Spring Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories - Page 2

John delivers a brutal keynote on immortality while a victim is harvested behind a thin silk curtain nearby.

Harte finds a hiker’s recorder playing screams while the forest begins to manifest his darkest childhood memories from needles.

The maintenance console flashed a color that didn't belong on an orbital rig. It was light pink.

Barton watches the Iron Orchard's grid tighten as a secret leak reveals the horrifying truth behind Spring Cleaning.

The sky turned the color of a bruised lung as the wildfire breached the last remaining firebreak near the reserve.

Arthur watched the robotic mower circle a patch of clover, wondering if his allergy meds were actually hallucinogens today.

I wanted to fix the food crisis. Instead, I grew a carnivorous cabbage that hacked our apartment.

Kyle is fired for stealing dragon DNA and builds a real fire-breather in a rusty shipping container.

Kenny navigates the rusted ruins of the Forks, carrying a seed packet that pulses against his hip like life.

Director Rayling watches the last roses on Mars while Katherine Bonnings brings news of a failing atmosphere and betrayal.

They thought it was human evolution. It was just a corporate firmware update, and it was going live.

When the train stopped, the city fell asleep. Then the nightmares woke up and flooded the cars.