Speculative Stories

A cynical Necromancer with a terrible secret. An optimistic Crown Prince crumbling under the pressure. A talented mage living in the shadow of his younger brother. ...

In 2130, the nation state is dead. Cities are owned, not governed, and the social contract protects only those who can pay. Public executions and corporal punishment are...

Eric walks into a simple cold storage room and walks out twenty-five years in the past. He's returned to his younger self, but something is different... He must venture...

A collection of short stories written for the 2024 Spec-Fic Smackdown.

In a world where dreams are bought and sold, reality is no longer a boundary. The Dream Syndicate offers an escape-an opportunity to live out desires and memories too vi...

A story of love, "sometimes its just better to be on dreamland" i say to him as we traverse the sea of ashes

Featured on @ScienceFiction | Josiah Li lives in a flooded world, where global warming has taken its toll and technology is intertwined in every aspect of daily life. T...

In a future shaped by light and progress, humanity reaches for the stars-but in doing so, awakens something vast and unknowable. As reality begins to warp and the line b...

When your entire life has been a lie, who do you trust? * * * If you'd asked Jason Williams about his life, he would have told you it was fairly normal. Sure, his famil...

This is a Zeno biology project that is not only on going but is my greatest work that I have made with my tablet and pen. On a far away planet. billions of light years a...

*Apple Hair Book 2* Apple Hair did it. They refused to fall into the temptation of the dream world. They endured a year of training that was almost too much for them to...

An anthology of stories for Layeth the Smackdown 2024.

A brilliant inventor, a team of researchers in deep space, a haunted mapmaker, a curator of forbidden artifacts, and a tormented observer each confront forces that defy...

Evil has a long history of bullying because of her name. In fifth grade, however, Davey becomes her first and only friend. Having something worth losing at last, she dis...

A (mostly) cozy fantasy in which the rule of three is misused, the slow burn is glacial, and the cast of characters is twice as large as it needs to be. Also, there are...

How far would you go to turn back time on a lost love? Jonathan Miller is looking for a way back. Merrily Hunter is looking for herself. And Professor Cyrus Stoat is l...

In a world where memories are bought and sold, Eva Blake is haunted by a void in her past-a memory stolen from her and auctioned away. Desperate to reclaim it, she steps...

@Ooorah and @LayethTheSmackDown sponsor this flash fiction contest each year. We Smackdowners write stories on prompts for (hopefully) several rounds, based on a theme...

A speculative protopia realistic fiction following a young homeless man as he traverses the Pacific Northwest in search of a future. Irregular updates Inspired by You Fo...

When the singing and dancing robot Dessie bought online turns out to be sentient, Dessie and the robot Naya must work through their different tastes in music, the compan...