Dec 5, 2024 · 6 min read · The glass of the containment unit glowed softly in the sterile light of the lab. Katarina adjusted the interface on her wristband, scrolling through the telemetry. The readings were stable. She glanced at the subject inside—a faintly translucent figu...
Join discussionDec 3, 2024 · 6 min read · The first thing Devon noticed when he woke up was the smell. Metallic and bitter, like a battery had ruptured and sprayed acid into the air. He felt stiff, his skin gritty with dried residue. He blinked, the room sluggishly coming into focus. The she...
Join discussionDec 1, 2024 · 6 min read · The morning air in the habitat was sharp with antiseptic, the kind that clung to the back of the throat. Milena squinted against the pale glow of the artificial dawn filtering through the composite panels. She'd programmed the lighting to mimic Earth...
Join discussionNov 29, 2024 · 7 min read · The year 2200 wasn't clean. It wasn't sleek, and it sure as hell wasn't the utopia the optimists of the 21st century had sketched out in their glossy, clickbait predictions. The air still smelled faintly of burnt polymers in most cities, and the ocea...
Join discussionNov 27, 2024 · 7 min read · Chasing the Void This is Imagine Sci-Fi. Todays story is “Chasing the Void”. Prompted and Edited By Jeff Weber. The air was dry enough to sting as Makayla moved through the skeletal remains of the city. The nanodust clung to her, a fine gray film ...
Join discussionNov 27, 2024 · 6 min read · The forest was quieter than usual. Emery adjusted the strap of her field pack, she stepped through frost-coated leaves. She wasn't here for leisure. The drones had picked up anomalous movements in this sector, and the department wanted boots on the g...
Join discussionNov 25, 2024 · 7 min read · The day started the same as every other since the rollout. Drake woke up to the soft chime of the MoodSync implant syncing with his neural cortex. He focused his mind like a soldier snapping to attention. The vague dread he used to feel in those mome...
Join discussionNov 23, 2024 · 6 min read · The chair was cold, the kind of cold that didn't go away after a few minutes. Steven shifted, trying to find a position that didn't make him feel like he was sitting on a block of ice. Across the table, Dr. Barnett was arranging a series of tablets, ...
Join discussionNov 21, 2024 · 5 min read · Giovanni drifted in silence, the tether coiled loosely at his waist. The Earth glared behind him, a blue-white sphere pinned against the void. He didn't look at it. He didn't need to. The station module, a tangled lattice of carbon fiber and aluminum...
Join discussionNov 21, 2024 · 6 min read · The note was written in pencil, the letters pressed so hard into the paper that they left shallow grooves. The handwriting was uneven, like whoever had scrawled it was in a rush or barely holding it together. Jayme stared at it, she gripped the edge ...
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