Speculativefiction Stories

Bastovar is a city of quiet wars. Above its rain-soaked streets, people gather in warm cafés, music drifts through the night, and life appears almost ordinary. Below the surface, mercenaries fight in hidden arenas, Variant powers shape the balance of the world, and the ancient dynasties hold the city together through fragile alliances. What begins as a seemingly stranger listening from the corner of a room slowly becomes something deeper-something dangerous than either of them understands. Because in Bastovar, even a song can start a war. And the Wolves may have just found the one person they can't walk away from.

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?

Urla's people live on the edge between forest and valley. They hide among the trees, living a mostly peaceful existence. They only fear traveling to the outside villages. They have very little to trade with the outside world, surviving for years on the work of their hands. Urla's father is a weaver and a tailor. His work is a wonder and a trick to the eye as the fabric dances before those who see it. He makes traveling clothes for those who risk the outside world. The trick is to be noticed and unseen. Yet, Urla lives a carefree life. If only Frederick would leave her be, then life would be perfect.

Come home. But not everyone is invited. The Gardeners: The Return is the first book in an Afrofuturist trilogy set in 2040, when ancient beings called the Gardeners arrive on Earth with an offer. Those who receive it must choose between everything they value and a freedom no one before them had. The arrival divides communities, churches, and households. It forces questions about liberation, belonging, and what we owe each other when the impossible becomes real. This is a story about faith, family, and the weight of choosing your own deliverance. Currently #1 in Afrofuturism and #1 in Faith Fiction.

The story continues as the mysterious warden of Zig-Zig is eventually informed about Herschel's escape. Against every principle of his precious Dalmicir school, Lyeasrakardsul submits and asks the Knomes for help before finally receiving the dreaded p-wyrd. Herschel is arrested as a chicken thief and brought to the town Stagna where he has been prejudged as a p-e-r-v-e-r-t by popular opinion, and where he will have some of the most significant encounters in his life.

With growth comes change, and with change, growth. These are the very words that so accurately describe Maximillian Hunter at this very moment. After all, this is his first year not only in Hypercity High, but in Hypercity itself. Between new faces, new foes and most of all, new friends... those of the super powered variety, Maximillian Hunter now finds himself at the jaws of a new foe. Change... And also, Sylvester Perry. *** Time to get back to school, right? Woo hoo! Who has ever said those words and meant them? Somebody... probably... Fifteen-year-old Maximillian Hunter enters what may just be his first truly normal week in Hypercity High, to say nothing of the many, many things that now haunt him as a result of the previous weeks events... To say nothing of the dinner party two days ago... Even still, all goes well... Until the man by the name of Sylvester Perry decides that it's time to... Cause some mayhem. Leaving Max and the team with a little more than they thought they'd have to deal with. With change comes growth and with growth change. Let the games begin. Howls Of Change. **** New chapters on Tuesdays.

[STATUS:- ON GOING] [GENRE:- FANTASY, ACTION, ADVENTURE, SPECULATIVE FICTION, YOUNG ADULT] _____________________✦____________________ After saving the Spellcaster Town from destruction, Kamoor, Azeal, and Sierra set out to return....only to be ambushed by something far more terrifying than anything they've faced before. An unseen, unfelt, and ruthless creature begins its hunt. But the danger doesn't end there. Drawn into a conflict not their own, they find themselves entangled with Spirit Users---a people bound by secrets, power, and their own hidden motives. And as the truth begins to unfold, one thing becomes clear..... this is no ordinary threat. To stop the creature, they must uncover and face the evil behind it... before it's too late.

The world had asked for someone who could fix it. Someone who could stop wars, end hunger, cure disease, and keep humanity from destroying itself. Then the Divine arrived. And he promised salvation-but at a terrible cost.

After a catastrophic event called The Bleach, humanity discovered that color and complex visual patterns could rewrite human memory. To survive, the city went monochrome - gray concrete, black clothes, filtered eyes. Art isn't just illegal. It's treated like a biological weapon. Wren Kastellan burns it for a living. Seven years as a state Restoration Officer, incinerating banned paintings behind color-blind filters, never questioning why the gaps in his own memory feel too clean to be real. Then a routine sweep leads him to a hidden door beneath the old university - and a reclusive artist named Cassia Marlowe, who's spent eleven years using forbidden pigments to restore the stolen memories of people the state erased. The deeper Wren falls into her world, the more he realizes his "perfect" past was never lost to the Bleach. It was taken. Deliberately. And the signature on the order might belong to someone he trusts with his life every single day. Some truths are the color of a wound closing. Others are the color of one finally being allowed to bleed. I put my hand on the door. Somewhere behind it, faint, I hear someone humming - an old tune, unplaceable, the kind of melody that feels less like something you're hearing for the first time and more like something surfacing. I open the door.

