The following is a transcription of a deleted scene from Star Wars The Last Jedi....

A Tale of betrayal, espionage & onions... Author's Note: I wanted to challenge myself and write present tense in the pantser style, (Writing by the seat of your pants). I'm a mad plotter but think I've found my true inner voice. Unbound is light hearted, fun and was effortless to write. This will b...

Luke is a regular guy, with a regular-guy life. He has a wife, a daughter, two cars and a house. He's living the regular guy dream. Thing is, this isn't a regular world anymore.  The Awakened and their powers have de-regularized things. When heroes and villains are running around the city monologuin...

The one that you send to kill the boogeyman wakes up in the future only to face the ultimate boogeyman. Won't somebody PLEASE get this man...a gun! Rated M for language, for sexual situations, and for John Wick shooting lots of dudes in the face. This story is set in the same Mass Effect universe as...

A sci-fi humor flash piece. Wondering if there is an audience for shorter pieces like this on RR as I'm new here!...

The first anthology from Absurdist Press chronicles the origins of several heroes throughout our shared universe...

Millions of years ago, the magical races set about exploring space. When the humans started rejecting and persecuting them, only some chose to stay and help humanity thrive. Now, humanity is coming a little too close to discovering the magical world that lives alongside them. Unable to leave the pla...

First short story of the ThReeee Sentences Story serie by 2 people writing 3 sentences in turns live. P.S. It is a satire, don't take it too seriously....

The Craton, damaged in battle, goes for repairs in the neutral territory known as Gohhi Station.  This collection of independent space stations is the marketplace of the universe; home to the most wretched and the most obscenely wealthy beings in known space. In this melting pot, friends and enemies...

Henry discovers weird archeology among his paleontological sites...junk from the future. Meanwhile, in a very different part of the time stream, others repeatedly discover how to go back. What kind of snake eats its own tail anyway?...

Time tastes like overcooked steak covered in black ashy sand. Nona is the girl who knows how Time tastes. A flavour that alerts her that she is about to witness a time-event from anywhere and anywhen. Scenes played on mute. A never-ending banter from loud, annoying lips. The scent of danger and tear...

“You sure about this?” I looked dubiously up at the towering gate in front of us, surrounded by trees. Hector shrugged. “Did you have another destination in mind?” “Not a city?” I suggested without much hope. Hector narrowed his eyes at me. “Where else do you suggest we find work? We’re soldiers. Be...

I went into the tower of my own free will.  A retelling of Rapunzel as a tower defense story. Although completed, I sometimes come back and tweak a bit based on feedback and my enjoyment of this story. I wonder what other fairytales could become gamelit?...

On the outer edge of our planet's atmosphere hangs the mysterious colossal space station, the Apollyon, that entertains the richest of the rich and other influential cultural shapers. There, a political assassination will take place on the supreme ruler of the Earth, King Khalid, carried out by a no...

Earth is on the brink of destruction thanks to human greed. The planet is no longer a safe place to live in. Humanity must find a way out to survive, even though it is impossible.  So, the decision to travel through time was made to prevent the earth from meeting its doom.  However, Arisa is more in...

Entirely sane space-racer Diana Slowbane pushes her ship past its limits in order to bag first place, and in doing so, breaks the laws of causality and sends herself, her ship, and her AI companion ChaOS hurtling across the Milky way and into Federation space, where she is the first human to ever me...

Shelby's wasted much of her life. Now she's starting to waste other people's.Professional layabout Shelby's main activities include watching TV and eating junk food. When her TV breaks and she's forced to use a vintage set, everything changes. This isn't just any TV she's found – it comes with great...

A Saga Begins with Apocalyptic Science Fiction! This thrilling science fiction begins the Andalon® Saga, a collection of speculative science fantasies spanning many centuries. The saga is grand, already approaching 600,000 words with infinite space to grow. The Andalon Saga blends several genres, es...

My name is Dr. Alevia Devron. I was one of the team leaders of the Exo-Science Department of the 436th Expeditionary Fleet at the time of the discovery of the Piets. I took part in almost every aspect of research in the First Contact Project. From the satellite probing of the planet’s surface, to th...

Due to constant war between Earth's nations the surface became almost uninhabitable, which forces everyone to create a new home under the surface of the ocean. Aiden is but a simple diver, working towards expanding his nations territory to the underwater kingdom, often exploring places never before ...