dark
The Dust Bathynaut
The rift divides the land in two halves, but neither of them is interesting. It is the rift itself that calls to people, entices them
Dennis Mombauer August 16, 2021 2 Comments
SCI FI STORIES
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The Candidate: Part 1
The last four months of Gabrielle’s presidential campaign have been rough. She knew it would be, but it was still difficult. The attack ads went
Conor Matthews February 4, 2024 No Comments
Book
Squamous and Eldritch Get a Yard-Sale Bargain
Squamous turned right on Second. The Pinto squealed a bit, but it usually did that on sharp turns, and there was probably nothing supernatural about
Tim McDaniel February 5, 2022 No Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-2)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two Nehemiah reached his office and closed
Maryandra Barker May 21, 2022 2 Comments
40s girl
Collide: Part 3
When the elevator stops on the third floor, May Bell is guided out. She’s still frazzled by the strange world that surrounds her. As they
Melissa Powers December 27, 2021 No Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter One – The Secret (P-2)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two The man patiently waited for the
Maryandra Barker March 23, 2022 5 Comments
consequence
Love In Limbo: Part 4
Mary runs to the old chipped white bench in front of Pvt. Greene’s grave and plops down. She feels the tears streaming down her cheeks
Melissa Powers February 28, 2022 1 Comment
Art
Signatures
“It was a goddamn oddball thing to do,” said Paden, his voice tinny over the cheap standard suit radios we’d been issued. I turned my
Tim McDaniel March 26, 2022 No Comments
Dystopian
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
“What’s love got to do with it?” Shara said, as she slashed through the thick underbrush of the jungle with her machete that was almost
Caitlin McColl February 4, 2022 No Comments
1940s soldier
Part 5: Cursed Time Lovers
The next morning, Miranda discharges from the hospital, given a clean bill of health. She walks with her parents down the hall to the waiting
Melissa Powers January 22, 2022 No Comments
ghost
Koehl’s Quality Impressions
Early Wednesday morning, not much past 10:30, I wheezed my way through downtown in my old ’31 Ford. Down to White Center, where the city
Tim McDaniel January 31, 2022 No Comments
alien
Student Database Notes 3/25 – 6/27
3/25 Exvoon Faculty Met my new class today. I don’t anticipate making much use of the database system this quarter; the students all seem motivated,
Tim McDaniel February 5, 2022 No Comments
#clover
Heart wrapped in clovers
Interviewer (Walks in): Hello, hope you’re having a graceful day. Patree is happy to welcome you to its glorious establishment. The boy (Shaking hands): Hello
Ankita K. August 22, 2021 2 Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-6)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Six “I think we
Maryandra Barker June 17, 2022 No Comments
Greece
The Ediad
Sing, O Muse! Or at least hum a little. They stood on the windy plain before the walled city: Odysseus, the shrewd captain; Agamemnon, tamer
Tim McDaniel February 3, 2022 No Comments
40s girl
Collide: Part 2
Derrick figures he could slip out during the “free time” they have every day and get away. He looks across the room at the clock
Melissa Powers December 27, 2021 No Comments
The Tube
There is a folk tale that all people are tied to their destined husband or wife by a red string that no-one can see. I
Christina Nordlander June 1, 2022 No Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-3)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Nya stood next
Maryandra Barker July 13, 2022 No Comments
#Halloween
Halloween Betrothal
It hit the floor with a thud. She watched in horror as the pumpkin basket bounced merrily off the floor of the patio scattering her
Charlotte Rodricks November 1, 2021 7 Comments
Space Ranger
Dirty Laundry
LAST STOP CLEANERS The #1 Choice of the Space Service! Your ONLY laundry service within 200 light-years! DATE: April 14, 2344 TO: Commander Jason Dash
Tim McDaniel May 20, 2023 No Comments
exploitation
Labor Costs
Moll Forey pushed back the strand of hair that kept falling into her eyes, smearing the sweat along her cheek. Better to just cut it,
Tim McDaniel January 15, 2022 No Comments
No More Notifications
It was a gradual thing, the kind of slow build-up that you don’t see in horror anymore because it’s all jump scares and bloody guts.
