Clifi Stories

The Neon Dawn exploded and took with it the most basic elements of humanity. Only a few survived the explosions, fewer still the mutations and those who did were the privileged few. Undeserving, greedy and corrupt, they created more devastation than any of the beasts that followed.

Winter is not coming - winter is here! In the near future, climate changes have led to short-term extreme weather conditions. Cities that have never been covered in snow now resemble Nordic countries. The situation is slowly getting out of control as the system collapses. Trees are disappearing, food is running out. Citizens are becoming desperate, axes invaluable.

In 2043, the rainfall started...and it has not stopped. London lays on the brink of collapse as the Overcasts tighten their grip on the sinking city. After being left to fend for themselves, Finn, Mim, Jeero, and Lena are thrust onto an overcrowded Spillship. Here, they are confronted with the realities of their new drowning world, where thousands have turned to religious extremism. As their lives intertwine, the teens navigate love, friendship, and loyalty, forging fragile bonds and discovering what they are truly capable of. When whispers of a movement dedicated to stopping the rain echo through the ship, they embark on a daring quest for freedom. Under the constant watch of the electric eagles, they face treacherous waters and internal enemies, risking everything to join the resistance.

The year is 2562 AD - the Second Hijri Millennium. Terraforming the New Nile on al-Qahirah (the Sultanate of Mars) has not gone according to plan... (Image prompted by Shaykh Musa Furber using Midjourney AI.)

2022 WATTY'S SHORTLIST "He who controls the weather, controls the world..." Or so believes a dictator who is playing god. Fifteen-year-old Naia is going to bring the tyrant down with the help of her newly discovered power - the ability to conjure water. However, Naia and her family are exactly the kind of people the dictator is looking for in order to make his plans a reality. I'll be posting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Happy reading!

Nature is under control in 2185 and so is Poll Tander. Poll's scheme to escape her dreary life has failed. However, finding herself lost at sea is the least of her concerns when she realises her tattoo has mysteriously transformed. Once ashore in a strange land, she comes across the charismatic Dante and his dodgy companion, Marco. Together they embark on an adventure through the Italian countryside of Colony Seven. As she searches for the truth behind her past and the secretive World Union State, she might come to wish she'd never asked. Completed word count approx 51, 000 - Wattpad original - Inspired by and included in @justwriteitprompts (mystery/thriller reading list) Featured in @newlywrittenbooks Adventure reading list April 2023 Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered February 2022 Included in @ScienceFiction (dystopian/apocalyptic reading list)

(Officially published at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F92WRVN4 ) Horizons Corporation is a distant memory, but the damage they wrought remains. Humanity has seen the Forces for what they are, and they are suffering. Fatality is tasked with healing the injured and dying nature gods, but everywhere she turns, something is watching, out to get her. Worse, Void has announced his return. The old gods are back, and they demand sacrifices. How can Fatality save everyone when she might not be able to save herself? The asteroid is coming. Three Wasted Chances is an action-packed dystopic mythological/sci-fi story and is the third and final novel in the Fatality series. )

The start of each day can be a challenge on the Red Planet, as Ally knows. High temperatures mean the death index is ten minutes in the shade and her favorite hang-out, the local recreation center, is closed. Mom is serving roach paste for breakfast. However, there is an interesting new boy at school, if she can capture his attention before her friend Mia does. Donning her heatsuit, Ally heads off through the sand dunes for another day of classes on the Red Planet.

A lover's explanation of her choice

Woodpecker says the end of the world is coming, there's a dead body on a bed, an empty field in Somerset is somehow connected to a secret government project, and Samantha Brock is the only one that can discover the truth of what is happening and stop it, but then that isn't really the point. In the days following the death of her mother, Samantha (Sam) Brock goes walking in the woods. She is visited by a woodpecker who, speaking in her mother's voice, prophesises the end of the world. She tells Sam that she must discover the truth behind what is happening and prevent it. The impending "death of everything" acts as a backdrop to the personal grief experienced by the central character, and the three minor characters of the novel. Each is mourning in their own way, and each is unknowingly important to unlocking the secret of what is causing the sky to turn green and snow to fall in June. Ben Erwin is Sam's recently ex-husband and a journalist chasing a story about a mysterious government project, Stuart Levitsky is a prime number obsessed mathematics prodigy, and DCI John Geering is a detective investigating the discovery of a dead body in a forensically clean flat in London. With the help of Woodpecker, who appears several times to deliver important information to Sam, their stories cross and finally collide. As the emerald-coloured apocalypse approaches they are catapulted towards a dramatic ending with equally dramatic conclusions. I hope you like the story and find time to vote and comment - love hearing your thoughts.

This book does not aim to be strictly a novel, nor an essay: it is an interstitial exploration between speculative reflection and conceptual fiction, where each term and each "reflection/fiction" scene puts forth hypotheses about the future of humanity in an age of technical symbiosis. It carries the critical clarity of someone who can no longer remain silent. It exposes uncomfortable truths that, while recognizable, seem impossible to reverse.

'It's a bad idea to burn your ancestors' Jasper is Bone Boy, an obsessive fossil hunter. He unearths a spectacular Jurassic 'Dragon Fish' fossil which befriends him in the spirit world. Bone Boy discovers that The 'Grand Council of Fossil Elders' has declared war on the Human Race. Why? Because we humans are extracting and burning Oil. Oil is a 'fossil fuel' the sacred Black Blood of our fossil ancestors. As the Fossil Wars commence Bone Boy and Sky Girl, his courageous girlfriend, must outwit the Raptor War Lord. The entire future of the human race now depends on their success. Bone Boy and Sky Girl will be pushed to the edge and change the way we live, forever. Amazing illustrations by Matthew Ingram. alias@hollowearth.org

Simone's dreams always come true, but not in the good way. This time she dreams climate change ruins the world. But she can save it. All she needs to do is find true love...and get the President to do so too. Between that, school, therapy, and making up for a death she's responsible for, it's not going to be easy. But if she doesn't...time's up for all of us.

Another short story. Based on the theme of climate change, and how little we are actually doing to stop it. Being featured in a study on climate change at Arizona State University.

Book Five

***Appears in @Ooorah Tevun-Krus #75*** Isna Dahal is ready to kick back and toast a job well done on her first break from the project in five years. When she's called in to investigate an unusual problem, however, she uncovers a danger that could threaten the entire Array. The celebration will have to wait. - I originally started this story as a submission to the @ScienceFiction #scifiholiday contest. I didn't finish it it time to qualify, but it seemed promising enough to finish. I hope you enjoy the read!

It began with the ocean. It was our fault, but nobody cared until it was too late. - #PlanetOrPlastic 500 word short story contest entry with @NationalGeographic cover & story description by me