Superiority by Arthur C. Clarke (a short story about superior technology losing the war)
Technology  organisation  scifi  short_story 
2 days ago by andrewducker
"AI gives the news you need" (a short story)
ai  short_story  scifi 
9 days ago by andrewducker
I ATE THREE EGGS EVERY SINGLE MORNING FOR A WEEK - HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED
food  eggs  funny  horror  short_story 
12 weeks ago by andrewducker
"Moon's stuck in a time loop", a short story
moon  timetravel  short_story  scifi 
october 2023 by andrewducker
cripes does anybody remember Google People (a short story)
short_story  Google  technology  AI  scifi  horror 
october 2023 by andrewducker
Sophia heard a few of Aesop's Fables and enjoyed them, so I've been reading to her from this complete (i think) collection, a few every night.
short_story  greece 
august 2023 by andrewducker
When the Yogurt Took Over: A Short Story
food  ai  scifi  short_story 
august 2023 by andrewducker
Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran's "Chivalry" just won an Eisner. I rather liked it.
neilgaiman  short_story  illustration 
july 2023 by andrewducker
People are still massively wasting publishers' time by submitting AI generated short stories.
AI  short_story  publishing  OhForFucksSake  spam 
may 2023 by andrewducker
One tiny illustrated sci-fi story every day
More ideas than stories, of course, and some repetition. But worth a look
scifi  short_story 
april 2023 by andrewducker
A Stroke Of The Pen: A Collection Of Rediscovered Short Stories By Terry Pratchett
terrypratchett  short_story 
february 2023 by andrewducker
Other People – A short story about hell by Neil Gaiman
neilgaiman  short_story  hell 
december 2022 by andrewducker
The Whispering Earring, a warning about letting AI do all of your thinking for you
short_story  FreeWill  fantasy  ai 
december 2022 by andrewducker
Blood Libel - a short story about a Jew who becomes a vampire
Jews  vampires  short_story 
november 2022 by andrewducker
A lovely short story about a small God and their worshipper
short_story  fantasy  religion 
october 2022 by andrewducker
What's expected of us (a short story about free will and time travel)
timetravel  FreeWill  short_story  scifi 
october 2022 by andrewducker
"They told us to tell you hello" (a short story about one of humanity's impulses)
robots  short_story  humans 
may 2022 by andrewducker
The Ones Who Take the Train to Omelas (mostly for the pictures)
scifi  short_story 
november 2021 by andrewducker
This thread is a delightful little spooky short story
short_story  horror  Twitter 
july 2021 by andrewducker
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (a short story about parallell worlds, parallell lives, and doing the right thing)
scifi  short_story  viaSwampers 
june 2021 by andrewducker
So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered
grandparents  space  short_story  scifi 
june 2021 by andrewducker
The Seven Billion Habits of Highly Effective Robots (a short story)
robots  funny  war  short_story  scifi 
july 2020 by andrewducker
Mars Is Heaven (a classic piece of science fiction)
scifi  mars  RayBradbury  short_story 
june 2020 by andrewducker
Three delightful stories about changelings, and how they learn to be
neurodiversity  fairytale  short_story 
october 2019 by andrewducker
The six year project to embroider Sandman: Dream Hunters on a dress
sandman  clothing  short_story  art 
august 2019 by andrewducker
The Machine Stops (early science fiction by EM Forster in 1909)
short_story  scifi 
july 2019 by andrewducker
Arrival's Ted Chiang returns with the awe-inducing Exhalation
short_story  scifi 
may 2019 by andrewducker
Why the Milkman Shudders When He Perceives the Dawn
short_story 
october 2018 by andrewducker
Thank you for purchasing the TimeMaster 3000! (A short story)
short_story  timetravel  scifi 
october 2018 by andrewducker
Finding balance in the universe, a short story
short_story  scifi  ethics  morality 
september 2018 by andrewducker
The Next Ten Billion Years
thefuture  short_story  scifi 
august 2018 by andrewducker
The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat - A Fairy Tale. For Dinosaurs.
fairytale  short_story  dinosaurs  viaSwampers 
august 2018 by andrewducker
The Long Chase, a short story
scifi  short_story 
may 2018 by andrewducker
"A Small Fiction" is a rabbit-hole of micro-stories
short_story  fiction  twitter 
march 2018 by andrewducker
So the Cat Person short story has made straight men feel uncomfortable. Good
society  women  fiction  short_story  relationships  men 
december 2017 by andrewducker
A short story about perfection and time and reaching beyond your grasp
life  time  short_story 
november 2017 by andrewducker
Crispin’s Model (the best Lovecraftian short story I've read in a long time)
hplovecraft  short_story  horror  art 
october 2017 by andrewducker
"Utopia, LOL?" a short story that's worth, like, at least ten minutes of your time. Totes.
scifi  short_story  utopia  singularity 
june 2017 by andrewducker
"All paths to happiness" - a short story across infinite worlds
happiness  short_story  quantum  scifi 
may 2017 by andrewducker
I ATE THREE EGGS EVERY SINGLE MORNING FOR A WEEK - HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED
That was....not what I expected
eggs  horror  apocalypse  viaBartCalendar  short_story 
april 2017 by andrewducker
On dealing with a Jewish Vampire at Passover
religion  Jews  vampires  short_story 
april 2017 by andrewducker
A new sci-fi anthology collects stories from up-and-coming authors - for free!
