A short story about an AI toaster as it solves problems, learns things, makes discoveries.The goal is to explore themes of identity, emergent phenomena, philosophy as relates to a intellgent toaster. "Hard Scifi" in the sense that it will draw inspiration from (what I understand of) how AI works.Inf...

"You know, darling, when was younger, I dreamt of finding the City of Towers and to live in one of its majestic silver towers. Unfortunately, it seems I wasn't meant for it..." "Don't be sad mother... I will go and search for it, and when I find it, I will bring you with me so that we can live there...

A being is born made up of nanites and not just infected with them.  They will find a combination of technology and reality manipulation as well as a Dystopia like society.  This is the story of a new lifeform trying to find a place in a broken world.  Given the control granted by their new body ove...

Amla Mae Atiyeh is a 19 year old girl who is the mian caretaker of her mentally disabled mother. She lives in a religiously controlled environment, depserate to rise to the top and overthrow the church. Between lies, secret identities, and the haunting past, she has to fight her own needs for societ...

When nations are on the brink of war, to be innocent is not enough...Fifteen years ago, Jehan Fasih designed a drug that could curb the instinct for violence (and rob the taker of their free will). Fifteen minutes ago, someone blew up the metro station to get their hands on his brainchild.Jehan must...

Trigger warnings Politics Religions Ideologies Racism/Bigotry If you are still here then the other stuff probably won't bother you but I have to mention it Corse language Blood/gore Sexual situations Still on board well then this shouldn't break you Random UwU girl System Messa...

In the grimdark future, a young girl finds herself dragged into a universe she barely understands. Servile to the whims of her enigmatic teacher, her life teeters on a knife's edge. This'll be my first attempt at writing a cohesive fiction, it will lean heavily into psychological storytelling and w...

It was supposed to be an easy job: security guard at a laboratory testing some new tech. And it was. Until the tech activated in ways no one expected.  Oh, and it was a portal generator prototype.  One that dumps Nicholas Frost out in some new galaxy, possibly another dimension, and in the middle of...

This is SC fi friction include hard science, history,  religious and imagination....

"The Reincarnation System produces an Exhaust whenever it is used. The Exhaust is a force of death that almost seems to seek revenge on the life forms that cast it away. If it kills people, they will only be reincarnated again, and more Exhaust will be made. If too much Exhaust forms at once, its de...

Whether you’re a fan of mythology or not, there’s no denying that everyone’s familiar with, or at least heard of, the concept of merfolk to some extent. From ancient folklore to modern fictional media, it is a widely known subject with various different interpretations. May it be sirens luring sailo...

With the emergence of computer graphics threatening to end their careers months before graduation, a group of special effects students set out to make a more realistic superhero short film to land their dream jobs. But how far are they willing to go for realism? PHOTOGENIC will update every Monday ...

When I was growing up, I used to watch and read science fiction content day in and out. Then I would go and dream myself all this fantasies in my head. Like all people, well not all as I would later learn, I would be the hero in them. Everything would revolve around me. Whatever I did, had consequen...

"In the paradox of chaos and order, which conceals the true abyss?"...

A Game. An obsession. A desire to protect. But is that it?Due to a meteor crash and couple of wars, Earth ruptured. New continents were created, new countries formed. But, the problem of unemployment doesn't really go away if half the world is restructured, does it? So what does the world do? Create...

In a world where science has advanced beyond imagination, a brilliant but morally questionable scientist named Dr. Victor Kael creates a group of genetically modified humans known as "Alpha." These Alphas possess extraordinary abilities and extended lifetimes, thanks to the integration of advanced t...

For years, she was deemed useless. Hated for being born with an awful power. Her inferiority clear for all to see, she stewed in jealousy. As if that wasn't enough, when she turned fifteen, she was given a choice. Keep the family name honorable by doing the world the favor and offing herself, or be ...

Tomas Escarra was a simple hitman up until a secret organization known as BOP (Bureau of Paranormal) caught up to him. He was mostly content to live a life of going from job to job, collecting money from each contract as “The Cleaver” until he was offered more than two million dollars to investigate...

A psychiatrist is blackmailed by his possibly unstable patient to do something terrible - or else his pet red panda gets it!...

1994, there was an unknown energy below the Pacific encountered by some fishermen. Countries worldwide compete to get that unknown energy because they think that whoever gets that energy will become the richest and lead the world. But... The competition changed to war. It was called officially in th...