Best Sci Fi Short Stories Books
Best Free Sci Fi Short Stories Books of 2024
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Divergent Dreams Book Reviews
Tony EvansGreat short stories told in 1,000 words or less to fill those times between sleeping and working. In here you’ll learn that burying a body in the woods is difficult when you’re bei...
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The 53rd Attempt Book Reviews
Ray DaleyKeep trying until you succeed, no matter what you are attempting. Even if it's the attempt to discover time travel. Better luck next time, perhaps?
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The Giving Plague Book Reviews
David BrinNot all villains succeed at being evil. Not all diseases deserve the word plague. Fate can be ironic indeed. The chilling short story, The Giving Plague, follows microbiologist For...
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Patient Review Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe Doctor once said "I am definitely a mad man with a box" but what if that's what he REALLY was? Perhaps that might explain his behaviour?
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2012 Book Reviews
Ted StetsonEveryone said it's the last day of Earth and he went outside and waited. A short story about the apocalypse.
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The One Commandment Book Reviews
Ray DaleyFor a hundred centuries they sought the one who could decipher the last holy message. Could that one be found? Would the message bring the wisdom they hoped for?
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The Time of the Nephilim Book Reviews
Tara EllisHave you read of the Nephilim and found yourself wondering who they really were? What about the other, similarly described beings from ancient text? Over the past two years, I have...
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Blue Haired Alien Girlfriend Book Reviews
John H. CarrollEvery evening Joshua, a manager at FishBurgers, walks home alone. One night, he comes across Mariella, an unusual young woman sitting on a bench. He's thrown for a loop when s...
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UFO 1955 Book Reviews
Marvin PerkinsAn escaped prisoner is taken up into a UFO and transformed into a hideous creature designed to harvest humans to be used as food on an alien planet.
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Peril At The Pop-up Library Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhat happens in a library when a popup book does more than just pop up? Find out inside!
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When Man-Made Book Reviews
K.E. RodgersLife within the dome is comfortable, secure and predictable.What lies on the outside is the unknown; the work of the other creator.Lara, a young woman on the verge of a bright futu...
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In the Beginning Book Reviews
Yuri CsapoFirst contact. For the first time, humans will be meeting members of another intelligent species. One man has a question: why now? The answer will be more surprising than he could ...
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How I Met My Mother Book Reviews
Ray DaleyAn orphan boy has terrible nightmares, dreams that only his screams wake him from. So when his orphanage go on a field trip, why is his destination so familiar?
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TV Times Book Reviews
Ray DaleyAs television gets more and more stations, you'll find there's less and less worth watching any more. Just pray that one day your TV doesn't start watching YOU!
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Destiny - Nazis on the Moon Book Reviews
Ilsa von BraunfelsThe year is 1945. The Third Reich has unleashed, and subsequently lost the Second World War. Their home in Europe lies in ruins, and their dictator Hitler has escaped by means of s...
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The Day The Earth Died Book Reviews
Troy DennisonThe end of the world is at hand and humanity races for survival in the face of an extinction level event that will wipe out all life on Earth.
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Twisted All To Hell Book Reviews
J. E. MooreIt will be the best short story collection you have ever read guaranteed.
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The Bomb Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen a bomb is deprived of its creator, how will it react? Perhaps by doing the one thing it was made to do? Or can it be stopped?
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Waking Up Different Book Reviews
Ray DaleyIn the course of medical advances, there may come a time when we can safely freeze ourselves and wake in what will hopefully be a better, brighter future. The operative word there ...
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The Latest Version Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe President has to account for how money is spent on behalf of the Nation. Is it worthwhile? Is it cost effective? Or is it from one of those black budgets you normally don'...
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One Plus One Makes Me Book Reviews
Ray DaleyIs a prison with no bars still a prison? Or is the mind the worst prison of all? Worse than the sentance of being completely alone?
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Alarm Clock Book Reviews
Everett B. ColeMany years had passed since the original country rock had been broken, cut and set, to form solid pavement for the courtyard at Opertal Prison. And over those years the stones had ...
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The Spaceship To Last Week Book Reviews
Ray DaleyCan an amazing spaceship be used to save the Earth from destruction?
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Future Imperfect Book Reviews
Cassidy Raine Wolters, Jon Flushing, Doug Ward, Mark Hospodar, Jr, Jerry Clark, B.C. Richards, Leonard Herrington, Scott Lee & April WardWho says that the future is always bright? The prospect of better things yet to come is most certainly an attractive thought, one that propels scientific, creative, and social adva...
