A 78-year-old retired veteran returns to his rainy homeworld after sixty years away, beginning a long-anticipated retirement on the edge of civilization.
Sci-fi
184 stories · Science fiction settings — space, the future, aliens, robots..
A supply pilot with a crush arrives early at a space station where the reclusive tech genius clearly isn't interested, but duty and an ion storm force them together.
Marshal Daniel wakes from a nightmare of a destroyed space station and is comforted by a woman in a medical center, hinting at a developing connection amid his guilt.
A group of four friends travels through time and space on an advanced ship, using mind control to explore prehistoric eras and plan future adventures together.
An alien-human hybrid family navigates telepathic communication and impending second pregnancy as John recovers and the Miacarians approach.
In a war-torn 3030, twenty-year-old Presley mourns her father in a world where the dead are burned and grief feels like a luxury.
A teen boy wakes up in a futuristic hospital after an accident, wondering about a mystery girl who may be involved in his life.
A couple aboard a spacecraft navigates insomnia and intimacy after returning to Earth, with Daniel's meditative practices causing tension between them.
A space navy doctor examines and becomes fascinated by a genetically engineered giant man and his unusually large anatomy.
Pirate Lunk surprises Molly and her girlfriend Amy after being released as part of an alliance, much to Amy's disgust.
A pleasure satellite worker in space welcomes back a returning asteroid-belt miner client, bantering about sex work and gender expectations on the frontier.
On a remote world where a hovering saucer shapes everyday life, free-spirited villagers devote their days to food, play, and communal love beneath its shadow.
A seasoned petty officer reassures a nervous young ensign as they shuttle toward their first deep-space assignment aboard a newly commissioned starship.
A college student writes home to her mother from an unknown location, explaining how her routine job as an assistant librarian led to an otherworldly abduction and possible centuries-long survival.
Two astronomers share a quiet, intimate night at a remote telescope outpost, watching the Perseid meteor shower and reflecting on the beauty of the dark skies above.
An elderly man in a far-future polyamorous triad reflects on a life shared with his sister and her husband as his health declines.
Two women in a throuple with a possibly non-human man grapple with the shock of a possible pregnancy after an intimate encounter.
A man with telepathic abilities connects with his unborn twin children while intimately with his pregnant wife.
A self-aware father raises a generation of telepathic, tech-savvy children while bracing for humanity's inevitable hostile response.