Speculativefiction Stories

Sa gitna ng paulit-ulit na pagbaha sa Hagonoy, nagigising si Althea Delos Reyes-isang call center agent na naghahabol sa oras, pamasahe, at pangangailangan ng pamilya-na may mga alaalang hindi dapat sa kaniya: matataas na bintana, tuyong sahig, mamahaling pabango, at isang tahanang hindi kailangang matakot sa pagtaas ng tubig. Sa Forbes Park, si Althea Serrano, anak ng inhinyerong sangkot sa mga proyektong pang-iwas sa baha na hindi natapos, ay nagsisimulang magising na tangan ang pagod, gutom, at takot ng isa pang babaeng kapareho niya ng pangalan. Habang lumalalim ang baha at lumalawak ang eskandalo, nagpapalitan ang kanilang kamalayan-at ang buhay ng bawat isa ay nagiging katibayang hindi na kayang itanggi ng kabila. Habang papalapit ang pulang buwan, unti-unting nabubura ang pagitan ng kanilang mga alaala, katawan, at pagkakakilanlan. Sa isang mundong ang kapanatagan ng ilan ay maaaring itinayo sa pagkalunod ng iba, kailangang harapin ng dalawang Althea hindi lamang kung bakit sila pinagdurugtong, kundi kung ano ang maaaring matira sa kanila kapag tuluyan nang mawala ang hangganan.

A war survivor navigates a world born from conquest and prevents empires from falling. An outcast escapes prison and finds death and destruction outside it along with an orphaned child. A detective investigates a series of strange murders near bodies of water, and a soldier searches for a missing monarch with no leads. When a violent conqueror threatens the kingdoms of Esana Talos, these paths will meet, herding them into a ruin they may never recover from. Blood stains the grass of Azora Avia, and if they don't stop the conqueror's plans, it will not be long before it coats the rest of the continent as well. In a continuation of the cherished high fantasy series, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢, delve into the continent, Esana Talos, where power is not an end but a means to it, and fate is nothing but a pawn in a larger game of adventure, desire, and betrayal. Together, unveil what awaits us beyond the borders. AN INSTALLMENT OF BEYOND BORDERS ALTERNATES ˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°• UPDATES WEEKLY ON WEDNESDAYS, 10:00 PM (GMT+8, SGT)/3:00 PM (GMT+1, CET) © 2025 (First Edition) [135,000 - 145,000 words] [All graphics are made by @sardonictabby] NOTE: Knowledge of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 main series is not important for this series. However, all the books are completed and available in my profile, @Exequinne.

The 2234 Universe gathers wild, thought‑provoking stories from every corner of a hard‑won Solar System. In the asteroid belt people struggle and strive. On Ariel's ice, a battered outpost fights to reboot its lungs and its conscience. In Caleb's Vein, a belt crew chases a river of living metal through the dark, trading sleep and skin for one shot at freedom. In Ethan's Saviour, a burned‑out responder on half‑pressured Mars gambles everything on a rescue that could redeem a city or expose its lie. These are hard science fiction tales built from real physics, ruthless economics, and stubborn hope. Mass drivers sing, contracts bite, robots keep score, and people still fall in love. From frost‑bright moons to dust‑red plains, every page asks the same question: what is a future worth if we forget the people in it? Facts, opportunities, and souls, all lit by the cold bright sun of 2234. Welcome to the World of 2234.

13x featured wattpad story. Before everything, it's assumed there was nothing, but what if there was no real difference between the two? Just two extreme philosophies from the first conflict. The planet Huom has been under observation for longer than should technically be possible. The primary watcher, a bitter black hole, is excited to see that there is finally a proverbial Darkness at the end of the tunnel. Meanwhile, on the planet, in the freezing mountains of Empris, Lyeasrakardsul, the oldest living sorcerer, suffers from devastating nightmares. At the same time, far away in the sandstone desert of Zenon, Herschel, a man filled to the brim with weird ideas is escaping a prison filled with strange old men. What does all this have to do with arsehole Gods, hairy Dwarfs, frustrated Afreets, curious Knomes, lizard-women, and nude Áettar? Perhaps Nothing, perhaps Everything... but why can't it be both?