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Fall of the Faithful Book Reviews
Tom WellsDepartment of Human Preservation Agent Harold Gains had been called out to the crime scene of an apparent suicide jump from a highrise hotel. Agent Gains had been dispatched to inv...
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The Nature Of The Lady Book Reviews
Ray DaleyA solitary Captain & his AI ship roam the depths of space charting new places and meeting new life forms. In a deadly game where chance counts has his luck finally run out?
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Welcome to New York Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe tourist attraction of the past is also the tourist attraction of the future for an entirely different reason!
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The Rogue Missile Book Reviews
Ray DaleyTo prevent the deaths of millions, a groundbreaking technology is utilised. Where the Rogue Missile went? Only time will tell.
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Of Dust and Sand Book Reviews
Allen KuzaraKiller bots anyone? What about an ecoArmageddon? And what really happened at Roswell anyway? From ancient mysteries on Earth to farfuture conflicts on other worlds, this collection...
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Wolf Book Reviews
Paul G MannWolf is one of the main characters in NEWTH (The Early Years) and explains the truth of how Fredrick Marchland became known as 'Wolf' Long before the story of Newth began...
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The Old Ways Book Reviews
Ray DaleySometimes the old ways are the best ways. If they work, then they're the best ways.
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Wool 1 - Wool Book Reviews
Hugh HoweyThousands of them have lived underground. They've lived there so long, there are only legends about people living anywhere else. Such a life requires rules. Strict rules. Ther...
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Wasteland Book Reviews
Ray DaleyMerely making it to a new planet is tough enough, as for surviving there long enough to be rescued? It's a thin line between life and death. And how we walk it will decide our...
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Five Sci-Fi Short Stories Book Reviews
H. Beam PiperHenry Beam Piper’s book “Five SciFi Short Stories“ is a collection of: The Answer, Temple Trouble, Flight From Tomorrow, Police Operation and Graveyard of Dreams. “The Answer” is a...
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Milk Run Book Reviews
Ray DaleyOn a regular planet hop made many times before without incident the first blemish on a perfect record is only ever less than a second away. When the worst happens can anyone save t...
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The Machine Is Working Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen The President says something he needs to forget in a hurry then it's time to send him to The Machine. But how can the world be sure he's really forgotten that vital ...
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Visiting Hours Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen roles are reversed and The Doctor is taken, can Susan save him on her own? A "What if?" Doctor Who fanfic short story written under Creative Commons terms. If you li...
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Slipping Away Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen Aliens finally arrive are they here to save at least some of us? As a species, love is the our one redeeming factor but can it keep those we care about close to us forever?
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Quantum Frontier Book Reviews
Stephen Drake, R.S. Penney & Johan M. DahlgrenA collection of three science fiction series starters by R.S. Penney, Stephen Drake and Johan M. Dahlgren, now in one volume! Desa Kincaid Bounty Hunter (Desa Kincaid Book 1) : De...
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It Might as Well Be String Theory Book Reviews
Chris TromanIn this work I attempt to speculate on the nature of the universe, reality, and our place within it. There are many lines of scientific enquiry that yield significant results, need...
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The Last Man in the World Explains All Book Reviews
D KraussTen tales of the mundane, of a universe askew, where things are slightly off: 1. The Last Man in the World Explains All: double check your math. 2. Ghost Woods: shot an arrow into ...
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Mars Conspiracy Book Reviews
Josh MillerA mission to Mars has left Earth but more may be at work behind the mission than there first seems. A short story.
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Adam Savages Secret Diary Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe page of his diary Adam hoped the world would never find. Do you dare read it, and learn the grim truth?
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The Doctor Goes into a Bar Book Reviews
Matthew SawyerThis is a short Jon Pertwee Doctor Who tale the third Time Lord in the BBC science fiction television series. This time, the Doctor comes to early America the colonies. Despite c...
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Modern Mythology Book Reviews
Keanan BrandJaysha is followed by many versions of herself. They are the voices in her head, the pale faces of her fractured mind. She strives to be normal, but longs for freedom. Beyond the c...
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Tranquility, At Last Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen man first landed on the moon, he almost didn't make it. What would have happened if he hadn't? Read on and find out.
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Three Very Short Stories Book Reviews
A.S. MorrisonThree very short science fiction stories. Each is only around eight hundred words.
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Not Eddie Book Reviews
Ray DaleyMany things are done in the cause of Friendship. Friends don't let friends go out the hard way.