Alina Lee August 21, 2022 No Comments
Androids
After All is Said and Done
A world without humans is far more humane 12-T-87 hummed softly, chewing on a byte of information. It was their habit to hum tunes from
Casey Lawrence July 17, 2022 No Comments
Reawakening
Nature had even reclaimed Canada Square; the tower now a symbol of man’s striving skyward, choking and decaying. It was almost unrecognisable here. The streets
Alex Mathers July 10, 2022 2 Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter One – The Secret (P-4)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Author’s Note: Because this segment is so
Maryandra Barker March 23, 2022 9 Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-3)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Three Rin was still in the Lab
Maryandra Barker April 22, 2022 No Comments
Birthday Party
The Johnson’s house sits high above the desolate urban sprawl, among gently waving trees and yellow flowers. Standing by the road, you see the large,
Alex Mathers July 10, 2022 3 Comments
frivolous
Victims
“Thought of someone to sue yet?” Bill’s dad called from the living room. “Not yet, dad.” Bill opened the refrigerator door. “Did you find the
Tim McDaniel January 9, 2022 2 Comments
babysit
Yes – And Also I Really Did Need to Buy Cadmium – Cadmium, I Tell You!
“Ah! You are here, you have arrived! Good! Come in – out of the rain – No! You must step over the welcome mat –
Tim McDaniel March 25, 2022 No Comments
creative writing
Fire Season
Something was very wrong with the fields in Drift City, but no one could say exactly what the problem was. What was once a fertile
Shannon Hilson February 18, 2022 4 Comments
A Final Insult
“Every media outlet, every channel, every neurofeed; heck, we even got every linkstream hooked up for this, boss. This’ll be the fight of the century!”
Alina Lee August 28, 2022 No Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Ten – The First of Many (P-2)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Two As soon as
Maryandra Barker December 16, 2022 2 Comments
font
Dr, Crawley, Guest Editor
Dear Readers – Readers, I say! When I accepted the request, the entreaty, the demand for me to be Guest Editor of this esteemed publication,
Tim McDaniel April 5, 2022 No Comments
404
A Brief Biography of Baron Otto von Korek (1717-1783), Brigadier-General of the Prussian Army, Ret.
Otto von Korek was born on March 14, 1717, in the German State of Thuringia to parents of noble birth, but modest means. Little of
Donald J. Bingle December 1, 2021 No Comments
contemporary fiction
The Bartender
“Where am I?” I caressed my sore wrist. “The Locomotion, gal,” the bartender sang. “What is that awful smell?” “Oh, that? Ahhh. That’s the smell
Devyn Beal March 7, 2022 No Comments
Democrat
Incurable
“Those the screening results?” Skemp asked. He put down his coffee. “Yep,” Gomes said. He put the files down on the table and sat down
Tim McDaniel January 28, 2022 No Comments
boredom
Ivy-Covered
There was something out of place out there, in the lecture hall. Fergus Clegg, professor of economics, looked up from his notes and paused in
Tim McDaniel January 16, 2022 2 Comments
steampunk
Heart of Steel – Part 2
Gideon opened his eyes, narrowed into slits from the sunlight that streamed through the large floor-to-ceiling windows. The palm and orange trees, a cluster of
Caitlin McColl January 17, 2022 2 Comments
Astronaut
Larry the Astronaut - Flash Fiction
Seriously, how the hell do you lose someone like Larry? The boy didn’t know the meaning of quiet. The last time she saw him, he
Kai Parker November 23, 2021 3 Comments
Simulacra
I remember dying. You might think that’s not a big problem. I was one of the first who could be restored. If you’ve got eternal
Christina Nordlander May 25, 2022 No Comments
flashfiction
Marshland
There is a planet at the edge of a star system several galaxies away from Earth and all of it covered in stagnant water. The
Payton White October 14, 2023 No Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-7)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Seven Torren stared down
