Category: Sci-Fi

• Book Review Sci-Fi

  Book Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

  I decided to pick up Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky because I’ve been on something of a kick reading his books. I first read the Children of Time series. Then I moved onto the Final Architecture. I stumbled upon his Philosophy and Tyrants series. In total I have loved every…

  January 29, 2025
• Sci-Fi Speculative

  We Never Learn

  Entry 1, 5 years after Dinosaurs,I’m not really sure what else to call this entry. I don’t really think “year of our lord”, AD, or Common Era makes sense any longer. PD? Post Dinosaurs, post fuck up? I’m not sure. New Dino Era? NDE, sure, fine. I think that will…

  January 21, 2025
• Fantasy Fiction Horror Informational Sci-Fi Short Story

  Published a Book!

  Rather than posting another short story this week, I’m going to encourage you to go to amazon and BUY MY BOOK! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Q4LT7MN

  January 13, 2022
• Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story

  Emergency Landing

  Everything is hopeless. Fuck it all.Alarms blared. There’s a hiss of air coming from somewhere in the cabin. Lights were flashing. The planet’s surface was rapidly approaching. The baffling on the nose of the ship was on fire.Sweat poured down her face. The other two were out cold. It’s up…

  January 6, 2022
• Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story

  Umhat

  Umhat felt the shockwave, the second, and then the earth trembled. He turned to his crew. They were loaded in the bike’s cargo hold, they were ready. Umhat nodded and began to pedal.He raced. Getting there first was critical for the success of the colony. Getting there first, but making…

  October 14, 2021
• Sci-Fi Short Story Speculative

  The Edge of Blackness

  He glanced out the window. The inky blackness of space reflected his face back at himself. He saw himself blink. The inky blackness of space wasn’t what he was expecting. There should have been a large planet hanging instead of inky blackness.Sven slid his hand across the edge of the…

  October 7, 2021
• Fantasy Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story Speculative

  A Strange Traveler

  I felt my cart roll to a stop. The gravel crunched beneath the hooves of my mule. It was a dumb brutish animal and didn’t like stopping only moderately less than starting again. It was an animal that liked things to be consistent. I tried to understand why the mule…

  September 15, 2021
• Fiction Horror Sci-Fi Short Story

  Death, the Accountant

  Douglas decided it was time for him to step out of the darkness. to take his rightful place in the world again.He smiled as he looked at the little people studying his home. They had these little brushes, large wide brimmed hats, and sacks with pieces of chalk and string.…

  August 26, 2021
• Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story

  For a Hill…

  His knees were screaming in pain. His breath was ragged. Sgt. Ali was scared. He could hear the energy beams slam into the dirt just above their foxhole.They’d been fighting over this stupid patch of ground for weeks now. Upper command never explained why this hill was so damned important…

  August 18, 2021
• Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story

  An Arrogant Colonizer’s Propaganda

  Oh, I just must tell you, dear reader, about the latest discovery on *****. You will simply delight about it. We’ve found intelligent life on this horrendous planet, but like everything else, it’s marvelously confusing! You know the pictures you’ve seen, of these adorable little things? Well, reader, those are…

  August 11, 2021