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james_weir

Tears of Ice

By James Weir  (booksie.com)

***Winner of TheNextBigWriter's New Year's Eve 2107 Short Story Competition *** She is a woman who has awakened from a long...

Short Story | Updated Dec 27, 2007 | Reads: 798 | Comments: 18 | Likes: 7
Tags: science fiction, cyberpunk, sex, dreams, new years, cryosleep

The Zoo

By doc byron  (booksie.com)

A futuristic zookeeper performs ''inhuman'' experiments.

Short Story | Updated Mar 19, 2007 | Reads: 657 | Comments: 12 | Likes: 3
Tags: extinct, species, scientific, experiments.

Realtime

By Ian Pratt  (booksie.com)

Ross watches the final hours of a potentially doomed flight. A little carnage and suffering helps to distract him from the mess of his...

Short Story | Updated Nov 11, 2006 | Reads: 789 | Comments: 7 | Likes: 2
Tags: science fiction, drama

brooke_gross

Wrapped in Stars Part 1, Pins and Needles

By Brooke Gross  (booksie.com)

This is Part One to a series that gaps the lives of three people living in a futuristic world. This first part tells the story through...

Short Story | Updated Feb 7, 2008 | Reads: 188 | Comments: 5 | Likes: 4
Tags: science, fiction, scifi, fantasy, futuristic, brooke gross, short story, series, part one, part 1, wrapped in stars, wrapped in stars part 1, pins and needles, wrapped in starts, part 1 pins and needles

g_c_anderson

Kobiachi Maru

By G C Anderson  (booksie.com)

Some will recognize this from Star Trek II, The Wrath of Kahn...it is part of how the film opens. What follows is a twist on that theme...

Short Story | Updated Jul 21, 2007 | Reads: 176 | Comments: 1 | Likes: 0
Tags: beserkers, doomed, ship, sci-fi, nanobots, transporters

Through the Mirror

By Nita Eads  (booksie.com)

On a weekend trip with college friends, Callie gets the fright of her life.

Short Story | Updated Apr 7, 2008 | Reads: 147 | Comments: 12 | Likes: 10

illuminati_prime

The Anunnaki

By Illuminati Prime  (booksie.com)

The Anunnaki is about a failing society that is held together by the false beliefs of it leaders. I’ve combined images from conspiracy...

Short Story | Updated Apr 23, 2007 | Reads: 187 | Comments: 5 | Likes: 1
Tags: conspiracy, illuminati, politics, tyranny, alien, government, pagan, sex, religion, evil, good, corruption, holy, anarchy, discord, gods, future, philosophy, fantasy, war

richard_elliott

The Skin Trade

By Richard Elliott  (booksie.com)

For the company, the science of time travel was strictly a business concern. But for one enterprising tourist, it was an art.

Short Story | Updated Mar 3, 2008 | Reads: 107 | Comments: 9 | Likes: 3
Tags: time travel, big business, crime, tourism

canadianidiot

The Farm Visitor

By CanadianIdiot  (booksie.com)

Jenny is living on a farm by herself. One night, while looking out the window, she sees something coming towards her house.

Short Story | Updated Mar 2, 2008 | Reads: 107 | Comments: 3 | Likes: 1
Tags: alien, jenny, girl, farm, crops, meteor, cow, horse, murder, eradication, visitor

Stairway to the Heavens

By ignominius  (booksie.com)

Another very short story, one that was going to be the basis of a longer story. It's a story of an archeologist and his find in Egypt.

Short Story | Updated Oct 19, 2008 | Reads: 106 | Comments: 2 | Likes: 0
Tags: archeology, science fiction, egypt

The Centauress

By Anaya Roma  (booksie.com)

I was just minding my own business, I tell you! I ran into a doctor friend whose car wouldn't start, so I gave her a ride to the hospital...

Short Story | Updated Jul 8, 2007 | Reads: 143 | Comments: 2 | Likes: 0
Tags: ethics, horses, mythology, prejudice, science fiction

Mother-in-Law

By S Thomas Kaza  (booksie.com)

Jack couldn't be happier. He has found the girl of his dreams. And the fact that she has nine eyes and eight legs doesn't bother him....

Short Story | Updated Mar 11, 2008 | Reads: 93 | Comments: 2 | Likes: 1
Tags: science, fiction, sci, fi, spiders, tarantellans, mother-in-laws, alien, culture, girlfriend

Meeting at the beach

By Nita Eads  (booksie.com)

Two lovers meet at the beach... (If I tell you any more it will ruin it!)

Short Story | Updated May 22, 2008 | Reads: 94 | Comments: 7 | Likes: 9
Tags: lovers, ocean, picnic, first-time, future, earth, mars, time-travel

jack_diamond

diamond-Everyone Else (abridged)

By jack diamond  (booksie.com)

I really need feedback on this one because if it's good I'm going to make a novel out of it. plus I'm turning it in as a creative writing...

Short Story | Updated Sep 13, 2007 | Reads: 121 | Comments: 3 | Likes: 1
Tags: diamond, fantasy, tragedy, power, loss, war

Architects - Last Report

By MrData  (booksie.com)

This is the first short story in a series following Man's biggest ever project: an attempt to terraform Mars and Veuns over the next...

Short Story | Updated May 14, 2007 | Reads: 131 | Comments: 4 | Likes: 2
Tags: architects, androids, clones, mars, venus, earth, future.

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