Maryandra Barker June 22, 2022 No Comments
Eminence Grise: Part 2
3. Coma A kind pointy woman with glasses on a lanyard around her neck, in an office in Seventies brown, said that she couldn’t be
Christina Nordlander October 25, 2023 No Comments
horror
1. Priyatel – Medsestra (The Nurse)
1957, Somewhere in Russia It started first with the horseshoe. Usually undisturbed and thick with dust it had fallen off her front door one morning
Eta George August 7, 2022 No Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-4)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four Once Lilleth had
Maryandra Barker July 21, 2022 No Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-4)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four —– The alarm clock next
Maryandra Barker April 29, 2022 No Comments
Crime
The Future is Always Perfect
Don’t you wish you would never make a wrong decision? With FuturePreviewTM, you never do – because you always know what the future brings. #
Dennis Mombauer August 16, 2021 3 Comments
Alternate History
Standing Still
“Are you sure you wanna do this, doc?” The patrolman gestured across the lobby at the subject. “He’s got some sort of a device, with
Donald J. Bingle September 7, 2021 17 Comments
40s soldier
Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 3
Walter leads her all the way up to her door and she feels like she’s on a date in the 1950s, or the 40s in
Melissa Powers January 3, 2022 No Comments
epistolary
The Epistolary History
#1 1/9/12 Hey Cat, We finally did it! The time machine works. The blokes are talking about trying to sell it to some big technology
Alex Shvartsman August 10, 2021 4 Comments
adventure
S.O.S Chapter Eight – The Cryo-Dreams Begin (P-2)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Two Another shift. Another
Maryandra Barker August 3, 2022 No Comments
Oathbreaker
The Neon Garden. The city where neon lights and neo-reality billboards drowned out the stars. The city where bright lights and sleek penthouses were so
Alina Lee July 26, 2022 1 Comment
flash fiction compilation
The Gyre Turns Again (Part 1)
A Mother’s Worry The house wasn’t the same to her anymore. After a couple years living in a residential dome, the modest home her parents
Amanda England March 12, 2024 No Comments
Astrology
Zode
There wasn’t a word for how she felt about her mother. All the words she knew were either positive, negative, or neutral. Her mother wasn’t
Graves Gladney March 14, 2024 No Comments
40s soldier
Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 4
Miranda opens her eyes to a blur of shapes surrounding her. She feels damp all over and the cool temperature in the room causes her
Melissa Powers January 5, 2022 No Comments
alien
Welcome to SFCO
Welcome, new employee, to the Superior Firms family of companies! We are gratified that you have joined us. However, as we are sure you (singular,
Tim McDaniel February 22, 2022 No Comments
Betrayal Is Never Easy
Rose May shifted in her seat and winced as it squeaked. She glanced around, but no one seemed to be paying any mind to the
Chloe Longstreet February 11, 2022 10 Comments
broken hearts
Transcendent Love
One day your heart is thump…thump…thumping and the next, the musical rhythm is gone. The warmth in your veins has now turned to ice. Life
Melissa Powers January 29, 2022 8 Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Eight – The Cryo-Dreams Begin (P-3)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Once again, he
Maryandra Barker August 10, 2022 No Comments
conference
They Laughed at Me in Vienna, and again in Prague, and then in Belfast, and don’t Forget Hanoi! But I’ll Show Them! I’ll Show Them All, I Tell You!
World Science Conference Vienna, 1954 “Biology, my friends! It’s the biological sciences that are the future. You may play with your hydrogen bombs and ballistic
Tim McDaniel February 27, 2022 No Comments
android
After the End of the Tale
Leonides didn’t know when he had started searching for signs that something was wrong. It couldn’t have been right after he had got Herma back.
