Science Fiction / Short Stories

Faster Than Light: The Fallen Goddess

Faster Than Light #1

by Malcolm Pierce

The first in a series of short stories about the I.S.S. Fenghuang, the last faster-than-light starship in the galaxy, and its crew of rebels determined to reunite humanity. The Heilmann Drive allowed humanity...

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Clash of the Sissies V2.0

by Graham Parke

What do you do when an old friend becomes famous? Alex has some weird ideas about this.
"Barend and I met as kids. This was years before he became famous for inventing the easy-foldable map, and infamous for...

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Extra Special Forces

by Ray Daley

In the fight against occupation, Partisan fighters use sex as their weapon. And they are deadly.

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Smallworld: A Science Fiction Adventure Comedy

by Dominic Green

"A showcase for Green's bone-dry satire and deadpan humour ... Green's agile imagination constantly wrong-foots the reader. A delight." -Peter Ingham, The Telegraph "The work of a talented writer having lots...

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A Moth on the Moon

by Michael Graeme

Most people - except the conspiracy theorists - know the United States landed a man on the moon in 1969. What's less well known however, is that the British beat them to it, in 1947.

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Renegade Robot

by Tom Lichtenberg

It's the end of the world as we know it, when the dreaded Singularity finally occurs and happens to be captured, live on tape, by agents of the Frantic News Network, which freaks out, as usual, and causes a...

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Astrogator

by JD Chatternib

First contact on Earth may not be with humans, even if we’re the ones with the spaceships.

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Strange Carnivorous Flowers From Outer Space

by Matthew Vandrew

Do you know what is worse than your boyfriend meeting your parents? Him meeting all your family including drunk aunt and adolescent cousin. Oh, and your boyfriend is an alien. This can't possibly go well, can...

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Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #36

by Silver Age Books

144 pages of fiction and reviews, all available for free download! Our fiction this time: The Photographer’s Tale by Daniel Mills, A Fable of Worcester by Victor D. Infante, Angeline of the Woods by Dylan...

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Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #33

by Silver Age Books

I don't think it's at all a stretch to say that this is one of the strangest issues of Theaker's Quarterly Fiction we've ever published! Our lead story is "NON", by Douglas Ogurek, a dizzying blur of new words,...

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What You Never Read In The History Books

by Ray Daley

They say history is written by the winners. When it comes down to it, what do you REALLY know about historical characters other than what is written down? Caution! Contains some swearing.

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Superhuman: The Complete Series

by Robby DeLuca

The complete Superhuman series in it's original format and with all new parts, including an aftermath written by each of the main characters of the series. Read what happened to Dante, Noel, and Cammy as they...

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Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #34

by Silver Age Books

TQF34 features a series of terrific stories, an indulgent editorial, our first ever convention report, and a huge review section: twenty-two books, seven movies, three audio reviews, one comic and one game....

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ThunderSnow

by Cindy Borgne

Marla goes snowmobiling during a strange snowstorm in April. She finds something unexpected in the woods.

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The Time Traveler's Lament

by H.D. Timmons

For two decades Eric Montague has traveled back in time to the scene of his wife’s fatal accident. Even though he grieves for her constantly, he is willing to repeatedly relive the heartache of her death because...

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Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #27

by Silver Age Books

TQF27 presents a marvellous novel in full: Operation 1848 by Mike Schultheiss! Plus two short stories: "Orchid Strangelove and the Kiss of the Taipan" by Sam Leng and "Lost Futures" by Cyril Simsa. The issue...

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Delicate Spring Flowers

by Stephen W. Cote

The winter of apocalypse has passed and love is in the air. A woman inexperienced in the ways of romance loses her fiancé and must set out to find another boyfriend. As her biological clock ticks down she hurries...

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The Shoemaker's Son (sample)

by Gayle Ramage

++ A short story ++ 1807. As a young boy, Brogan O'Malley encounters the strange and enigmatic Darcy, on the streets of Edinburgh. Ten years pass and Brogan, a now a petty thief, meets her once again and is...

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