Speculativefiction Stories

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.

After death, the greatest minds in early American history awaken in a place they cannot understand-a vast, silent observation chamber known only as The Glass Room. From here, they can see the living world. But the living world cannot see them. No voices cross the divide. No warnings can be given. No intervention is possible. They are forced into eternal observation-watching centuries unfold through one-way panes of glass, like prisoners behind a mirror in an interrogation room where history is both suspect and evidence. What they witness is not the nation they once knew-but something that grew far beyond their design. A modern world of overwhelming scale, fractured trust, accelerating information, and constant political tension. Every decision echoes outward. Every consequence compounds. Every assumption they once held is tested against outcomes they never could have foreseen. At first, they try to understand it. Then they begin to argue. Was the system flawed from the start-or corrupted over time? Is instability the price of freedom, or the sign of collapse? And if a republic survives but no longer resembles its creators' intent... does it still mean success? As the Founding Fathers fracture into competing interpretations of their own legacy, the Glass Room becomes more than an afterlife. It becomes an endless debate between philosophy and reality. Between intention and consequence. Between what a nation was built to be-and what it became without permission. A political psychological thriller about power, time, and irreversible history, The Glass Room asks one haunting question: What happens when the architects of a system can only watch it evolve... and realize they no longer agree on what they built?

Time doesn't heal anything. It only moves forward. Erin Pandore learned that too young-when loss rewrote her childhood and turned physics into something personal. By the time she enters university, she's already dangerous: a prodigy obsessed with bending time, convinced that the universe is not an arrow, but a structure that can be corrected. Then she meets Dr. Blanche Song. A physicist who speaks about time like it's already been rewritten. A woman who changes everything without trying. And Erin begins building something that might not just change her life-but rupture reality itself. Because if time can be bent... then maybe loss was never final.

🌊⚓ The Chronicles of Aruanda (shortstory collection) 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.

What if the global revolution didn't ignite in Petrograd, but in the ports and coal mines of the Pacific? This sweeping, deeply detailed alternate history re-imagines the 20th century through the lens of a radical socialist superpower in the Southern Hemisphere. Spanning nearly a century, the chronicle begins in the depths of World War I, where a clandestine communication network known as the "Red Wire" sparks a synchronized worker uprising across Australia and New Zealand. Bypassing colonial wartime censorship, the newly forged Australasian Socialist Federation (ASF) successfully throws off the British Imperial yoke, breaking royal blockades and repelling a bloody Pacific Civil War. From the defense of Botany Bay to a fierce "Great Patriotic War" against Imperial Japanese invaders, the ASF survives through sheer solidarity and innovative, localized warfare. In peacetime, the Federation emerges as a global beacon of democratic syndicalism. Resilient against the Wall Street Crash of 1929, defiant during the Cold War's Tasman Missile Crisis, and untouched by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the ASF pioneers an insulated, eco-conscious economy driven by labor credits, green energy, and a revolutionary real-time digital democracy. Rich in geopolitical intrigue, technological divergence, and military strategy, this timeline offers a captivating blueprint of a world where corporate capitalism failed to conquer the globe, and the working class built a high-tech, zero-emission sanctuary in the South Pacific.

Some places are not meant to be found. Others refuse to stay lost. When cartographer Elias Morrow is called to an uncharted region of the Atlantic, he expects flawed data, human error, and the usual map distortions-not resistance. The island does not behave like land. The closer it is defined, the more it shifts. The more it is understood, the less it exists. As a missing survey team's final logs grow stranger and more certain, Elias is drawn into a place that rejects precision, punishes certainty, and rewrites those who try to impose order on it. What begins as a recovery mission quickly becomes something more dangerous. It becomes a confrontation with the limits of perception, control, and identity itself. Because this island doesn't just defy mapping- It changes the people who try. And the most dangerous moment... Is when you think you finally understand it.