Christina Nordlander May 23, 2022 No Comments
1940s boy
Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 2
Miranda takes a seat on the curb, clutching her family necklace firmly to her chest. He’s standing a little ways away from her, still dressed
Melissa Powers December 30, 2021 No Comments
alternate realities
The P&A
The road was beyond slippery. The anti-skids on the car went in and out of activating. The duel between chaos and control continued for a
Paul Levinson November 4, 2022 No Comments
alien
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
The ceiling opened and the Priest Judge Arbitrator descended into the Control Center. Tloygruu bobbed his head up and down the correct number of times,
Tim McDaniel April 9, 2022 No Comments
Bogart
Every Person Comes to Rick’s
The cafe the Social Connectors sent her to was more crowded than she had expected. Tinny Mozart came over the large speakers on either side
Tim McDaniel January 25, 2022 No Comments
Alternative History
The Day the World Got Woke
Fiction for a Broken Country When I went to sleep last night, everything was normal. When I woke up, everything was different. Everything was Black.
Charles Bastille January 31, 2022 No Comments
Alternate History
Cause Ways
“What if?” is the essence of genre fiction. What if monsters were real? What if mankind had faster-than-light travel? What if there was a world
Donald J. Bingle January 31, 2022 7 Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-2)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Two Aaron reached the outskirts of
Maryandra Barker March 23, 2022 2 Comments
Boy
Love in Limbo: Part 1
Mary has been trapped in this dark moonlit cemetery for an undetermined amount of time. She had been free of this place once, living among
Melissa Powers February 1, 2022 3 Comments
cliche
The Known World
Tom’s smug appreciation of the great shrouded form squatting in the middle of the lab was interrupted by the ding of the elevator. The doors
Tim McDaniel February 16, 2022 No Comments
alternate reality
It’s Real Life
“That’s ‘Real Life,’ from the Beatles’ 1985 Come and Go LP, and I’m Pete Fornatale on WFUV’s July 4, 1996 weeklong celebration.” Pete sighed with
Paul Levinson September 26, 2022 No Comments
adventure
The Kraken (Story Cubes #3)
If you’re here for a big and fantastical adventure story, sorry to disappoint you – this is not it. This is a story, and while
Michael Robert February 2, 2022 No Comments
steampunk
Heart of Steel – Part 1
Disclaimer: The quote in this story: A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us is from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. **** Dragons didn’t exist.
Caitlin McColl January 16, 2022 4 Comments
#futuristic
Canary’s Refuge
“Feels good to finally be off that blasted ship.” Ben breathes in so deeply that his shoulder rubs against my bare one, a touch so
Wendy Nikel November 3, 2021 1 Comment
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-4)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Four ———- After the Headmaster’s presentation
Maryandra Barker March 23, 2022 2 Comments
Workings of a Star – Ch 1 – A Scifi Romance
Everything was burning. The flames reached high into the sky, the smoke blocking out any sign of light. There were screams and crying from every
Shannon Bertone December 7, 2021 No Comments
horror
Priyatel (Sci-Fi Horror) – Contents
What’s the story about? Priyatel is a five part short sci-fi-horror web novel. Set in 1950’s when the Space Race was at it’s peak, a
Eta George August 3, 2022 No Comments
AI
Blinking Noon and Midnight
Len put down the book. He’d been kidding himself for an hour at least; the sweater wasn’t enough. The place was just too darn cold.
Tim McDaniel February 18, 2022 No Comments
alien
Taking the Waters
“It just doesn’t make sense!” Dr. Emma Zee jammed her hands in the pockets of her white lab coat and glared out at the sea.
