Fictional Worlds

Fictional Worlds

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Small Things - 365tomorrows
Small Things - 365tomorrows
Author: Majoki Thor got thunder. Prometheus got fire. Shiva got a laser eye. Me? I got a measly quark. Smallest thing in the universe. Two and a half trillion times smaller than a grain of sand. What’s a god supposed to do with that? Make the masses tremble and beg mercy, pledge obedience and fealty–to […]
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Small Things - 365tomorrows
The Z-GNOME Project - 365tomorrows
The Z-GNOME Project - 365tomorrows
Author: Majoki A little problem, she’d reported. Fatima was a master of understatement. In some ways, Jorge felt she’d deserved to be eaten by his monstrous spawn. Though, it probably wasn’t the time to be reflecting on Fatima’s missteps. Explosions still rocked the installation. Acrid smoke was filling the lab, and Jorge’s left hand was […]
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The Z-GNOME Project - 365tomorrows
Titans of Industry - 365tomorrows
Titans of Industry - 365tomorrows
Author: Becky Neher Something enormous strode through the double doors of the dilapidated, rust-begrimed warehouse. Not quite whale, not quite elephant, not quite ogre, but nevertheless a creature hefty, fleshy, and odorous. Sporting purple and magenta beads glittering around a blubbery neck, swishing side to side with the dainty lumber of their wearer. Followed by […]
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Titans of Industry - 365tomorrows
Babel Revisited - 365tomorrows
Babel Revisited - 365tomorrows
Author: David C. Nutt “Excellency, the Chair of the Preservist department is here as requested.” “Very good, send him in.” The Chair of the The Preservist Department, formally The Office for the Preservation and Purity of Galactic Standard Language, floated in, his formal saffron and scarlet robes billowing behind him. The Galactic University High Chancellor […]
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Babel Revisited - 365tomorrows
Head Trip - 365tomorrows
Head Trip - 365tomorrows
Author: Samuel Price Frozen heads sat in metal containers with glass fronts like aquariums. LEDs on the fronts displayed names, ages, and social status. Shelved floor to ceiling in alphabetical order, the heads ran the length of the ship. The top shelves were heads of the richest families. The people that would lead on the […]
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Head Trip - 365tomorrows
Traditions - 365tomorrows
Traditions - 365tomorrows
Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer It’s a bright morning across Ixaroz, the heart of the Consortium. Beings go about their purposes with a spring in their ambulations, buoyed up by decades of peace, and the traditions that accompany it, like traversing the long span of the Great Way to enter the Glorious Citadel. Nothing is […]
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Traditions - 365tomorrows
The Cursed Universe Inside Your Eye - Fantasy Magazine
The Cursed Universe Inside Your Eye - Fantasy Magazine
The glass bottles are caked with so much grime you can’t see what’s in them anymore. It’s better that way because you don’t think you’d be able to do what you need to, if you could. You fish the knife out of your canvas bag, and a lighter with just enough fluid for one more flash of fire. This is your first time—but you’ve seen your mother do the same thing countless times before. Before she made her first mistake. Before you were forced to take her place.
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The Cursed Universe Inside Your Eye - Fantasy Magazine
PodCastle 773: Housing Problem - PodCastle
PodCastle 773: Housing Problem - PodCastle
Housing Problem by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner   Jacqueline said it was a canary, but I contended that there were a couple of lovebirds in the covered cage. One canary could never make that much fuss. Besides, I liked to think of crusty old Mr. Henchard keeping lovebirds; it was so completely inappropriate. But […]
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PodCastle 773: Housing Problem - PodCastle
PodCastle 803: Quest of the Starstone - PART TWO - PodCastle
PodCastle 803: Quest of the Starstone - PART TWO - PodCastle
Quest of the Starstone – Part Two by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner Yarol landed on his feet like the cat he was, gun still gripped and ready, black eyes blinking in the starry dark. Smith, hampered by the terrified Jirel, sank with nightmare ease to the ground and rebounded a little from its sponginess. […]
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PodCastle 803: Quest of the Starstone - PART TWO - PodCastle
Assured Destruction - 365tomorrows
Assured Destruction - 365tomorrows
Author: Alastair Millar Brad was at his workstation when his supposedly locked office door dilated unexpectedly, and a casually dressed young woman stepped through; he looked up in annoyance. “Well?” “Doctor Mendelsson?” “Yes. You’re not one of my students. Who are you?” “My name’s Smith. I’m with Section Seven.” “Am I supposed to be impressed? […]
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Assured Destruction - 365tomorrows
Fired - 365tomorrows
Fired - 365tomorrows
Author: Aubrey Williams “Look, I’m not apologising, and that’s that!” The man glared up at the smoke alarm, its smug viewfinder glinting annoyingly in the evening’s neon haze. “Oh really? You just had say *that* to Catherine?” “Hey, I felt she ought to know you’re having doubts about that part of your relationship,” it replied […]
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Fired - 365tomorrows
Mik-taa's Map - 365tomorrows
Mik-taa's Map - 365tomorrows
Author: Hillary Lyon “Watcha got there?” Mik-taa’s co-pilot asked, watching her unfold a large map on a table in the ship’s galley. “It’s a map,” she replied, not looking up. “No duh,” Bix scoffed. “Even I recognize old tech maps like that. Whatcha looking for? Going somewhere?” Mik-taa ignored him. She smoothed the creases in […]
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Mik-taa's Map - 365tomorrows