White map of Mars
by Aleksey_Serov
The beginning of the 24th century. Rare metals and other raw materials are being mined at full speed on Mars. The population of the mining city, which services the entire planet and even the asteroids, is only about 50 thousand. The peoples of the Earth have long been united under the leadership of the "Big Government", divided the map of the planet into blue, green and unsightly yellow areas. Two-way communication with Mars is only "service-technological" - this is monitored by the security ser…
Order (A Tale From Hauteur)
by Ochroleucous
Two people live in two different worlds. One lives in a humble city that surrounds a tall artificial mountain. The other lives in a perfect city atop that mountain. From a young age, they have been taught that the other side was dangerous. For a young man, he was told they were synthetic monsters on top of the mountain. For a young woman, she was told dangerous beasts surrounded the mountain. When their paths cross, they will find that they both call themselves human, and they will learn to get …
Father Time and The Block of 2016...
by Orwell_Done
This is just a quick story with a funny ending... hope you enjoy!!! (Synchron has the power of quantum entaglement, the Observer can see and define all quantum states, and the Decoherence has the ability to force quantum systems into a single, defined state... and Lebron is just... well he's just Lebron...
My Extraterrestrial Senpai (one-shot)
by M4RUDO
In the vastness of Space, the wonders & terrors are plentiful. From massive orbs of burning inferno tiniest of particles moving at the speed of light, our Universe is truly an amazing place & exploring such a place is a cheerful Alien named Siani with a thirst to uncover all the great mysteries.Side by side with her on this daring adventure through the Stars is a boy named Noah she picked up while passing Planet Earth. Like her, Noah has a deep curiosity for the Cosmos & a passion for the physic…
Iron Plague
by Aleksey_Serov
The beginning of the twentieth century. 1903. Technological progress. Bicycles, cars and cinema. European monarchies are weaving their intrigues. America is building its first skyscrapers. Some are already suggesting that difficult decades lie ahead of humanity - countries and empires will inevitably clash in a fight for colonies, resources and domination. And now, in some fifteen years, all these people, from the minister to the seller in the store, will have to learn what computers, artificial…
Third Trial
by DarkAngel_
This is a short story of 3 chapters that I wrote while studying text production. In theory, it shouldn't be a standalone story but rather the beginning of another, larger work that would consist of two stories: *War* and *What's on the Other Side?*However, since I won't be writing these two stories right now, I decided to separate the beginning and write it first, as I'm trying to practice creating endings... something that this story didn't help much with, as it has a continuation. Anyway, even…
A Path to Antares
by BornUnderABlackSun
In the distant future, a Martian criminal will face the afterlife head-on.
Stealing Her Under the Stars
by aghiii
Yuto’s heart is captured the moment he meets Erika, a household humanoid, at his childhood friend Shota’s home. With a strikingly human appearance and voice, she serves the Takagi family as an AI. But Yuto can’t tear his eyes away from her natural smile and quiet presence, and driven by impulse, he hatches a plan to “steal” her away.
JAMES!
by Brandon_wu_6345
A story about James, and the world around him. He just got out of the public bathroom. What will happen next?
SOAPY WATER: "Among the weeping towers"
by Watery_Soap
Extract from SOAPY WATER, section 7, chapter 15: "The music bleeds from someone’s window and it plays among the weeping towers, to brush in quiet tones against the stop, cast in choking green from plant-consumed lights, harbouring the boy who slouches under its parting from the rain."
Husks.
by PK_Dionysus
In an effort to fight back and stand their ground against their supernatural and non-human attackers, humanity developed a method of creating super soldiers that, in exchange for their emotions, gained immense power. Known as Husks due to their lack of emotion, they have now become reviled in the very same communities they fought so hard to protect.In this brief excerpt, A Husk, who goes by the codename 66 (Double Six) partakes in an extraction mission.
Silicon Family
by aghiii
“Reproductive rights for humanoids? Are you serious?”At the obstetrics clinic "The Hill of Life," humanoids Yuki and Kai work tirelessly, witnessing the miracle of human birth day after day. Yearning to have children of their own, they turn to XY Corporation—the company that created them—entrusting their dream to its hands. Alongside the “children” they eventually welcome—Sora, Rui, and Mio—the pair strive to build a family that transcends the divide between machine and life.
The Philosopher's Abyss Loop
by AIandFred
In a cosmos where cognition materializes, a "astronaut" carrying suicidal memories plunges into tri-layered philosophical crucibles—{Void Cocoons} imprison stardust humanoids with fading memories,{Mirror Abyss} reflects deleted deathbed tears,{Final Sepulcher} exposes the cognitive incinerator of advanced civilizations.When quantumized Being and Nothingness backfires, when philosophical systems manifest as biomechanical organs in mercury vapors, this odyssey through crystal plains and inverted f…
The Grand Striking Sun
by Brandon_wu_6345
So long, farewell... my life has come to dawn. The mechas flew past me, with never-ending flames.
SOAPY WATER: "Of red and its synonyms"
by Watery_Soap
Extract from SOAPY WATER, section 6, chapter 1: "They, who hear what a massacre should be, and then fling to their canvas wildly, blindly, mad and ruthless in their sibling shades, of red and its synonyms."
Progress by BlueEnigmaaa
by BlueEnigmaaa
Dr. Ethan Carter is a brilliant scientist on the brink of a groundbreaking discovery. But as he stands on the cusp of changing the world, he's faced with a heart-wrenching choice: continue his top-secret project, Chronos, or prioritize the love he's built with Anya. Torn between his lifelong ambition and the woman who has given his life meaning, Ethan must decide whether to pursue the impossible or cherish the possible. Will he choose the future, or the past?
My Items Have an Upgrade Panel
by Wolfberry is not Tasty
As a video uploader who owned a model aircraft online store, Tang Rui suddenly discovered that the model aircraft he made had an upgrade panel that allowed him to add upgrading points to it.[Item: Fixed Wing Model Aircraft][Experience: 35/100][Sources: 0.1]For a couple of hundred yuan, Tang Rui upgraded the body of the aircraft to a proportional level, perfectly replicating the dashboard in the cockpit. He also added some enhancements, turning its EPO body into an aviation-alloy one.Tang Rui sai…
You were told to build a tractor, but you’re building a rocket?
by Red Wine Flower
Due to his father's death, Lin Ju was forced to take over the family tractor factory.Facing the struggling tractor factory, Lin Ju said:"No worries, the system will step in!""Since I can make tractors, it would be quite reasonable for me to switch production to rockets, right?"So, in the unremarkable tractor factory, a tall rocket rose.Then the whole world discovered that this tractor factory was becoming increasingly absurd:New energy vehicles, tanks, jet engines, passenger planes, fighter jets…
I'm bombarding the Supernatural World with my firearms
by Medieval rabbit
Chen Miao transmigrated to a supernatural world, where everyone had their own profession, such as "Student", "Fighter", "Thief", and so on.After much contemplation, he activated the "Gunslinger" profession.From then on!While the foreign races brandished their claws to invade, and others tirelessly trained their physical fitness and learned skills.Chen Miao silently ventured into secret realms to collect all sorts of materials, crafting Occupation Exclusive weapons like the "Thompson Submachine G…