Tim McDaniel September 6, 2023 No Comments
Eminence Grise: Part 1
If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and
Christina Nordlander October 25, 2023 No Comments
biotech
In a Flash
“In a Flash” Story #1 in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series Copyright 2011 by William Mangieri He’d lose his badge if they caught him doing
William Mangieri August 26, 2023 No Comments
hike
The Walk Back
This star exploded. A hundred years or so later, one of the resulting cosmic rays entered the back of Raymond Wiench’s right hand as he
Tim McDaniel January 12, 2022 No Comments
alien
Transplant Horror from Beyond Space
“Human, are you there?” The voice rasped out from the darkness under the stairs. The aliens preferred the dark, and they were given what they
Tim McDaniel March 28, 2022 2 Comments
Contamination
A story of the repair workers When the nice grey-haired physician – she looked like a secondary-school counsellor – finished, Jannike’s gaze slid out the
Christina Nordlander June 2, 2023 No Comments
conspiracy
Chooser of the Fallen
Maria sat by the computer on the varnished side-table and dad lay curled up in the couch watching some discussion program she couldn’t focus on.
Christina Nordlander January 1, 2022 1 Comment
Fiction
The Cutting
This short story is a part of the MagicLand Chronicles. It is set during a time long before that of the events in my debut
Charles Bastille September 14, 2023 No Comments
acting
Method Acting
Derrick LaBlanc, member of the Screen Actor’s Guild Secret Action Group, locked eyes with the sweaty thug and waited for him to blink. All he
Tim McDaniel February 3, 2022 No Comments
aliens
Catalogue of Items in the Chess Exhibit at the Humanities Museum, Pre-Enlightenment Wing
“First Contact” commemorative limited edition set (United States, 2019) Marble pieces, marble board. This set and a variety of other commercial products were manufactured to
Alex Shvartsman August 10, 2021 4 Comments
planet
Planet B
As the G-forces pinned her to her assigned seat, Astrid felt as though this was all a grand mistake. Maybe it was the unimaginable pressure,
Casey Lawrence January 27, 2022 1 Comment
animal liberation
Appendices
Appendix A # The appendix twisted in Dr. Chamberlin’s tongs, hissing and spitting. “Careful, nurse,” he said from behind his mask. “This is a mean
Tim McDaniel January 9, 2022 4 Comments
action
Options
“This was a mistake,” yelled Dave as he stared out the window at the dark, lurching shapes gathering even faster than the gloomy clouds on
Donald J. Bingle December 14, 2022 No Comments
cat
I Do Have Half of an Octopus, I Believe It Is
“Bella! Bella!” The horrible screech caused Dr. Crawley to fumble the test tube, and a single drop flew out and hit the surface of the
Tim McDaniel March 4, 2022 No Comments
alien
Eavesdropper
Gerardo sat on the warm bench and listened. Claude was on his right, thumping away at some game on his laptop, rocking the park bench,
Tim McDaniel February 10, 2022 No Comments
action
Dark Energy
Energy surged through his sinews as he ran effortlessly through the shadow-splashed night, metal-banded legs stretching and springing as they churned the decaying detritus of
Donald J. Bingle February 2, 2022 5 Comments
adventure
S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-2)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two The man felt as though he
Maryandra Barker April 13, 2022 No Comments
alien
Screwed by Frankie Frog
“Who’s your favorite?” The woman looked up from her book, tossing her dark hair out of her eyes. “Excuse me?” Alan hadn’t meant to speak.
Tim McDaniel January 29, 2022 1 Comment
airship
Aishana—Chapter 3: Wisdom and Knowledge
Across the short walkway, a forest of thick ropes strained up at every conceivable angle from beneath the Archive to the heavily-reinforced balloons above. Mika
Benny Neylon February 5, 2022 No Comments
vampire
Malik Needs Help
“Whoa!” Malik pulled gently on the reins of his horse, encouraging the animal to slow down. He hadn’t seen Trisha for almost a century and
Chloe Longstreet February 11, 2022 6 Comments
mad scientist
Science BuzzKill Interview: Dr. Clive Crawley – Crawley, I Tell You!
Dr. Clive Crawley has made quite a splash – a less charitable person might say, a colossal ass of himself – with his presentation at
Tim McDaniel February 26, 2022 No Comments
box
Present and Promise: A Mostly True Story
I wasn’t expecting anything. Yet, there it was. The unmistakable drone of the … well … drone dropping a package on the front stoop. I
Donald J. Bingle January 7, 2023 No Comments