Yascifi Stories

THE DIVIDE One school. Two worlds. One terrible secret. At Westbridge Academy, the rules are simple. Students either pay tuition or receive financial aid. The two groups never meet. They never share classes, eat in the same cafeteria, or even walk the same halls. Questions aren't encouraged, and curiosity has a way of disappearing. Seventeen-year-old Lark Foster has spent her entire life accepting that some things simply aren't meant to be understood. But when a chance encounter leads her beyond the invisible boundary separating the two student populations, she discovers that the divide isn't about money. It's about control. Behind the walls of Westbridge lies a hidden world where students aren't just educated; they're studied. Every test score, every emotion, every decision is part of something far larger than anyone could imagine. Someone has been watching them all along. As Lark and a small group of unlikely allies race to uncover the truth, they find themselves hunted by the very institution that raised them. And the deeper they dig, the more terrifying the truth becomes: The experiments were never the goal. They were only the beginning.

A strange black orb appears. First Toronto. Then New York. Then Beijing. And then people start disappearing. Sixteen-year-old Kris watches her mother vanish as the first orb hovers over a downtown square. More follow. Entire cities empty. The world is running out of time. Kris is an exceptional young mind, so she sees what others miss: the flashing patterns in the orbs aren't random. They're mathematical. When a team of the world's brightest scientists confirms she's right, the race to decode the message falls to her. Each breakthrough pulls her deeper, and the patterns from the sky call to her. With her older sister's help, Kris chases clues that could return the taken. But the more she understands, the clearer it becomes that the next step is hers alone.

In this dangerous game with time, someone's bound to lose. Seventeen-year-old Saige Phillips can't help holding on to the hope that she'll find Chloe, her twin who went missing five years ago. After all, Saige sees echoes of Chloe sitting in the window and skipping down the stairs. Though there's never been any sound associated with Saige's "hallucinations," she's freaked out by the breathing she hears in her bedroom. The breathing is definitely real, and it's definitely not coming from Saige. It's echoing through a time rift that originates in Saige's bedroom. Then a grayed-out guy shows up, saying his name is Price and he's from the future. He has the same blue film clinging to him that Saige has seen on Chloe, and she seizes onto the idea that her twin went through the rift. As Saige searches for answers in her time, she's met with secret after secret, all coming back to one source: her physicist mother. Price lives in the year 2073 with his Time Keeper father and a whole slew of global initiatives that regulate time travel. He knows time shouldn't be played with. What he doesn't know is why the rift opened now, or how he can stop it. The deeper Price digs, the harder the truth is to swallow. His father willfully violating the global time travel initiative is one thing. Stealing the rift site from Saige's mother is quite another. And kidnapping-or worse-to cover everything up takes things too far. When the rift begins to show signs of overuse and instability, Price is desperate to close it before it explodes while Saige will do anything to keep it open long enough to find Chloe. In this dangerous game with time, someone's bound to lose.

A teenager with absolutely no memory of her past before a terrible car accident slowly comes to realize she didn't have one.

When loner Cassie Gellar moves to the coastal town of Horn-Horn, she hopes to make some real friends. She's growing tired of her siblings: snobby older sister Annie, and gay younger brother Brendan.
 However, after her first day at Horn-Horn High-High, she gets lost in the local woods and stumbles across a little boy named Zag, who is shackled to a strange, clay head. Cassie sneaks Zag home and learns that he is no ordinary boy - he is a 'Child of Crux': a magical orphan with the ability to grant unlimited wishes. His previous owner, 
a princess named Ursula, has arrived 
in Horn-Horn to recapture him. This leads Cassie down an unexpected 
rabbit-hole as she uncovers
 the shocking truth about the mysterious 
seaside town she now calls home.

 What is so special about Horn-Horn?

One mistake can change everything. Ashlyn Calvert finds that out the hard way when a bad decision leads to the death of her best friend, Noah Anderson. Only Noah isn't really gone. Thanks to his parents' company, the Infinity Division, there is a version of him skipping from one dimension to another, set on revenge for the death of his sister, Kori. When a chance encounter brings him face-to-face with Ash, he's determined to resist the magnetic pull he's felt for her time and time again. Because falling for Ash puts his mission in danger. But there's more going on in Ash's alternate universe than either of them knows: a mysterious project called Omega. A conspiracy spanning multiple Earths and revolving around none other than Ash. Its creators would do anything to keep Omega secret... Anything.

