This is a sequel to my earlier science fiction story Pest Problems. I'd originally wrote it for an anthology, but that never went to press, so here it is.

A Tail of Love

by Oleg Roschin

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 16, 2017

Comments: 20

Shelves: 11

The Contently Deranged Travelers House

Tags: love, dating, humor, sex, dogs

Summary

A sentient dog is trying to understand the essence of love. Sequel to OF DOGS AND MEN. Continues in THE INQUISITOR.

The Cult

by Adam Steele

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 15, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: science-fiction, alien, naturalism, rich-and-poor

Summary

The story is about a war time passing, the truth of what power may holds, and the power upon any source that deems corrupt on any measure, big or small.

The Journal

by Q.B. McKinney

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 15, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The House of Ghosts House

Tags: man, journal, black, gunslinger, tabby

Summary

The Ol' Man teaches his son a new trick...

How's Uranus These Days

by BPBCC

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 15, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: humor, aliens, comedy, first-contact

Summary

A young astronomy student is visited by a stranger from another world who has mistaken his transmission as a job application.

By the Light of Chromis

by AJ Smith

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 14, 2017

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: aliens, space, sci-fi, sciencefiction, extraterrestrial

Summary

After a thousand years of hypersleep, a young, female alien with an identity crisis arrives on an eerily quiet, hauntingly beautiful planet (Rho) with an intense need to hunt and destroy.

The Meat Factory

by Walter Bishop

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 14, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: dark

Summary

Just a couple of A5 pages of an idea for a world that I'm trying to get out of my head.

Where Did They Go? - Part II of II

by D. Thurmond, aka, JEF

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 14, 2017

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: space, planet, repair, computer-techs

Summary

In this story I explain what the holographic cities on this planet are for. --- This is Part II (the final) of this story. Both can be read independently.

Billies Reckoning

by Metaltron

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 14, 2017

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: horror, sci-fi, satan, robots, nukes

Summary

Billie has a Reckoning...and it's not good!

A Mysterious Tale

by M.C. Al-Cherif

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 14, 2017

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: mystery, science-fiction, drama, psychological

Summary

This my first attempt of writing a short story about the character of Beth who is a patient at the psychiatric hospital of Volterra.

Suns and Lovers

by Varad22

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 14, 2017

Comments: 3

Shelves: 3

The Review Chain House

Tags: horror, survivor, science-fiction, space, short-story

The Weight of Truth

by Tyler Stevens

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 12, 2017

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: hope, moral, suffering, morals, morality

Summary

This short story consists of two letters written by a neuroscientist and her mentor after she discovers an unusual microbe. Their exchange is meant to explore the nature of truth, consciousness, morality, depression, powerlessness, and hope. Feedback and criticism are welcome. Thanks

The Loop

by Varad22

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 12, 2017

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: supernatural, strange, scifi, time-loop

Summary

Daksh is stuck in a time loop. The loop might be infinite, but his health and ultimately his life is not.

Echo the Past

by Greythereadaholic

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 11, 2017

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: lost, lazy, space, insanity, execution

Summary

A girl reflects on her life in limbo.

Clockwork Chronicles Book I: Fractured

by Jacob_Meyer23

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 11, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: fiction, teen, time-travel

Summary

For Eighteen year old Matthew Griffin life is fairly normal until he discovers a time machine. Now that time is broken Matthew and his friends must solve a conspiracy years in the making.

Neighborhood Universe

by bijan

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 11, 2017

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: science_fiction, universe, cosmology

Summary

My experience with a universe so close to ours that you don't know it's there.

ACE BAILEY and the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

by GiuseppeSerious

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 06, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: fighting, action, heroine, androids, outer-space

Summary

Adapted for the interactive Visual Novel by Giuseppe Villella.

And It Stares Back

by C. Allen Exline

Short Story / Science Fiction

August 06, 2017

Comments: 6

Shelves: 4

The Science Fiction House

Tags: cyberpunk, sci-fi, addiction, noir, existentialism

Summary

READER COMMENT: "Excellent story! I like the combination of a narrating styles reminiscent of old film noir with the futuristic themes. And I love the whole metaphor of "abyss", of spiritual emptiness, which gradually takes over people's minds and souls in the shape of virtual reality. This is high quality science fiction indeed, the kind of speculative fiction that contains clear allusions to our reality and a message to the modern human being. This is, so far, my favorite work of yours. Great job, my friend." -- Oleg Roschin. Intro: This is, of course, a reference to Friedrich Nietzsche, who famously said: "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." But this tale was inspired by the following people, as well: the existential philosophers (Sartre, Camus, et al.), Philip K. Dick, a number of people I've met over the years who had a rough go of it but were lucid and loquacious enough to tell me their stories, and a certain girl who gave me the prompt and encouraged me to write this.