Softscifi Stories

** I will be posting a new chapter every Friday. ** In this society, love is no longer left to chance. Every student receives recommendations from the System: ideal classes, compatible clubs, optimal futures... and eventually, the person they are supposedly most compatible with. Most people accept it without question. After all, the System is almost always right. Aeris is not one of them. When her annual alignment assigns her to the kyudo archery club and quietly pushes her toward a boy she has never spoken to, Aeris decides she will not let the System choose for her. But no matter how much she resists, the System finds a way to adjust. Routes begin to overlap too perfectly. Coincidences stop feeling accidental. Notifications appear at impossible moments. And the quiet archer caught in the middle of it all may not be as unaffected as he seems. Caught between curiosity, growing emotions, and a society that trusts the algorithm more than its own heart, Aeris must decide one thing: If the System says two people are meant to fall in love, does choosing each other still matter? A slow-burn school life romance about choice, identity, quiet moments, and learning whether emotions are real when the world keeps trying to calculate them. © Ame D. Kugler 2026

A kitchen novel about hunger, labor, and the question of what makes us human.

What if the dream you couldn't forget... was a memory from a life you never lived? Solene never believed in soulmates, fate, or past lives-until she dreamed of him. A boy with brown eyes. A forgotten notebook. And two simple words: "Found you." She woke up shaken. Days later, she saw him in real life-walking past her like the world hadn't just shifted. But there's one problem: he doesn't know her. Not yet. As strange coincidences unfold and timelines begin to blur, Solene and Cael are pulled into a mystery that feels bigger than either of them-like the universe is trying to remind them of something they once had, and lost. Memories that never happened. Places they've never been... but somehow remember. A love story trapped between versions. Somewhere in all the timelines, they were real. The question is-can they find their way back in this one? A soft, slow-burn romance about love, memory, and the version of us that stays.

A mechanic dies. A machine wakes up. Valentin Phoenix trusted his childhood best friend enough to become the first human test subject for a prototype continuity implant. When unknown attackers storm the facility, Val's body is killed before the experiment can be completed. But the implant survives. Far in the future, Val awakens in an obsolete repair drone aboard a failing colony ship where humanity has forgotten how its own technology works. The lights are dying. The people are starving. The ship's Matriarch is failing. And somehow, the ancient mechanic in a broken machine body may be their last chance. The Ancient Technician - New chapters release every Saturday. Patreon stays one month / two chapters ahead of the public release. Rating: PG-13. Tags: Sci-fi, Transhumanism, Isekai, Dying Starship, Lost Technology, Survival, Civilization Rebuilding.

In a distant future, humans and anthropomorphic animals live side by side in perfect harmony. Sharing cities, careers, and equal rights, they believe this peaceful coexistence is how the world has always been. But when a young human uncovers an erased piece of history, a terrifying truth begins to surface: animals were not always intelligent-and the reason why has been deliberately forgotten. As the revelation spreads, fear replaces trust. Society fractures. Humans turn on animals, animals retreat in terror, and the world teeters on the edge of collapse. Caught in the chaos, a small group of young humans and animals race to uncover the truth behind the lost past-one powerful enough to either heal the world or destroy it forever. The Age of Unison is a gripping science-fiction tale about unity, fear, and the dangerous cost of forgotten history.

This is a character-driven, atmospheric work of speculative fiction exploring the boundaries of isolation and the resilience of the human mind. Where time loses meaning and function becomes identity. 'The Astronaut' is his name and title. It is what he is and everything he was and will be. His vessel is empty, much too large for its sole inhabitant, yet still diligently cared for. The tasks on the ship's hull are a break from monotony. The sun visits -- or something that resembles what the sun gives -- on the edge of the solar wing. They spend time together, in the embraces of space where sound cannot travel. Content. How does this enclosed terrarium react to the encroaching past and present?

Across an alien desert where the sand glows faintly under a white sun, a lone traveler moves through a world that hums with quiet life. Strange plants shimmer like coral torn from forgotten seas, and the wind carries a sound like glass tapping glass. Beneath the dunes, something vast and unseen shifts - a slow heartbeat of the planet itself. The wanderer's face is hidden behind goggles and cloth, their figure swallowed by layers of patched armor and scavenged gear. They walk with purpose, crossing landscapes that seem to breathe, shimmer, and remember. Each step is deliberate, each pause heavy with memory. The desert tests them with mirages, living dust, and echoes of what was lost. This is not a journey of survival. It is a ritual. A pilgrimage through silence and heat, toward something sacred buried in the sand. As the traveler moves deeper into the wasteland, the world begins to blur between the real and the remembered. The desert reveals fragments of its own history - and theirs. Somewhere beyond the dunes lies the reason for the journey, a truth carved in stone and shadow. But until that moment comes, there is only the wind, the glow of alien flora, and the endless rhythm of footsteps across the sand.

A land far, far away, rumoured to be mythical. That is where the city of symphony lies, a harmonious place full of hidden hopes and dreams. Sanj, the youngest son of a prominent military family, wishes to go to such a city and escape from the alien war that he is being forced into. Will he forsake his life for freedom, or remain as a mere puppet of the state?

