Science Fiction

Stories set in space, the distant future, or other distant locales.

273 – DIRE-004 with Christine Carmack

Two mech pilots, trapped in the cockpit of their war machine, staring down an endless army of alien eldritch horrors. There is no escape. There is no hope for survival. There is only time, and secrets, and hopefully understanding.

The countdown clock starts: 6 minutes… 5 minutes 59 seconds… 5 minutes 58 seconds… Continue reading →

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253 – Spindlewheel with Sasha Reneau

Deep in space, onboard an abandoned orbital station, there rests a seed capable of birthing an entire world. There was once an entire kingdom raising this seed. Now there is only the remnants of an automated crew… That is, until the crew of scrappers arrived… Continue reading →

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242 – Our Time On Earth with Alex Roberts

Two aliens arrive on Earth as part of a six-day vacation package. They end up in different parts of the world, keeping in touch only via basic Terran communications technology. These are their decoded interactions.

There’s… a lot more food talk than you expect. Continue reading →

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224 – Breakup on Re-Entry with Taylor LaBresh

Humanity reaches ever toward the stars, though there are some who demand we keep our feet solidly on Earth’s crust. In this future we reach into Heaven and kill our gods. In their place we build Mecha, unbelievably large mobile suits, capable of inflicting grievous harm. These monsters of war require pilots, but not everyone can handle the strenuous neural load required to move these divine robots. Mecha pilots must be intense, dramatic, and most importantly, secret. The first generation of Mecha pilots were all killed in their sleep, slaughtered by both opposing factions in a wash of interstellar blood. You are one of the Second Generation, Mecha pilots who keep your roles hidden from the world and from those you love. Continue reading →

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