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DEL REY AND BANTAM BOOKS 2014 SAMPLER Book Reviews
George R.R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon, Robin Hobb, Terry Brooks & Kevin HearneDiscover lifechanging worlds, old and new, with this eBook collection of seventeen excerpts from Del Rey and Bantam Books, featuring many of the biggest names and most exciting voi...
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The Shifter from Space Book Reviews
Vivian HawthorneAfter throwing himself into an A.I.guided escape pod, Enki the Elyrian warrior flees an enemy ship to emerge on a strange planet, where he encounters a woman. He can tell she’s a w...
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Boneyard Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe most important fight you'll ever undertake is that for survival, for your very existence. When you are called to fight on your own field of battle, how will you fare? Live...
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Incursion Book Reviews
Ray DaleyEvery Universe that can play out, has and currently is. Not everyone likes the Universe they were born in, even fewer dare to think they alone can change it for the better.
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The Ground Beneath My Feet Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen Earth finally can't supoport us all mankind has to come up with an alternate plan to ensure the survival of the species. The ships that carry the seed of humanity out int...
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The Short Trip Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhat lengths will a Doctor Who fan go to in order to retrieve missing episodes?
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Welcome To Freedom Book Reviews
Ray DaleyIf you can find freedom, it's worth almost any sacrifice. Does that include the things that make you Human?
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Something Borrowed, Something Blew Book Reviews
Ray DaleyNever complain about your luck, at least it's yours. Even if it is ALL bad. One day you MIGHT get a break!
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Reality Check Book Reviews
David BrinDo you ever get that sense of deja vu...a feeling that you've experienced something before? As computers get more and more complex, they are able to replicate the nature of re...
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First One There Dies Book Reviews
Ray DaleyCan the first crew to land on Mars uphold a deadly ancient local tradition and still all survive?
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From Out of the Dark Book Reviews
Robert N. StephensonFrom Out of the Dark is a not for profit publication featuring notable and new authors writing to the theme of Horror from the depths of space, or horror in the space between galax...
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The Duel Book Reviews
Ray DaleyA duel to the death! Pistols at dawn, honour to be satisfied. Only one man can come out of this unscathed. He'll make sure he's the right one, he's got an unfair adv...
Best Paid Sci Fi Short Stories Books of 2024
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Divergent Dreams Book Reviews
Tony EvansGreat short stories told in 1,000 words or less to fill those times between sleeping and working. In here you’ll learn that burying a body in the woods is difficult when you’re bei...
-
The 53rd Attempt Book Reviews
Ray DaleyKeep trying until you succeed, no matter what you are attempting. Even if it's the attempt to discover time travel. Better luck next time, perhaps?
-
The Giving Plague Book Reviews
David BrinNot all villains succeed at being evil. Not all diseases deserve the word plague. Fate can be ironic indeed. The chilling short story, The Giving Plague, follows microbiologist For...
-
Patient Review Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe Doctor once said "I am definitely a mad man with a box" but what if that's what he REALLY was? Perhaps that might explain his behaviour?
-
2012 Book Reviews
Ted StetsonEveryone said it's the last day of Earth and he went outside and waited. A short story about the apocalypse.
-
The One Commandment Book Reviews
Ray DaleyFor a hundred centuries they sought the one who could decipher the last holy message. Could that one be found? Would the message bring the wisdom they hoped for?
-
The Time of the Nephilim Book Reviews
Tara EllisHave you read of the Nephilim and found yourself wondering who they really were? What about the other, similarly described beings from ancient text? Over the past two years, I have...
-
Blue Haired Alien Girlfriend Book Reviews
John H. CarrollEvery evening Joshua, a manager at FishBurgers, walks home alone. One night, he comes across Mariella, an unusual young woman sitting on a bench. He's thrown for a loop when s...
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UFO 1955 Book Reviews
Marvin PerkinsAn escaped prisoner is taken up into a UFO and transformed into a hideous creature designed to harvest humans to be used as food on an alien planet.
-
Peril At The Pop-up Library Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhat happens in a library when a popup book does more than just pop up? Find out inside!
-
When Man-Made Book Reviews
K.E. RodgersLife within the dome is comfortable, secure and predictable.What lies on the outside is the unknown; the work of the other creator.Lara, a young woman on the verge of a bright futu...
-
In the Beginning Book Reviews
Yuri CsapoFirst contact. For the first time, humans will be meeting members of another intelligent species. One man has a question: why now? The answer will be more surprising than he could ...
