Science Fiction Stories

An alien occupation. Resistance as a family enterprise. Stan Matheson knows duty, sacrifice, and at the end, surprise. Linked to "Diversions of Angels" 2,700+ words

Crane didn't get the nice man's name--until it was far too late to do anything at all about it.

He appeared in glory and sank without a trace. Why? How? For the first time anywhere, here is the startling inside story.

A stratospheric weather ship flying with an improbably large crew suddenly caught suspended in a force bubble in mid-air.

Minos was such a lovely planet. Not a thing seemed wrong with it. Excepting the food, perhaps. And a disease that wasn't really.

Explores a proof for the nature of life

A grim tale of a future in which everyone is desperate to escape reality, and a hero who wants to have his wine and drink it, too.

Sick and helpless, he was very lucky to have a faithful native woman to nurse him. Or was he?

You too can be a Qurono. All you need do is geoplanct. All you need know is when to stop!

They didn't exactly hold a gun at anybody's head; all they offered was help. Of course, they did sort of encourage people to ask for help....