Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Stories Archive

Common Time by Bruce Golden. Ignoring the pain, as another barbed branch reminded him of the wound in his thigh, he scanned the foliage and listened to the distant but crisp sounds of battle. Through a break in the

Shadow Transit by Ferrett Steinmetz. Last night’s blizzard had choked the roads, leaving the cabinet factory short-handed for the Friday shift. So Michelle’s boss had called to give her a choice: she could come in for an emergency shift today

We’re All Super Here by Michaele Jordan. She pulled Mom’s lavender sweater out of the drawer, then swayed, fell back onto the edge of the windowsill, and started to cry. It wasn’t the sweater, of course. The sweater was

A Meek And Thankful Heart by Jeff Somers. The old man should have been cut off an hour ago, but he was obviously well known to the bartenders, as they continued to serve him gimlets despite his increasing inability to

Something You Don’t Want To Find By by Annie Neugebauer. Chris recognized their noises in the darkness of her room. The soft shifting of a plastic bag in the closet, the dry rustle of a piece of loose notebook paper,