Since her parents were killed, Vivienne has always felt ungrounded, shuffled through the foster care system. Just when liberation finally seems possible-days before her eighteenth birthday-Vivienne is hospitalized with symptoms no one can explain. The doctors may be puzzled, but Deacon, her mysterious new friend, claims she has an active Nevergene. His far-fetched diagnosis comes with a warning: she is about to become an involuntary test subject for Humanitarian Organization for Order and Knowledge-or H.O.O.K. Vivienne can either escape to Neverland's Kensington Academy and learn to fly (Did he really just say fly?) or risk sticking around to become a human lab rat. But accepting a place among The P.A.N. means Vivienne must abandon her life and foster family to safeguard their secrets and hide in Neverland's shadows ... forever. The PAN Trilogy is perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles) or fans of the TV show "Once Upon a Time."

In the future, psychic abilities are seen as defects or illnesses, something that must be treated. All across the country, special hospitals spring up to treat these defects. At the Institute for Psychic Maladies, three girls must decide whether to allow the "treatment" or fight for their uniqueness.

The exciting conclusion to the Achlivan Cycle! Timber Hudson must come to terms with the loss of his family and friends while at the same time being tasked with his greatest challenge: saving humanity from becoming mindless drones. It'd be a lot easier if Rumor would keep her nose in her own business and in prison where it belongs. Meanwhile, Chevelle and Wicken must choose sides. One offers them the chance to rebuild Earth from the ground up, and the other will return them to Sanctuary to be with their family and friends. Neither choice is as black and white as it seems. And all must face great dangers.

Life along the Outer Rim doesn't quite measure up to the golden living standards implied by the name of the region it belongs to, Aurum, but that doesn't prevent the scrappy, streetwise teen, NITA STRANGE, from making the most of her circumstances there. Whether it's playing the high-stakes tables in the Rim's underground poker circuit, hocking her baked goods on the black market, or taking on a few unconventional (and slightly illegal) jobs with her trusty badger sidekick in toe, she's not afraid to bend the rules to keep the odds tipped in her favor. But her latest job-a suspicious, high-paying prison train heist with a former accomplice-might be pushing those limits. Armed with little more than her quick wit and shrewd survival instincts, NITA STRANGE struggles to stay in control of the operation, pushed to her breaking point by the fact she can't afford to fail. Especially when she learns there's more on the line than just a payday. *A huge thank you to Aus Key for the cover design!

The world didn't end with a bang. It ended with a screech. They call them Cucas-Jurassic-sized, rat-like nightmares that emerged from the sewers to turn humanity into a global buffet. Now, the electricity is dead, the law is a memory, and the "civilized" world has regressed into savagery where only the ruthless survive. Seventeen-year-old Claire Mellon is a ghost in her own life. From the master suite of a derelict luxury hotel on Azucena Island, she watches the shadows and cares for the only family she has left: her "Pet Zoo"-a pack of rescued dogs, a rebellious piggy, two sassy cats, and a pair of quiet rabbits. She was a straight-A student with a perfectly mapped-out future. Now, her only goal is making it to dawn without breaking the S.H.U.T. Law-the strict survival protocol her brother Clay left behind. To the world, it's a tactical mandate. To Claire, it's a simpler rule: Shut up or die. But the island holds secrets darker than the predators in the shadows. As the lines between ally and enemy blur, Claire is forced to face the one question she's been avoiding since the world went quiet: Is she truly alone? And if she isn't... who exactly is watching? From two-time Portuguese Wattys Award-winning author MD Gugik, ALONE? is a visceral, pulse-pounding survival thriller. Perfect for fans of I Am Legend and A Quiet Place. PREVIEW ONLY. The full journey is available on Amazon!

