Science fiction
20 stories
Sierra by JCRohrer
Sierra
JCRohrer
  • Reads 1,061
  • Votes 209
  • Parts 12
An illegal package delivery. A police android. An underground labyrinth. In the year 2179, in the city of Anima, Sierra is a runner, a courier of illegal goods. Chased by one of the cities infamous police androids, Sierra attempts to lose it in the labyrinth of tunnels underneath the city. Now trapped beneath the city together and with other underground denizens, they must rely on each other to survive. Updates will be on Fridays from now on (hopefully)!
evetown stories - a cyberpunk series by Vegard3
evetown stories - a cyberpunk series
Vegard3
  • Reads 88
  • Votes 8
  • Parts 16
Warring mega-corporations, a puppet government controlled by the aristocracy, powerful gangs known as 'Houses' vying for absolute control-welcome to evetown. Technology and greed rule the day. Those without the resources and will to survive are subjugated by those with unfettered power and dogmatic desires. Meet Samuel, a private detective on the run from a mysterious and deadly past. Samuel recently sauntered into evetown a bloody mess. After a substantial loan from the most dangerous House in town, 1916, Samuel must now take any job he can to pay back his debt and keep moving before those he's wronged in the past finally catch wind of him. But will his connections to House 1916 be even more dangerous than his enemies of the past? Or will a new threat present itself in a vast and enigmatic city that has pulled many of its own down into its unforgiving depths?
Weight of Ashes by rookwinters
Weight of Ashes
rookwinters
  • Reads 27
  • Votes 5
  • Parts 5
We thought first contact would bring a golden age of prosperity. We were wrong. The resistance leadership is in hiding on a stolen spaceship. A fugitive on a desperate mission carries intelligence data she doesn't understand. The help of an earnest but naive villager could do more harm than good. Poorly equipped and grieving, they're no match for the humans and aliens hunting them. After fifty years of compromises, humanity faces a horrific next chapter. Few know about it. No one knows how to stop it, but someone has to try.
The Erebus Incident by Abrasam588
The Erebus Incident
Abrasam588
  • Reads 202
  • Votes 22
  • Parts 7
2025 ushered Earth into a new stage of growth. A unified society emerged from the ashes of the destructive Third World War with the sole goal of exploration and growth. Mount Erebus, an active volcano in Antarctica was the key to our salvation. Mount Erebus was where Earth made First Contact with an extraterrestrial species. Once humanity knew we weren't alone in the universe, we also learnt not all species were truthful in their appearances and intentions. Lieutenant Junior Grade Damian Lewis, the last surviving member of a government combat training program to unlock the potential of the human mind, conscripted into conflict at the age of 16, specialising in strategy and linguistics, found himself liberated from the United Earth research facility where had been housed and "studied" and called into active duty. However, not all wounds are easy to heal, and not all scars are easy to heal.
Anomaly Drone by Drevkin
Anomaly Drone
Drevkin
  • Reads 293
  • Votes 49
  • Parts 15
"AD71 is an Anomaly Drone. It is one of a hundred prototype AI entities designed to aspire to be human. Such a non-specific objective is unpredictable and dangerous. AD71 is among three known Anomaly Drones that have not been acquired and neutralized. This particular drone -" "Wait, neutralized?" Mart interrupted. "You kill them because they're unpredictable?" "The issue is more complex. If we abided by that statement, we would have continued neutralizing the human race," Seven-Seven pointed out.
The Great Journey by Illegallegend
The Great Journey
Illegallegend
  • Reads 638
  • Votes 78
  • Parts 14
Earth is dying. Escaping across the galaxy, members of Guild Seventeen look for a fresh start. Crash landing on their new home planet, most of the Guild members perish. Fighting for survival, mysterious secrets unravel. Strengths will be tested, hearts broken. Who will survive and who will die? But all isn't what it seems ...
A Minute In Infinity by salemkeating
A Minute In Infinity
salemkeating
  • Reads 2,500
  • Votes 153
  • Parts 3
It is the year 2094. Earth is on the brink of collapse. Humanity's only chance of survival is to relocate to the alien planet Kentauri. When the Kentauri declared war, Earth created the Galactic Army, a military force specialized for combat in space with the sole purpose of defeating the Kentauri. Ryan wakes up the day of his recruitment test with perplexing visions filling his mind. His day only gets stranger as he recalls people he's never met and places he's never visited. On the pilot simulation, he does brilliantly, despite having close to no training. The army marks it down as talent - Ryan isn't so sure. As Ryan grows in the Galactic Army, he pieces together his visions and memories to find that he holds secrets that could unravel both worlds. Time is running out, and Ryan must walk a delicate balance between truth and lies if he is to survive and protect the ones he loves. ~ Cover by the wonderful kimunkur!
The Final Barrier by SpaceIsCool12
The Final Barrier
SpaceIsCool12
  • Reads 258
  • Votes 60
  • Parts 8
Cole, an astronaut was put into space for the supposed reason of finding minerals and water for a community Hubble. While he was gone, people started fighting for the final frontier; space. NASA breaks through with an ingenious plan, and gives NASA the power of controlling the universe by simply killing off people like a crusade for diplomatic power. This scares people, and the world is thrown into WW3, as Cole figures out why he was sent here, escapes murder, and digs dirt on the people who tried to kill him.
Outcasts and Aliens by MalContent76
Outcasts and Aliens
MalContent76
  • Reads 12
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 5
People disappear from Dupin all the time. Wyman wishes he was one of them. Until he finds out where they're going. Wyman Jaegger alienates everyone when he reluctantly moves to a small town but the secret he discovers there isn't one he can deal with by himself. This self involved teen needs to learn people skills or it may be the end of the world.
The Eye of the Cyborg by spoetn
The Eye of the Cyborg
spoetn
  • Reads 389
  • Votes 23
  • Parts 10
Adelaide used to be human. She's not anymore. Not since her murder in 2019. Now resurrected centuries after her death, she has to adapt to the world she used to know. But, someone is hunting her and her kind for the puzzle of secrets stored in their left eye. But in that eye also stores her memories of her life before her murder. The government is forcing other cyborgs to come out of hiding and turn themselves in. Some refuse to give up the parts of themselves that they still cling on to. Others resign, deciding that the government is too much of a force to go against. And it's not just the government. People constantly trying to expose her or steal the piece of information to sell. No one is to be trusted. But living life on the edge is hard. But too much is at risk. If the government completes the puzzle she and her friends would be made into war machines. Adelaide learns even if she is no longer truly human, she still has a soul and a life she is determined to live.