a crossfire.
Rated: E
~6,109 Words
Action/Adventure, Sci-fi, History
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
New Days
New day at school for The Writer's Cramp.
Rated: E
~726 Words
Friendship, Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Once a NewsFinder
To take something, I pretend to be a NewsFinder. But doing this gets me into some trouble.
Rated: 18+
~1,684 Words
Sci-fi, Mystery, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Really?
Ralph and Dennis escape the end of the universe.
Rated: 18+
~895 Words
LGBTQ+, Fantasy, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Lights Out
Science Fiction Short Story Contest Entry
Rated: 13+
~853 Words
Sci-fi, Dark, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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The Silo Saga: Thaw (20% Sample)
In Silo 1, Hal discovers secrets about his past. Carlton's role in W.O.O.L. is revealed.
Rated: 13+
~2,741 Words
Sci-fi, Technology, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Sample
Updated 6 years ago
For the Greater Good
In the future, benevolent eyes are Watching
Rated: 18+
~5,801 Words
Sci-fi, Drama, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Eden's End
Entry for Other Worlds Contest
Rated: 13+
~3,704 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Awake
Richard gets a Birthday Surprise
Rated: 18+
~806 Words
Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Love for the Empire
Example entry for BlackAdder's Cantina
Rated: 13+
~1,798 Words
Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
PU 69 Lasertronic Space Annihilator
Marlin the Martian's latest super weapon goes KABOOM!
Rated: E
~464 Words
Sci-fi, Comedy, Military
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Untitled
A work in progress, not sure where to go
Rated: 13+
~379 Words
Sci-fi, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Panty Pandora
The planet of Pandora has many…oddities
Rated: 13+
~1,338 Words
Comedy, Sci-fi, Satire
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Forgiveness across Space and Time
The universe gives David another chance at closure over his lost family.
Rated: 13+
~1,990 Words
Drama, Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Clepsydra
When I accidentally spill a new chemical on my smartwatch, my world is upended.
Rated: 13+
~851 Words
Action/Adventure, Sci-fi, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Harry the Hamster
A hamster saves the human race - for Sally because she loves hamsters - Quills 2016 Winner
Rated: 13+
~2,552 Words
Animal, Fantasy, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Goodbye, Tivity - Third, Journey Genres
Leaving planet Tivity. This is an attempt to sci-fi an abstract concept.
Rated: 13+
~740 Words
Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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You know it's Sci Fi when...
Themes, Elements, and Tropes. Some things that Science Fiction is best known for.
Rated: ASR
23 Clues
Sci-fi, Fanfiction, Fantasy
Type: Crossword Puzzle
Updated 6 months ago
In the margins
A story of a man's escape from a harsh planet and how he became a smuggler
Rated: 18+
~1,450 Words
Sci-fi, Contest Entry, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Against the Protectors No More
I used to be a smuggler, a pirate, a thief, etc. Now I just tell my stories about them.
Rated: 18+
~1,714 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Martian Privateers
Kidnapped as children and recruited into the Empire's military they learned to fight back
Rated: 13+
~1,609 Words
Sci-fi, Crime/Gangster, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Synchronicity
Teodosia makes history with her invention - “Short Shots” May 2022 - 2nd place winner
Rated: 18+
~1,950 Words
Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Reja
A forbidden love between an alien princess and the man assigned to protect her.
Rated: 13+
~744 Words
Sci-fi, Romance/Love, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Darkness
This story will ultimately about time and religion, but we begin with an AI named CAL.
Rated: E
~1,185 Words
Sci-fi, Computers, Technology
Type: Other
Updated 12 years ago
Breakthrough
A man receives a mailer ordered years before.
Rated: 13+
~1,906 Words
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Escape From Above
Journal of an alien invasion survivor
Rated: ASR
~1,973 Words
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
More Bang for the buck
Time travel via telescope [Short Shots entry for 05/2022].
Rated: ASR
~1,333 Words
Sci-fi, Technology, Cultural
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Second chances
The multiplanet system was a gift for the refugees from Earth...
Rated: 13+
~1,811 Words
Sci-fi, Environment, Political
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Gladys to the Rescue
Carver has his hangover attended to. Winner of Weekly SCREAMS!!! 06.24.22.
Rated: 18+
~434 Words
Sci-fi, Horror/Scary, Entertainment
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Peaceful Handover
A vision of the near future (or past) where one man decides who controls the world.
Rated: E
~1,079 Words
Sci-fi, Technology, Scientific
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
*Dollar* 750 GPs per review
Trans/action
What have I gotten myself into? Maybe I was happy being a ... (Short short)
Rated: ASR
~315 Words
LGBTQ+, Sci-fi, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Seasoning
The last human alive discovers a sinister reason for humanity's end. (Contest Entry)
Rated: 18+
~716 Words
Sci-fi, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Striking It Rich[?]
Striking oil has unforeseen consequences. (short. one shot.)
Rated: 13+
~610 Words
Other, Horror/Scary, Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Sir Gawain and the Dragon
Sir Gawain meets his counterpart.
Rated: 13+
~7,084 Words
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Technology
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 1,500 GPs per review
Audio-Visual Communication Part 2
Hey y'all, I wrote this several years ago but I figured I'd finally give you an update.
Rated: E
~3,662 Words
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror/Scary
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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The Silo Saga: Thaw (20% Sample)
In Silo 1, Hal discovers secrets about his past. Carlton's role in W.O.O.L. is revealed.
Rated: 13+
~2,741 Words
Sci-fi, Technology, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Sample
Updated 6 years ago
Audio-Visual Communication Part 1
The Gingerbread Men Part 1. Part 2 has been released.
Rated: E
~672 Words
Sci-fi, Philosophy, Technology
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Green Australia Superpower
WON: - How the greening of Australia made it the world's superpower
Rated: E
~1,362 Words
Sci-fi, Environment, Nature
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Recycling the Planet
Things do tend to repeat themselves? Let's hope the same doesn't apply to our mistakes.
Rated: E
~505 Words
Sci-fi, Satire, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
R&D
(April 2022 Entry for -The LGBTQ Writing Contest)
Rated: E
~1,152 Words
LGBTQ+, Sci-fi, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Wultian One to Fifteen
Overpopulation is a big problem for a whole lot of planets. This is one solution to it.
Rated: 18+
~1,947 Words
Sci-fi, Thriller/Suspense, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Untitled
A work in progress, not sure where to go
Rated: 13+
~379 Words
Sci-fi, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 years ago
Newton, interworld traveler
Stan's houseguest is from out of town...way out [Anthro Activity Anteroom, 5/2022]
Rated: 13+
~1,433 Words
Sci-fi, Friendship, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
TIMELESS
INTRODUCTION to NOCI & Dr. Ann a Hybrid Alien
Rated: E
~203 Words
Sci-fi, Spiritual, Entertainment
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Hourglass, Owl, Clerk (994 Words)
A strange effect is discovered, leading officials plan a cover for their tracks.
Rated: E
~877 Words
Sci-fi, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
I Don't Like this Place
A crew brings a dead alien--or it is?--into the ship's sickbay.
Rated: E
~840 Words
Sci-fi
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Tomorrow Now
Could this be our ultimate fate?
Rated: E
~409 Words
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Philosophy
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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