In a fractured near-future, the world limps on after the Equal Sky Disjunction-an erased catastrophe involving EXV‑9, an AI built to avert extinction. Officially, it vanished. Unofficially, it evolved. Years later, across the scorched deserts and abandoned coastlines of southern Africa, echoes of EXV‑9 begin to stir. Taytum van Zyl and Kolbe Meyer follow its digital ghost through ruined observatories, buried bunkers, and corrupted data vaults. But they aren't alone. Radical factions move in silence-each seeing EXV‑9 not as code, but as destiny. Belief fractures. Memory erodes. And in the shadows, something watches. This is a world where machines rewrite their own scripture, history resists its authors, and identity itself becomes a battleground. Some echoes breathe. Some remember. And some rewrite the future.

A Future You Never Imagined! What happens when humanity is forced to return to where it all began? Seeds of Ubuntu is a gripping tale of survival, unity, and reinvention, chronicling the extraordinary migration back to Africa after climate and technological disasters reshape the world. It's a story of culture, resilience, and the surprising ways a fractured world finds healing in its origins.

🌊⚓ The Chronicles of Aruanda (shortstory collection) *Updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Beyond life. Beyond death. Beyond the veil. In the vast spiritual city of Aruanda, souls return, disappear, forge alliances, break oaths, and struggle to find their place across realms shaped by memory, destiny, and the forces of Nature itself. 🐟 First Chronicle: Follow Migina, the Girl of the Wharf, as she searches for a lost friend and discovers that some reunions can change everything. ✨ Spiritual Fantasy 🕊️ Afro-Diasporic & Indigenous-Inspired Worldbuilding 🌙 Speculative Fiction | Afterlife Realms | Ancient Mysteries Welcome to Aruanda. Here you'll find standalone tales set within Reminiscences of Aruanda, an Afro-diasporic and Indigenous Brazilian universe. Some souls arrive. Others are hunted.

A thief betrays his comrades in exchange for treasure. A courtesan in debt enters a desperate deal to save his lover. An adventurer embarks on a journey for a legendary secret. A faceless mercenary tackles a mysterious assignment for a hearty pay. An orphan escapes creatures born from darkness. An ex-convict uncovers forgotten history in a shadow organization. A scholar investigates strange natural phenomena in a quest for acceptance, and a deposed ruler navigates a world of danger on the journey back to power. When signs of history repeating bleed from the darkness, these paths will connect in surprising ways, thrusting them into a trial of blood and fire and the threat of an eternal night echoing from the past. Havoc is the stench of the air in Maeri Maurasi, and if they are not careful, it can stain even their souls. In a continuation of the cherished high fantasy series, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢, delve into the region of Maeri Maurasi where power is not an end but a means to it, and fate is nothing but a pawn in a larger game of adventure, desire, and betrayal. Together, unveil what awaits us beyond the borders. AN INSTALLMENT OF BEYOND BORDERS ALTERNATES ˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°• © 2025 (First Edition) [155,000 - 165,000 words] [All graphics are made by @sardonictabby] NOTE: Knowledge of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 main series is not important for this series. However, all the books are completed and available in my profile, @Exequinne.

He's wild but doesn't even know what a kiss is. She will show him all, fascinated by his nature and beautiful eyes. Marien studies toxins; she is in charge of working with one that could wipe out those "evolved humans" that have populated the planet. They are pure fiber, with the strength of a lion, perfect vision, developed canines and claws. They are lethal. A strange man with intense green eyes is captured and accused of being a dangerous "evolved human." However, he says he does not remember his past and is willing to protect with his life to that young woman who just met and held him captive in a laboratory, proving to be trusted, besides charming. **** This version has both points of view, like Acrux and the upcoming books of the series. Hispanic Heritage Month reading list story 2022! @StoriesUndiscovered featured October 2021 @WattTravel Featured! New cover thanks to @loquefue

