A consciousness trapped in a crystal begins her education, puzzling over her new existence while her scientist father introduces her to the restored Praetor machine.
Sci-fi
653 stories · Science fiction settings — space, the future, aliens, robots..
In 2069, a young girl named Béla awakens in a new blue, aquatic body after rebirth and struggles to adjust to her unfamiliar form.
On a stranded alien ship orbiting Mars, the naked Béla explores her telepathic bond with Earthling Jake while adjusting to life in scientist Sibilius's lab.
A sci-fi mercenary assassin on the run navigates another day and another job in a richly built futuristic universe.
An immortal father engineers new bodies for his resurrected daughters in a far-future saga of bloodlines, jealousy, and reincarnation.
In 2076, paired princesses aboard a ship orbiting Jupiter navigate amplified emotional feedback and identity choices as they settle into their journey among the stars.
A young woman on the bridge of a great ship watches as they enter the hidden interior of an artificial moon called New Eden, beginning a new chapter for her community.
A winged girl named Béla floats in zero gravity near her family's great ship, longing to fly to the surface of a new world rather than ride in a cargo carrier.
Two sisters aboard a great ship discover dream-walking and grapple with a deadly plague on the surface as they debate using their healing blood to help the sick.
Two companions journey through a harsh post-storm landscape where one carries a blood-based cure for a deadly wasting disease.
Confined aboard a great ship after confessing to murder, Béla faces relentless psychic interrogation by the Praetor over her past actions.
A quantum-anomaly woman granted carte blanche freedom relaxes on her manor grounds after escaping interrogation, savoring the lingering sensations of intimacy and the watchful curiosity of her gardeners.
A princess and her bard consort travel across a hollow moon orbiting Jupiter to meet her father the Regent and propose building a new university.
A goddess performs a Sumarian prayer ritual with her sister at a temple to teleport a military project from an orbiting carrier.
In 2077, Béla wakes at her equatorial manor as a spacefaring pilot departs, bridging her earthly life with her father's people aboard a great ship.
Two sisters use dream-walking and mind abilities to recover a forgotten warning about someone named Elaine.
On a Martian colony in 2079, Elaine experiences a devastating premonition about her sister Béla's upcoming journey to a doomed Earth, pleading with her to take a precious Praetor safeguard.
An elderly veteran reminisces on his 112 years of life amidst a post-apocalyptic 2082 Earth plagued by ozone depletion, nuclear war, and plague.
A retired man in a desert cabin prepares for a visit from former colleagues arriving by advanced aircraft in a near-future world.
A woman working from home realizes during a webcam meeting with a colleague in Australia that her silk blouse has been transparent the entire time.