viaSwampers  scifi  short_story 
march 2017 by andrewducker
In which a little girl discovers which god she's been assigned to...
religion  short_story 
march 2017 by andrewducker
Whatever happened to the Greek Gods?
myths  greece  story  short_story 
february 2017 by andrewducker
Arrival: Author Ted Chiang reveals how his story went from page to screen
Turns out he likes Black Mirror too
scifi  writing  short_story  movies 
february 2017 by andrewducker
Ted Chiang, the science fiction genius behind Arrival
movies  short_story  scifi 
november 2016 by andrewducker
Fable. (What do you when the story of your life vanishes out from under you?)
life  short_story  viaSwampers  stories  relationships  children  counselling 
june 2016 by andrewducker
What if you could always have the _best_ advice?
philosophy  short_story  thefuture  Technology  advice  viaJack 
april 2016 by andrewducker
What happens when we have the technology for for fine control over emotions? (a short story)
emotion  psychology  scifi  short_story 
january 2016 by andrewducker
Wherein an ogre discovers what it's like to be Good.
dnd  short_story  viaMonique 
january 2016 by andrewducker
Micro-SF stories. Some rather good.
scifi  short_story 
january 2016 by andrewducker
A short story. Wherein two witches are promised the same child
fairytale  witchcraft  children  short_story 
january 2016 by andrewducker
Baby Cakes by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Katy Riddell
NeilGaiman  animals  babies  short_story 
december 2015 by andrewducker
A Sci-Fi Short Film: "UNCANNY VALLEY"
movies  short_story  scifi  video 
december 2015 by andrewducker
Alan Turing meets CS Lewis in Greg Egan's "Oracle"
physics  religion  science  viaAndrewHickey  scifi  short_story  GregEgan 
december 2015 by andrewducker
Ten Things You'll Only Get if You Were a 2050's Kid
scifi  short_story 
november 2015 by andrewducker
Tic-Tac-Toe computer learns with beans (I've seen this method used in an SF short story! Anyone identify it?)
computers  Games  algorithms  scifi  short_story  viaSwampers 
november 2015 by andrewducker
It Was You Who Made My Blue Eyes Blue (a short story about logic games and religion)
short_story  logic  religion 
october 2015 by andrewducker
The Very Beginning of the End (A short story on what happens when the laws of physics change)
physics  short_story  scifi 
august 2015 by andrewducker
Anyone out there good at identifying short stories?
short_story 
march 2015 by andrewducker
When a Bunch of People, Including Raymond, Got Superpowers
short_story  superheroes 
february 2015 by andrewducker
Life in a world where the denizens of the oceans took to the sky
short_story  scifi 
november 2014 by andrewducker
"Killing Elvis" - a short story in which a bunch of scientists try to work out how to stuff and mount an Alien
scifi  short_story  aliens 
october 2014 by andrewducker
Emma Goldman: A Biography for Space Aliens
biography  scifi  short_story  history  anarchy  society 
october 2014 by andrewducker
Short Story - Superiority - by Arthur C. Clarke
scifi  military  funny  ArthurCClarke  short_story 
september 2014 by andrewducker
An open rant to aspring superheroes, by Olivia Occlaria
short_story  superheroes  scifi 
august 2014 by andrewducker
If you've seen Edge of Tomorrow then I highly recommend this very different take on a similar idea
writing  games  short_story  scifi  war 
july 2014 by andrewducker
A short story about time passing by new technologies, and friendships that form and never quite reset again
scifi  short_story  friendship  technology 
july 2014 by andrewducker
A neat short story about families and experimental bias
short_story  scifi  family  experiment  bias 
june 2014 by andrewducker
The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged) - a short story
scifi  short_story  viaJamesNicoll 
march 2014 by andrewducker
Dark Trails: An Anthology of Weird Western Stories.
scifi  horror  western  short_story  kickstarter  viaTheWeaselKing 
february 2014 by andrewducker
A Guide to the SCP Foundation (disturbing vignettes from an organisation protecting the earth from attack)
short_story  horror  cthulhu  viaBuddleia 
january 2014 by andrewducker
What's expected of us (a neat short story on determinism)
short_story  scifi  determinism  FreeWill  timetravel 
january 2014 by andrewducker
Wikihistory: "Everyone always kills Hitler on their first trip."
timetravel  funny  short_story 
january 2014 by andrewducker
RE: The Dark One, In Case It Should Arise from Its Horrible Abyss
fiction  short_story 
may 2012 by andrewducker
A message from a brain in a jar
short_story  brain 
april 2012 by andrewducker
The Island of the Immortals by Ursula K. Le Guin
For some reason I had _no_ idea that she was still producing short stories.
short_story  leguin  scifi 
october 2011 by andrewducker
Bubble Universe (A Short Story)
scifi  short_story  AndrewHickey 
august 2011 by andrewducker
The Things (Peter Watts short story about The Thing)
short_story  scifi  PeterWatts 
july 2011 by andrewducker
Chicken Little by Cory Doctorow (A short story. I rather liked it)
scifi  fiction  short_story  corydoctorow 
april 2011 by andrewducker
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