SET IN NEAR-FUTURE SEOUL NEW EPS TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS Launching the first day of spring - March 20 When Korea's most trusted "everything app" weaponizes her private medical data, artist Maya Kim is thrust into a system designed to predict-and control-her life. To fight back, she must expose a chilling network of government-backed surveillance before it strips her of her autonomy, her art, and her right to choose. The Algorithm of Spring is a near-future techno-thriller set in Seoul, blending high-stakes conspiracy with the emotional intensity of a K-drama.

Lukas joined the Eastern Defense League to become a hero. One strike of the Red Beam turns him into something else entirely. Across the front, Anna Petrova - the scientist behind the weapon - watches her creation tear through soldiers, cities, and her conscience. As both sides scramble to understand what the Soviets have unleashed, General Reinhardt begins a political performance that threatens to turn the battlefield into a stage. Operation: Red Theater is a story of broken ideals, impossible weapons, and the moment two lives are shattered by a war that has stopped obeying the rules.

A Collection of Short Stories. Most are written for @LayethTheSmackDown 'Multigenre Mashup Smackdown' and 'The Fabulous Spec-fic Smack Down'.

Harry P. has always known he was different. He just assumed that meant unlucky. When a trip to the zoo turns into an encounter with towering robots, impossible heroes, and at least one very talkative snake, Harry learns the truth: he isn't just strange - he's a mutant. In a world where magic and mutation have quietly coexisted for generations, Hogwarts is more than a school for wizards. It's a refuge for the gifted, the dangerous, and the deeply unpopular. As Harry is drawn into a hidden war between those who fear the unknown and those determined to control it, he discovers that destiny has a sense of humor - and it's usually at his expense. From the creator of Super Magic Force Wars, Hogwarts: A School for Gifted Youngsters is a Harry Potter / X-Men crossover in which every character is a dual character, blending two beloved fictional worlds. It mixes action, mystery, and occasional absurdity into a character-driven story about power, identity, and surviving a world that would really prefer you didn't exist.

In this alternate timeline, the Cold War takes a different turn after World War II, leading to the emergence of a third bloc: The Oceania Pact-a powerful geopolitical alliance of Pacific and Southern Hemisphere nations. Neither fully aligned with NATO nor the Warsaw Pact, this new bloc acts as a "third force" vying for influence, security, and independence from the global superpowers.

An agent tackles two challenging cases of theft, revealing dangers underneath. A scholar uncovers the soul's secrets to save his city from havoc. An orphan sneaks under the government's senses, nursing a deadly secret. An information broker loses everything and seeks revenge. When a faceless threat steals the spotlight from a recently imprisoned crime tycoon, these paths will weave together, leading into a death-defying race for forgotten mysteries bridging ideals and reality. Truth governs every inch of Olsa Reon, but under the pressure of greed and sin, it may not last long. In a continuation of the cherished high fantasy series, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢, delve into the region of Olsa Reon, 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 THURSDAYS, 10:00 PM (GMT+8, SGT)/3:00 PM (GMT+1, CET) © 2024 (First Edition) [110,000 - 120,000 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.

An egotistical supervillain, thrown back in time by her sidekick, must work with her past self--and her ex-girlfriend-turned-superhero, in order to find her way home. ☆ Rory Lennox, also known as the supervillain Ridge, always gets what she wants. At least until her loyal sidekick goes rogue, throwing her back to her university years using the time machine she invented. When her path crosses with her past self, she finds past-Rory is willing to believe time travel exists, but not that she would ever become a villain. To make matters worse, Accha Coderia, Rory's superhero-rival and ex-girlfriend, is trapped in the past too. As the two are forced to work together to fix the machine, unresolved tensions rise between them, daring to re-ignite a flame they have both been trying to ignore. In order to get home, Rory must ensure the past plays out exactly as it happened the first time, which means reliving the events leading to her descent into villainy. Rory might be doomed, but maybe... just maybe... her past is exactly what she needs. Content Warning: Brief mention of suicide. Please use discretion. Cover by @-MilaSteele

