Science Fiction Stories

Jack's blunder was disastrous, but what he worried about was: would Einstein have approved?

Droozle was probably the greatest writer in the world--any world!

I thought of every way to save Hal from the Lydna Project and failed. but the women didn't!

Ellaby's society was a perfect democracy, where all men were equal. But some still wanted more personal attention, and they got it, like--

very planet is badly in need of family men, naturally--but the same one on all of them?

It was, Kirk thought, like standing in a gully, watching a boulder teeter precariously above you. It might fall at any minute, crushing your life out instantly beneath its weight. Your only possible defenses are your brain and voice--but how do you argue with a boulder which neither sees nor hears?

Stark disaster to a brave lad in space may--to the mind that loves--be a tragedy pridefully concealed.

First published in "The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories published in 1963.

A story in the Warhammer 40K Universe
Another old one, found from the early depths of 2007. Enjoy the ride of an Imperial Guard Rhino on a combat drop.

Sofía lives a sad life, marked by the tragedy of unfulfilled dreams. While she experiences dreams in which her most intimate desires are manifested, she wonders if what she dreams is a way of contacting parallel universes in which she has been able to fulfill her deepest desires. The protagonist's questions have to do with happiness. Is happiness what you live, what you long for, or does it simply have to do with the way you face your own reality?