In Ivan's Timeless Pub, time doesn't move in a line, it moves in a circle. Gary walks in, hoping to change the past.  He won't....

It’s been 27 years since Earth's destruction. Surviving humans have made their departure to the orbiting military space station, Titan II. Riley Karlsson, a covert time travel agent, is tasked with averting the coming worldwide apocalypse. Through many attempts, he struggles to find the solution to ...

Science fiction written for "HFY" with an emphasis on the awesomeness of humanity. Alien attorneys, mech knights, battles with the forces of nature, journeys of discovery, surviving the dark forest, human hilarities and more. The most insane collection of science fiction stories ever written....

Maria, a retired grandmother prone to worry, hasn't seen her neighbor Nance for the past three weeks and decides it's time to check in on her. With so many strange things happening in the world, they have plenty to catch up on....

"The Network" is a sci-fi thriller that propels Niko Tesic (Teshich) from a struggling nanomedicine researcher into the heart of a top-secret government project. Unearthed from a mysterious alien artifact, advanced nanorobots hold the potential to revolutionize medicine. However, it also harbors a m...

Culinary and criminal entrepreneur, Scratch is on her way to the planet Serendipity to take up a position as private chef for a billionaire. She's going to have to make it through the fourth dimension first....

Do you dream of going back in time? Think again. Time travel has a bad reputation. Forget the movies with their dramatic tension and happy endings. In reality, it's a messy business. And its real problems are far more unsettling. Buckle up, because this isn't your typical time travel adventure. This...

Jahdra has one thing on her mind: getting her ship home safely. But when she finds herself on the run, her priority quickly changes to staying alive. With a few suspicious passengers in tow and no crew of her own, Jahdra must make some difficult decisions that could put her—and her ship—at risk. Thi...

A word of thanks from S. H. Robinson, an update of the current state of affairs of the second book in the Drågoon Mémoirs, and a small token of appreciation......

Book 1 of Endurance These are the adventures of Karl Hausman, a 68-year-old retired professor living in New Hampshire when the apocalypse arrives. Together with Terry Williams, a foul-mouthed high school cheerleader, Karl struggles to find people and gather resources with the goal of forming a Safe ...

Tales from the Crossroads is a series of 17 micro-fiction horror stories set in the Primordial Crossroads Universe. PALINGENESIS delves into a far future tribe and their attempts to escape the cycle of reincarnation....

For hundreds of years, the Spargarians have been in servitude to King Melon and his people. As a constructor, Zazarel's life has been nothing but crafting sculptures since he was a boy. His girlfriend, Vodkis, a seamstress, sews clothing from sun up, to sundown to an unrelenting needy kingdom. To su...

In the blazing heart of the Sun, a spark of light comes to life with an astonishing quality: self-awareness. As it struggles against loneliness and the loss of energy, it desperately seeks to uncover its purpose and if there is anything beyond its brilliant prison....

Tales from the Crossroads is a series of 17 micro-fiction horror stories set in the Primordial Crossroads Universe. DUTIFUL is about a woman's struggle to fulfil her duty to her family and people by venturing into deep space....

Lia is happy to be accepted to the only magic school in the universe. It was always her dream to become as powerful a mage as the queen or the mages from the stories. But when she takes the entrance exam, she notices that the class structure of the world is even harsh in the world of mages, as they'...

An unexpected phone call at dawn catapults Harlow Bennet and his team of MIT mathematicians into a classified project to decrypt a mysterious message from outer space. It quickly becomes clear the signal is not just a cosmic puzzle, it is an exploration of humanity’s place in the cosmos and how it m...

When Lisa plays a practical joke on the Elders of her settlement, they retaliate against her family. Determined to fix what went wrong, Lisa turns to the forest, where for centuries the goblins have lived in hiding, hoarding forbidden knowledge which has the power to change the world as she knows it...

It’s just a typical day at the office, until Zardok gets called in for a Meeting Without Coffee......

In Kanne's tribe, what separates adults from children is owning and mastering the N'Kele -- a strange item that allows one to see through time. And yet, as Kanne is about to find out, not all N'Keles are created the same. What to expect: A soft Science-Fiction short story with a fantasy feel. For mo...

Aine is on her way to a nursing home placement when her granddaughter gives her a toy goblin, but SETI has other ideas. [Participant in the June 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest]...