Spring Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories - Page 3

When bioluminescent pollen turns a telescope into a crystal ball, a greenhouse rave becomes a galactic punchline delivery system.

Kevin watched the blue tulips bloom while the screen behind him showed London burning in silent, low-resolution pixels.

Sam wiped blood from his mouth, staring at his brother across the ruined, glass-covered restaurant floor.

Kendall fights to revive Jeff while the world's visual reality begins to tear at the digital seams.

The air vent hissed, spitting a cloud of neon purple static into the sterile room. The lockdown had failed.

Rae returns to a silent house while Yuri watches his father’s digital soul dissolve into a series of jagged, screaming errors.

Jay sprints across crumbling server towers while a massive wave of career failures threatens to erase his entire mind.

Corey finds the stars are a loop and the ship is tied to a rock. He confronts the lie.

A disgraced geneticist watches in horror as bio-engineered pets turn a spring festival into a terrifying biological hive.

A railgun slug ruins Arthur's morning, forcing a choice between the ship's oxygen and a crop of space lettuce.

The wind on the maintenance deck didn't just blow; it shoved. Sam tasted copper and pollen.

The simulation was flawless. But the real world outside the glass was finally waking up to wash it all away.