The past couple months have been a wild ride for Jack Andersen. Not only does he have a long lost twin named Hyde, he also discovers that someone has ordered genetic experimentation be done on him. A cruel act that has been occurring for his entire life. With Hyde's help, he's able to uncover some answers. The cost? Hyde's memories. With one guinea pig out of reach, Hyde makes for a perfect replacement. A little brainwashing never hurt anyone, right? Jack's ex-girlfriend Claire is involved in the chaos too, being given an ultimatum that she cannot refuse. But when part of the plan involves pretending to fall in love with Hyde, things become serious and it doesn't feel much like an act anymore. There's also the girl Hyde really loves--Kayle. If she joins the fight, then perhaps everyone can have what they want in the end.

My name's Ray Streights. Sixteen. Ambitiously underachieving. Mildly ostracized. Definitely exhausted. I live in the post-biowar Dome City of Vluephire, where stepping outside gets you eaten by humanoid bugs and stepping out of line gets you side-eyed by your entire high school. Things I currently have going for me: • A scar that tingles before a major accident • A voice in my head offering unsolicited murder assistance • Amber eyes that scream, "Please quarantine me." • A squad that either ignores me or wants me dead • Oh, and amazing physical parameters, according to Nash Also: I may have hallucinated a tar-soaked girl... except she keeps showing up in real life. So that's fun. All I wanted was to please Coach Barion, survive Lyre's birthday without triggering a breach, and *maybe-maybe-*finally learn the truth about me from my secretive geneticist of a father. But nope. Now I'm one emotional breakdown away from starring in my own horror movie-with bonus government secrets, a slow-burn situationship, and a mantis demon from hell. Survival rating: 2 out of 10. Would not recommend.

For most of his life, Jack Andersen has been plagued by a mysterious disease that makes him a weak, ill, and prone to injury. Over the summer, he is sent to a special hospital located in a remote desert-like area to undergo a groundbreaking treatment. A group of doctors are supposed to be helping him get better, but in reality are keeping him sick on purpose all in the name of medical research. After months of this torture, Jack escapes from the medical facility and heads for home. When Jack returns home, he comes face to face with an identical stranger pretending to be him. While at first the two boys can't stand the sight of one another, they realize two heads are better than one if they have any hope of co-existing.

[5X FEATURED] After discovering she's been turned into a cyborg assassin by her government, Ray Lovas - a sixteen-year-old fighter with impulsive anger problems - must survive in the enemy country, The Mhinto Empire, to save her family and keep the technology safe or risk sparking the next global war. It's 2582 and tensions are at an all-time high between the country of Cronus and The Mhinto Empire. In an evil plot to defeat Mhinto, Cronus secretly develops a cyborg technology that will force every soldier to comply with every command, without hesitation. When Ray becomes the first successful patient for the cyborg assassination team, she must flee the country to save her family to the only place she can't be followed - The Mhinto Empire. Now, Ray must survive in the enemy country, teaming up with a group of refugees while trying to keep her secret. Struggling to keep herself unattached to the handsome Jesse Wu and the other refugees, she risks everything to keep her cyborg technology safe and protect the ones she loves. *** FEATURED @TeenFiction "Between Worlds" FEATURED @SpeculativeFiction "Breaking the Space Time Continuum" FEATURED @dystopianapocalypse "Rebellion: Against the System" FEATURED @StoriesUndiscovered - April 2022 FEATURED @NewlyWrittenBooks "To Infinity and Beyond | Science Fiction" Recognition! 1st Place: The Sinne Awards Judge's Favorite: The Sinne Awards Hidden Gem: The Sinne Awards Highest ranks #1 - biopunk 12/16/21 #1 - dystopianfiction 12/19/21 #1 - highstakes 1/1/22 #2 - cyborg 4/1/22 #3 - international 12/17/21 #14 - futuristic 12/19/21 #20 - speculative 3/30/22 #23 - cyberpunk 1/8/22 #46 - ontherun 12/18/21

A short sci-fi story for young and old readers, about a family Christmas on an unknown ice world at the fringe of the Orion Nebula.

A girl in hiding. A boy on the run. When Talie Zarna, The Soaring Staress of the circus Phenomena, is forced to hide military deserter, Renner Cartha, her secrets are threatened as well as her heart. Renner's flirtatious confidence is at odds with the seriousness of his crimes, and yet Talie risks everything she's come to cherish in order to keep him safe. Little does she know his own deception might be the end of the security she's found among the circus. Traveling between planets while flying through the stars in a death-defying act, Renner and Talie find that they are stronger together than they've ever been apart.