Tag: science fiction
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Exhilaration of the Dream
The Civologists’ Dilemma
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Last Winter In The Old Lake Chad
“Dajimi reminded herself that, for all their differences, the uppers were still human.”
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Move-In
“It’s official! I’m an emancipated minor on the way to my first apartment with one of the first dogs Redemption Station has ever seen.”
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Orlanda
“So I am in a category containing exactly one. Formerly female bio and a disaster at that, and now male, sort of, at least on the outside, and trying not be a disaster at that.”
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Oathbreakers of New Makassar
“Why didn’t the southern resistance fire back?”
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The Last Receipt
Nathan Velasquez, once a billionaire, finds redemption through community-focused initiatives after realizing the toll of his capitalist success.
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On Wildfire
In year 2353, Mish Gajewski reflects on her return to the Ribbon, facing spires representing past tragedy during the Wildfire celebration, intertwining personal and collective memory of eco-restoration.
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The Last Seed Library
“One grain is a lifetime, one revolution.”
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Beora
“…the legend said that where she stepped, the flowers grew.”
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Rainmaker
“With that, she’s gone. Kind-hearted Valerie, risking herself for a man she had never met, who certainly did nothing to deserve such selfless heroism.”
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Troubleshooting in 2200
“That man from Robots United for Freedom called me four times. The first two times, I hung up.”
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Returning
“Mother Thalassic was the only home I’d known. I was born on this rig to Sally.”
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What’s Left After Release
“Folks forgot that punishment isn’t justice, that cages don’t keep out pain.”
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The Sludge
“Well, first off, we gotta call it by its proper name.”
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Children of Mitzvah
“Can you blame them with all the wars and terrorism down there? The racism and genderism, and all the other phobias and prejudices?”
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Girlfriend of Steel
“Do you ever worry that you’ll never be happy?”