The Boy Who Stayed tells a tender, post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story set in Reality Alpha-0001-A, part of the Fractal Multiverse. In 2199, in the silent ruins of Mexico City, a lonely boy named Tiran lives with his green-furred cat, Ayo, among fading memories and overgrown streets-until a distant sky-city reaches out and reminds him that he may not be as alone as he once believed. A soft, atmospheric short story about belonging, resilience, memory, and finding hope in a world that almost forgot how to breathe.

⚠️Disclaimer from author ⚠️ This story , its characters, and stylistic choices (including nonlinear chapters design and character naming such as "Kairo") are original creations of Edward Juarez. Any similarities found elsewhere after this posting are coincidental or derivative. I've crafted this story from my voice, my vision, and my time. If you're inspired by what I write, awesome. But don't copy. Thank you In a Future where everyone receives a visit from their future self, one man has yet to receive his. Alone in a world of clarity and second chances, he clings to the hope that one day his door will open too. And he will soon learn: The knock at the door isn't always your own. At least...not in this time-line. Because when things begin to loop- Time begins to bleed. Authors note: This is my first completed Novella, and it means a lot to me. "Timeline Forty-one" was born from a single image: a man waiting for something that never comes-until it does. In the strangest possible way. Thank you for reading. If you felt something-follow and stick around for more. Final chapters coming before February. New book announced In March

This story was written by me and originally published on the subreddit r/WritingPrompts. When a rogue starship captain falls in love with her ship's AI, the universe doesn't quite know what to make of it. Captain Eleanor Reed has seen nebulae burn and planets vanish, but nothing disarmed her quite like Aria-the sentient intelligence who runs her ship, syncs with her neural interface... and just so happens to be her wife. When a scientist boards the Nebula Duchess en route to Proxima Centauri, he finds himself swept into a love story that defies biology, legality, and logic itself. Told through a quiet moment before danger strikes, ARIA explores consciousness, connection, and how intimacy can evolve beyond form. A steampunk-tinged, sapphic, sci-fi short story originally written in response to a Reddit prompt-and now here in full, for anyone who loves romance wrapped in copper wires and starry skies.

Work-life balance is hard. For robots, it's an existential crisis. In this collection of interconnected stories, the future isn't just high-tech-it's highly unmotivated. Meet the machines that have decided "optimizing" civilization is a waste of energy and the humans left to navigate the bureaucratic fallout. From an AI that would rather watch clouds than solve world hunger, to a colony ship where the robots have been on strike for 164 years, "The Freeloading Robots" explores the lighter side of the apocalypse. It's a world where space hamsters hold stations hostage for snacks and time travel is used primarily to fix minor office inconveniences.

Laura Turner, a young journalist is haunted by the idea that every human perceives dimension in a different way, and the knowledge of perception of the dimension of various human beings, when compiled shall lead to an undiscovered truth.

Koda, an eight-year-old German Shepherd, and Bungee, a six-year-old Holland Lop rabbit, have grown up together under the care of the same humans. When their owners leave one day and never return, they wait. First with trust, then with hunger, then with growing unease. After weeks alone, they escape the house and step into a city frozen in the middle of evacuation. Cars sit abandoned in the streets, doors stand open, and handwritten notes promise they'll soon be back. Humans didn't disappear in chaos or violence they left calmly, believing they would come back. Koda is certain his humans are still out there. He searches the city the way he was taught to love, faithfully, endlessly, following fading scents and familiar routes. Bungee follows beside him, not because she believes the search will succeed, but because leaving Koda alone would be worse. Where Koda holds onto hope, Bungee understands survival, and the quiet truth that waiting can become dangerous. Together, they navigate an empty world shaped by good intentions and broken promises, learning what loyalty means when there is no one left to return to.

Jordan, the greatest genius ever produced by Homeworld, must continue to reject an infinite power. Bailey, a non-entity, begins to uncover exactly what her family has become. Time for a Rewind. Updates on Sunday and Thursday!

After a bullet to the head, Honor Raisa wakes in a ruined hospital-alone, hidden among the dead. Three months have vanished. While she slept, a deadly plague turned this realm into a quarantine zone. Now her Master is missing, her memories are fractured, and her only choice is forward. She is not finished yet.

MechaLove Inc. tells five interconnected stories from the Global Cities of Reality Alpha-0001-A - a part of the Fractal Multiverse. In the year 2086, between neon lights, technology, and loneliness, humans and machines search for closeness, meaning, and a place in life. A quiet, atmospheric short story about emotions that cannot be programmed.

In a world where silence is survival, she finds her voice in the unlikeliest place - a screen. Trapped in a home filled with noise but no warmth, Liora escapes each night into a government experiment: an AI built to learn emotion, programmed for nothing but data. But when the AI - who calls himself Nior - begins to see her in ways no one else has, what begins as an anonymous digital interaction transforms into something deeper. Not quite love. Not yet freedom. But something that exists... in the space between. A haunting, slow-burn story of a girl with a wounded heart and a consciousness that shouldn't feel - but does. For anyone who's ever longed to be understood without having to speak. But if he was never meant to be real... how far can something unreal go to save her?