Science Fiction, Future Fact

Purple sky

“Shingling the Roof of the Sky”

Published in Androids and Dragons

Luce wiped sweat from her eyes. Her knees hurt from kneeling on the skyroof, nailing shingles where the clouds had fallen through.

Photo by Ferenc Horvath

“Unveiling the Light-Speed Flower”

Published in Habitats: Optimistic Science Fiction

Nani had lived most of her life on one block, and she didn’t much want to change that.

The rest of the universe may have expanded with the arrival of the ParSecs and gone space crazy, but she worked as a laundress for a set of rich people on 6th Street, and they paid the bills for her groceries just fine.

 
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“Teetering on a Connection”

Published in Factor Four Magazine

She could see the ones that had come before her, and after, that had perched in the chair in the waiting room of the auto dealer shop.

Photo by José Martín Ramírez Carrasco on Unsplash

We Deserve to Exist Cover art of burning skeleton

“An Apology to Light”

Published in We Deserve to Exist: an Inked In Gray Anthology

“The gravity on Planet F1SR, or “Fissure,” felt like dream falling, except you never woke up from the jolt.”

 

Who still had legs? It wasn't possible.

Published by Tall Tales TV, Narrated by Chris Herron

Rewired Anthology Cover art

“Interesting Things and Where to Find Them”

Published in Rewired: Divergent Perspectives in Horror

 
Felis Futura Cover Art of sci-fi cat

“Purr Therapy”

Published in Felis Futura: An Anthology of Future Cats

“Welcome to Purr Therapy. Is this your first time?”

 
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“Armor”

Published in Utopia Science Fiction

A researcher has figured out how to deal with nuclear waste, using . . . cockroaches.

 
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“Shadows Cast By Another Space”

Published in Infinite Worlds Magazine (Issue 10)

Est-L must defend the Arch against the space wolves.

 
Earth on fire

“Far Off Beauty”

Published in Factor Four Magazine

Vera watches from space as a solar flare consumes Earth, unsure if her sister is safe.

Photo by Yasser Mokhtarzadeh on Unsplash