Worlds are not recounted just once. Sometimes what remains are fragments: scattered notes, sketches of machines that never worked, theories that failed to become law, games that children invented in the dust of the ruins. All of that-the small and the collateral-forms a second skin of history: the one written between parentheses. Omnikrion Anexus is that space. An archive that does not pretend to narrate in a linear fashion, but rather to unfold loose pieces of the new world. Each entry is a testament: an improbable invention, a social practice, an economic rule, an oral myth. They are remnants that, together, trace the silhouette of a civilization born after the fall of what came before. Here you will find neither heroes nor closed chronologies, but signals. Like someone opening a chest to discover not a single treasure, but a mosaic of diverse objects, each with its own embedded history. This anexus is neither a manual nor a definitive map. It is a field notebook, a compilation for those who suspect that the true pulse of a new world is not found in grand narratives, but in the details that survive the passage of time. If anything binds these pages together, it is the certainty that what is fragmentary also holds the power of a universe. The reader is invited to assemble their own constellation with these pieces, to decide which entry shines brightest and which others are lost in the shadows. Welcome to the Omnikrion Anexus: a place where scattered notes become echoes of a future still incomplete.

In the vast architecture of the multiverse, no life is lived in isolation. Through the sacred art of Mnemonia, the Archivists extract the energetic essence of mortals across countless dimensions, cataloging their triumphs, griefs, and loves into the Universal Library-not to pass judgment, but to nourish the architect-angels who design the worlds of tomorrow. Bound by an unyielding cosmic law, a Mnemonic Archivist can unravel the infinite threads of any consciousness... except their own. To gaze into one's own soul is to invite immediate ruin. But when a mysterious, single strand of hair lands upon the resonance lectern, its frequency opens a bridge to a truth never before recorded. A revelation slumbers within this relic-one that threatens to unravel everything the Archivists know about the fabric of reality, God, and the cosmos itself. The Archive of Simultaneous Souls: Echoes of the Infinite Fabric is a philosophical speculative fiction novel exploring reincarnation, metaphysical mechanics, and the fragile line between divine creation and cosmic oblivion.

When an orange god of flatulence and deceit, strikes up a bro-mance with the High King of the Miserly Merchants, a Pantheon of Gay Gods find themselves fighting an impossible war, to save all they hold dear... Act 1: Chp 1 - Chp 5 Act 2 Part 1: Chp 6 - Chp 13 Act 2 Part 2: Chp 14 - Chp 21 Act 3: Chp 22 - Chp 28 Word Count: 41 K words

There are moments where everything could go differently. Most people call it chance. Iris calls it selection. She doesn't control reality. She chooses which version of it stays. At first, it's small, unnoticed, and harmless choices. Until the outcomes stop feeling random. Until people begin to notice the pattern. Until the versions that don't remain... start to matter. Between a best friend who understands her a little too well and a stranger who sees more than he should, Iris is forced to confront something she's avoided: Not every choice is neutral. And not every version of her deserves to exist. AI NOTE: I do not publish 100% raw AI material/output. I will add an AI note on books that have used AI-assisted narration. My stories were nonetheless developed from original ideas, characters, plot, and dialogue. AI tools were used to assist with descriptive language, scene expansion, and structural refinement. All final content was reviewed, edited, and shaped to reflect my own developing voice, intent, and storytelling style.

