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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

writermike730

A Martian Sunset

By WriterMike730  (booksie.com)

Jay was so excited when his wife bought him a trip to Mars for his birthday, but little did he know what was in store for the two of them!

Short Story | Updated Sep 6, 2008 | Reads: 55 | Comments: 0 | Likes: 0
Tags: mars, space, outer space, exploration, government, lovers, death, explosion, lost, lies, future, space tourism

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

Shattered Wings

By Kurieo  (booksie.com)

Kara is about to leave a mutating world behind after it kills her parents and threatens to turn her into a dog of war when a fateful...

Short Story | Updated Aug 14, 2008 | Reads: 54 | Comments: 0 | Likes: 0
Tags: wings, angel, physcic, telekentic, russia, america, war, mutants, powers, jets, grand canyon, aliens, robots, sentient, living

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

cassiroll411

Watch

By cassiroll411  (booksie.com)

A story about a boy named Klick who is supernaturally gifted.

Short Story | Updated Sep 3, 2008 | Reads: 47 | Comments: 3 | Likes: 3
Tags: klick, watch

I Am a Nurse

By Eric Jericho  (booksie.com)

The Life of a jaded nurse working in an intercity hospital.

Short Story | Updated Sep 15, 2008 | Reads: 45 | Comments: 2 | Likes: 2
Tags: nurse, hospital, grim, jaded, medical, death

hookajelf

The Immortal - Chapter 1 - Save Theadrix

By HookaJelf  (booksie.com)

Dave Walts is his name and he is the Captain of 'The Immortal' an Earth Frigate ship dedicated to forming alien alliances and saving...

Short Story | Updated Oct 3, 2008 | Reads: 51 | Comments: 3 | Likes: 1
Tags: the, immortal, dave, walts, karl, smith, smedd, science, fiction, sci-fi, death, war, space, ragnors, reptile, aliens

brooke_gross

Cold Fusion

By Brooke Gross  (booksie.com)

Natalie has herself frozen to escape her life. But after being woken up, she finds that part of her past has followed her. (Cover Photo...

Short Story | Updated Sep 15, 2008 | Reads: 45 | Comments: 3 | Likes: 3
Tags: scifi, romance, cryogenics, future, short story, brooke gross

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