New Chapters Every Monday & Friday Have you ever wondered what the world would look like if everything you knew was turned upside down? What if... Men naturally carried and gave birth to babies? Prisons were five-star luxury resorts where serial killers lived better than everyone else? History unfolded completely differently? Cockroaches evolved into the dominant species- and humans became the pests? Beauty determined whether you deserved food, a job... or even respect? Every world has one thing in common. One idea. Taken too far. Marcus...Lisa...Jake....Tyler....Tia.....Sabrina. Five strangers with nothing in common except one terrifying fate. An unknown Machine tears them from their ordinary lives and forces them to survive world after world, each one more dangerous than the last. They aren't given a map. They aren't given instructions. Only one rule. Survive. But the longer they travel, the more they realize these worlds aren't random. Every choice they make changes their own Earth. Every world teaches a lesson. Every lesson comes with a cost. And somewhere among the millions of realities... Someone already knows how their journey ends. The question isn't whether they'll survive. The question is... What is the Machine preparing them for?

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?

Lin Sen thinks the past is over until a small change on Zhiyuan's social media profile pulls him back into a life he never fully left behind. Across Beijing, London, Hong Kong, hospital rooms, rented apartments, old songs, missing spoons, and impossible versions of the same relationship, two people keep finding and losing each other in lives that almost make sense. Part literary romance, part speculative meditation on memory, time, and the versions of ourselves we abandon, this novel follows love not as a single fate, but as an entanglement: tender, painful, unfinished, and finally quiet.

In Chapter 1 - Crossways, Tony spends the weekend with his sister and her family, and gets a late start for home Sunday night. Too tired to continue, he parks on the side of the road for a short nap. He wakes up too late to make it to work on time. But, as he'll soon discover, losing his job will be the least of his worries. Chapter 1 is less than 1,000 words. I'll add additional flash-fiction stories as I write them, each under 1,500 words. I hope you enjoy them, and I'd love to hear what you think. ~Simultaneously published on PoetrySoup and Royal Road.

Lucy is twenty-one and already exhausted from trying to prove she belongs. A demanding internship in a male-dominated field. A long-distance relationship that feels like it is quietly fading. A mother fighting cancer in another country. Everyone expects her to be strong, capable, grateful. No excuses. No breakdowns. No pauses. Then reality shifts. After encountering a strange light in an alley, Lucy begins to experience the world differently. The city hums beneath the surface. Emotions glow. People seem closer and further away at the same time. The more pressure she feels, the more unstable everything becomes. At first, she blames stress. Burnout. Anxiety. But when love fractures and the world around her stops responding the way it should, Lucy realizes she may have stepped into a hidden layer of existence, one that operates on a different frequency. And once you shift out of tune with reality, finding your way back is not as simple as turning up the volume. Some frequencies are hidden. Some are learned. And some can change everything. The Hidden Frequency is a continuing series. New chapters every week.

When fifteen-year-old coding prodigy Anny Marveira creates a hacking program powered by AI to fight corruption in Brazil, she never expects it to ignite a revolution. Her creation, Robin Hood, starts redistributing stolen wealth and changing lives overnight, but it soon attracts the attention of global powers: hacker syndicates, intelligence agencies like the CIA, politicians, and big corporations. As the hunt intensifies, Anny must find a way to hide her creation before it falls into the wrong hands. Anny: The Girl Who Hacked the Future is a fast-paced, emotionally charged story about conscience, code, and the cost of change.

In early 1941, to escape the slaughter of World War II, an unlikely alliance-Thailand, independent Dutch East Indies factions, Australia, New Zealand, and Tonga-signed a secret mutual-defense pact in Fremantle. They declared absolute neutrality and transformed the Indo-Pacific into an impenetrable fortress known as "The Wall." By mining vital shipping straits and issuing an immediate shoot-on-sight ultimatum to foreign empires, they completely locked down the region. They choked off the global supply of rubber and oil, redirecting these critical resources to fuel their own rapidly expanding steel foundries and munitions plants. By 1945, while the old world lay devastated by total war, the Southern Axis of Peace stood as a hyper-prosperous, heavily armed oasis of stability and industrial might.