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How I Met My Mother Book Reviews
Ray DaleyAn orphan boy has terrible nightmares, dreams that only his screams wake him from. So when his orphanage go on a field trip, why is his destination so familiar?
-
TV Times Book Reviews
Ray DaleyAs television gets more and more stations, you'll find there's less and less worth watching any more. Just pray that one day your TV doesn't start watching YOU!
-
Destiny - Nazis on the Moon Book Reviews
Ilsa von BraunfelsThe year is 1945. The Third Reich has unleashed, and subsequently lost the Second World War. Their home in Europe lies in ruins, and their dictator Hitler has escaped by means of s...
-
The Day The Earth Died Book Reviews
Troy DennisonThe end of the world is at hand and humanity races for survival in the face of an extinction level event that will wipe out all life on Earth.
-
Twisted All To Hell Book Reviews
J. E. MooreIt will be the best short story collection you have ever read guaranteed.
-
The Bomb Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen a bomb is deprived of its creator, how will it react? Perhaps by doing the one thing it was made to do? Or can it be stopped?
-
Waking Up Different Book Reviews
Ray DaleyIn the course of medical advances, there may come a time when we can safely freeze ourselves and wake in what will hopefully be a better, brighter future. The operative word there ...
-
The Latest Version Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe President has to account for how money is spent on behalf of the Nation. Is it worthwhile? Is it cost effective? Or is it from one of those black budgets you normally don'...
-
One Plus One Makes Me Book Reviews
Ray DaleyIs a prison with no bars still a prison? Or is the mind the worst prison of all? Worse than the sentance of being completely alone?
-
Alarm Clock Book Reviews
Everett B. ColeMany years had passed since the original country rock had been broken, cut and set, to form solid pavement for the courtyard at Opertal Prison. And over those years the stones had ...
-
The Spaceship To Last Week Book Reviews
Ray DaleyCan an amazing spaceship be used to save the Earth from destruction?
-
Future Imperfect Book Reviews
Cassidy Raine Wolters, Jon Flushing, Doug Ward, Mark Hospodar, Jr, Jerry Clark, B.C. Richards, Leonard Herrington, Scott Lee & April WardWho says that the future is always bright? The prospect of better things yet to come is most certainly an attractive thought, one that propels scientific, creative, and social adva...
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Fall of the Faithful Book Reviews
Tom WellsDepartment of Human Preservation Agent Harold Gains had been called out to the crime scene of an apparent suicide jump from a highrise hotel. Agent Gains had been dispatched to inv...
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The Nature Of The Lady Book Reviews
Ray DaleyA solitary Captain & his AI ship roam the depths of space charting new places and meeting new life forms. In a deadly game where chance counts has his luck finally run out?
-
Welcome to New York Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe tourist attraction of the past is also the tourist attraction of the future for an entirely different reason!
-
The Rogue Missile Book Reviews
Ray DaleyTo prevent the deaths of millions, a groundbreaking technology is utilised. Where the Rogue Missile went? Only time will tell.
-
Of Dust and Sand Book Reviews
Allen KuzaraKiller bots anyone? What about an ecoArmageddon? And what really happened at Roswell anyway? From ancient mysteries on Earth to farfuture conflicts on other worlds, this collection...
-
Wolf Book Reviews
Paul G MannWolf is one of the main characters in NEWTH (The Early Years) and explains the truth of how Fredrick Marchland became known as 'Wolf' Long before the story of Newth began...
-
The Old Ways Book Reviews
Ray DaleySometimes the old ways are the best ways. If they work, then they're the best ways.
-
Wool 1 - Wool Book Reviews
Hugh HoweyThousands of them have lived underground. They've lived there so long, there are only legends about people living anywhere else. Such a life requires rules. Strict rules. Ther...
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Wasteland Book Reviews
Ray DaleyMerely making it to a new planet is tough enough, as for surviving there long enough to be rescued? It's a thin line between life and death. And how we walk it will decide our...
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Five Sci-Fi Short Stories Book Reviews
H. Beam PiperHenry Beam Piper’s book “Five SciFi Short Stories“ is a collection of: The Answer, Temple Trouble, Flight From Tomorrow, Police Operation and Graveyard of Dreams. “The Answer” is a...
-
Milk Run Book Reviews
Ray DaleyOn a regular planet hop made many times before without incident the first blemish on a perfect record is only ever less than a second away. When the worst happens can anyone save t...
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The Machine Is Working Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen The President says something he needs to forget in a hurry then it's time to send him to The Machine. But how can the world be sure he's really forgotten that vital ...