A collection of short fiction for the 2026 Smackdown.

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.

Power and greed are at the heart of governance in future Britain. For two hundred years, Chartered and Standard have ruled over the country, each leader genetically cultivated and engineered to be ruthless, loyal and incapable of empathy. Thirty-six, the latest heir, was created to continue the legacy of Thirty-five. But a chance encounter with an outspoken administrator begins to erode everything he was built to be, drawing him into a world he didn't understand and a conflict that would cost him everything.

-[SYNOPSIS]- "You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. Don't you think?" - Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) (1990) **** Lewis Parker has always dreamed of seeing dinosaurs up close. He just never expected them to appear in his hometown... ----•---- When a secret government experiment tears open mysterious portals across a suburban neighborhood, creatures from Earth's distant past begin spilling into the modern world. Herbivores roam the streets, pterosaurs fill the skies, and predators lurk around every corner. And with every new portal, something even bigger or hungrier could emerge. Trapped in the chaos with his friends, Lewis must find a way out to reach safety. But along the way, the group encounters a small animal that they decide to take under their care. With danger closing in, the group must cross a town where anything could be waiting in the shadows, from the tiniest critter to the largest sauropod ever to walk the Earth. And somewhere in the chaos, they're on the menu of a particularly dangerous apex predator... Can they escape before it's too late? Or will they become another part of this prehistoric nightmare?

Harry Potter meets X-Men in an unapologetically absurd crossover where every character is a mash-up, every chapter contains at least one terrible joke, and somehow there's still an actual plot. In a world where magic and mutation have quietly coexisted for generations, Hogwarts isn't just a school for witches and wizards-it's also home to mutants, superheroes, supervillains, sentient robots, cosmic artifacts, and at least one misplaced Hobbit. Every character is a fusion of two beloved fictional characters, creating a story that is equal parts adventure, mystery, affectionate parody, and gleeful absurdity. Expect action, heart, running gags, terrible puns, and the occasional surprisingly sincere moment between explosions. Hogwarts: A School for Gifted Youngsters is a prequel to the Super Magic Force Wars podcast.

When the world gridlocks - roads, rails, and skyports jammed beyond rescue - only the hydrogen‑powered Rockhoppers can reach the unreachable. On the jagged coastal crags near Bondi Beach, an intergalactic rock band prepares for the most secret performance in history. Their helicopters hover above the surf, pontoon tanks gleaming in the dusk, as instruments are lowered onto the rocks below. But amid the roar of the waves and the hum of hydrogen rotors, a signal cuts through the static - a transmission from fifty years in the future, carrying the voice of their own lead singer. It warns of a cosmic resonance linking Bondi to the Small Magellanic Cloud, and to a fate that could echo across time itself. As the Jodrell Bank telescope locks onto the shimmering infundibulum, the band must decide whether to play the final note that will define - or destroy - their legacy.

SECOND BOOK OF THE PIPER OF MIRCHAEK TRILOGY Najizaki Kai-Se doesn't have much time left. With an inexplicable sickness and a quest he cannot deny of a fallen friend, he delves into Shaoryeong, the realm of homicidal spirits and imprisoned gods, in search for answers. Paekdora Nao-Zai is running out of time. Upon being called to the Imperial Palace as the newest member of the Royal Guard, he is greeted with a dying prince and an Empire on the verge of collapse. With a task he cannot refuse, Nao-Zai has to brave friends and foes alike in a quest not just to save the Empire but Kai-Se's life as well. Shaoryeong reaps what is due and the veil between worlds may not be able to contain its hunger. It's up to Kai-Se and Nao-Zai to contain it before the webs of conspiracy weave a trap they can't escape. From the author of the award-winning novella, 𝘒𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦, comes the second installment of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘬 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, where the realm of splendor may not be as perfect as it appears, and at this moment, time is not on anyone's side. ˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°•˜"°•.˜"°• © 2022 (First Edition) [85,000 - 90,000 words] [All graphics are made by @Exequinne]

Welcome to the latest annual Best Of collection! Brand-new stories from some of your favourite mothertroopers!

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This is the official teaser book for my upcoming original science-fiction dinosaur novel! :D (Take note that the cover used for this teaser book is not the official/original cover)