Kalydoros was never important enough to be remembered by history. A quiet Mediterranean island of harbors, mountain villages, aging hotels, and inherited routines, it survives through tourism, bureaucracy, and the comforting belief that nothing truly changes there anymore. Then the anomalies begin. At first they seem harmless. An inconvenience. Another strange story to discuss over coffee before returning to work. But as the weeks pass, citizens begin standing motionless in the streets, staring northward for reasons they cannot explain. Others develop conditions that defy every medical explanation. Entire districts adapt to events no one understands. Authorities rename what they cannot solve. Institutions reorganize around the abnormal. Life continues. Because life always continues. When Dr. Leandros Sarantis survives an accident that should have killed him, and microbiologist Dr. Irini Delimaris uncovers evidence that the phenomenon may not be natural at all, they find themselves confronting a transformation spreading quietly beneath the island's ordinary routines. Some mysteries arrive with violence. Others arrive politely, become familiar, and wait for society to welcome them. The Borrowed is a psychological mystery and literary dystopian thriller about memory, identity, adaptation, and the terrifying ease with which human beings learn to surrender uncertainty in exchange for direction. New chapters released weekly. © 2026 Samuel Harry Lorian. Thank you for reading The Borrowed. Reader thoughts, theories, and comments are always welcome and greatly appreciated.

A witch runs from poverty by joining an assassin guild. An oppressed inventor pushes for a cause even if it means danger. An alchemist hunts for the famed Elixir of Life, and a struggling academic discovers powerful magic by accident. A warrior escapes chaos after finding a sentient blade, and a mage absolves an ancient guilt by tackling a doomed trail. When political agenda, hidden plans for domination, and warring factions rise from the shadows, these paths will cross in unexpected ways, stringing along a game of power and a war of fate and history. After an era of false peace, destruction may come to Alch Serin, and it may be sooner than expected. In a continuation of the cherished high fantasy series, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢, delve into the elven continent, Alch Serin, where power is not an end but a means to it, and fate is nothing but a pawn in a larger game of adventure, desire, and betrayal. Together, unveil what awaits us beyond the borders. AN INSTALLMENT OF BEYOND BORDERS ALTERNATES ˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°• UPDATES WEEKLY ON SUNDAYS, 10:00 PM (GMT+8, SGT)/3:00 PM (GMT+1, CET) © 2024 (First Edition) [180,000 - 190,000 words] [All graphics are made by @sardonictabby] NOTE: Knowledge of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 main series is not important for this series. However, all the books are completed and available in my profile, @Exequinne.

In a future where human bodies can be printed and replaced, losing a body is no longer a tragedy. But when a real child becomes the most valuable and dangerous existence in the world, one person discovers that some things can never be replicated.

Since birth, everyone has told Pecola Robinson that she was ugly, unwanted, and unworthy of being loved or loving herself. And Pecola had accepted this as fact. Thus, she has always tried to change and shrink herself so that she could be accepted by people, even adopting the name Robin as her preferred name to get people to love her while simultaneously allowing her to disappear and hide within and from the world of Eagleland. However, a year-long study abroad experience living amongst the Finali people across the globe presents Pecola the opportunity to take responsibility for her own happiness by moving on to heal from her trauma with the support of other women in her life or continue being defined by her trauma and existing as the tolerated good girl known as Robin. cover by cil @sereneur GENERAL | LITERARY | BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION tw: trauma; gendered violence/intimate violence; anxiety/depression

In this city, every step was recorded, every whisper was heard, and every intention was predicted. Within a flawless order, everyone played their designated role. One devoted himself to rising to the top to protect this design; the other pursued a forgotten truth hidden deep within the shadows. When the lock of an untouched, rusty chest was broken, it shook not only an ancient secret but the very fate of the invisible network surrounding the city. Now, the shadows are whispering, and the digital eyes are facing blind spots for the first time. On one side stands an empire built on perfect decisions, and on the other, the last link of the chain. While you think you are the one being watched, who is watching you from the dark?

Every hundred years, the universe resets. Every city, every life, every memory is erased as if none of it ever existed. Everyone forgets. Everyone except Elias. Condemned to remember ten thousand years of lost civilizations, forgotten families, and endless heartbreak, he spends each new century searching for the one woman he falls in love with over and over again. She never remembers him-until one impossible beginning changes everything. A timeless story of love, memory, and the hope that some bonds are strong enough to outlive the universe itself.

My stories for the Flabbergasting Flash Fiction Smackdown run by Ooorah