-
Visiting Hours Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen roles are reversed and The Doctor is taken, can Susan save him on her own? A "What if?" Doctor Who fanfic short story written under Creative Commons terms. If you li...
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Slipping Away Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen Aliens finally arrive are they here to save at least some of us? As a species, love is the our one redeeming factor but can it keep those we care about close to us forever?
-
Quantum Frontier Book Reviews
Stephen Drake, R.S. Penney & Johan M. DahlgrenA collection of three science fiction series starters by R.S. Penney, Stephen Drake and Johan M. Dahlgren, now in one volume! Desa Kincaid Bounty Hunter (Desa Kincaid Book 1) : De...
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It Might as Well Be String Theory Book Reviews
Chris TromanIn this work I attempt to speculate on the nature of the universe, reality, and our place within it. There are many lines of scientific enquiry that yield significant results, need...
-
The Last Man in the World Explains All Book Reviews
D KraussTen tales of the mundane, of a universe askew, where things are slightly off: 1. The Last Man in the World Explains All: double check your math. 2. Ghost Woods: shot an arrow into ...
-
Mars Conspiracy Book Reviews
Josh MillerA mission to Mars has left Earth but more may be at work behind the mission than there first seems. A short story.
-
Adam Savages Secret Diary Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe page of his diary Adam hoped the world would never find. Do you dare read it, and learn the grim truth?
-
The Doctor Goes into a Bar Book Reviews
Matthew SawyerThis is a short Jon Pertwee Doctor Who tale the third Time Lord in the BBC science fiction television series. This time, the Doctor comes to early America the colonies. Despite c...
-
Modern Mythology Book Reviews
Keanan BrandJaysha is followed by many versions of herself. They are the voices in her head, the pale faces of her fractured mind. She strives to be normal, but longs for freedom. Beyond the c...
-
Tranquility, At Last Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen man first landed on the moon, he almost didn't make it. What would have happened if he hadn't? Read on and find out.
-
Three Very Short Stories Book Reviews
A.S. MorrisonThree very short science fiction stories. Each is only around eight hundred words.
-
Not Eddie Book Reviews
Ray DaleyMany things are done in the cause of Friendship. Friends don't let friends go out the hard way.
-
DEL REY AND BANTAM BOOKS 2014 SAMPLER Book Reviews
George R.R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon, Robin Hobb, Terry Brooks & Kevin HearneDiscover lifechanging worlds, old and new, with this eBook collection of seventeen excerpts from Del Rey and Bantam Books, featuring many of the biggest names and most exciting voi...
-
The Shifter from Space Book Reviews
Vivian HawthorneAfter throwing himself into an A.I.guided escape pod, Enki the Elyrian warrior flees an enemy ship to emerge on a strange planet, where he encounters a woman. He can tell she’s a w...
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Boneyard Book Reviews
Ray DaleyThe most important fight you'll ever undertake is that for survival, for your very existence. When you are called to fight on your own field of battle, how will you fare? Live...
-
Incursion Book Reviews
Ray DaleyEvery Universe that can play out, has and currently is. Not everyone likes the Universe they were born in, even fewer dare to think they alone can change it for the better.
-
The Ground Beneath My Feet Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhen Earth finally can't supoport us all mankind has to come up with an alternate plan to ensure the survival of the species. The ships that carry the seed of humanity out int...
-
The Short Trip Book Reviews
Ray DaleyWhat lengths will a Doctor Who fan go to in order to retrieve missing episodes?
-
Welcome To Freedom Book Reviews
Ray DaleyIf you can find freedom, it's worth almost any sacrifice. Does that include the things that make you Human?
-
Something Borrowed, Something Blew Book Reviews
Ray DaleyNever complain about your luck, at least it's yours. Even if it is ALL bad. One day you MIGHT get a break!
-
Reality Check Book Reviews
David BrinDo you ever get that sense of deja vu...a feeling that you've experienced something before? As computers get more and more complex, they are able to replicate the nature of re...
-
First One There Dies Book Reviews
Ray DaleyCan the first crew to land on Mars uphold a deadly ancient local tradition and still all survive?
-
From Out of the Dark Book Reviews
Robert N. StephensonFrom Out of the Dark is a not for profit publication featuring notable and new authors writing to the theme of Horror from the depths of space, or horror in the space between galax...
-
The Duel Book Reviews
Ray DaleyA duel to the death! Pistols at dawn, honour to be satisfied. Only one man can come out of this unscathed. He'll make sure he's the right one, he's got an unfair adv...
