Science Fiction Stories

For every beautiful person there is an ugly one. Shadow is ugly, real ugly. Men flinch, women scream, and children have nightmares after meeting him. Happy Harry doesn't believe that ugly is necessarily a life sentence to loneliness.

Clara is a classical pianist, with 'special abilities,' some of which she knows and some of which she has yet to learn. She was trained by Mossad. Wait... Mossad? She finds herself in an unusual situation: searching for her fiancé, trying to get help from MI6, tracking down some terrorists, who are somewhere, doing something unnice. And what's the story with her father?

In a future where decisions create parallel realities, Jonas, trapped in his ambition, meets Sophia, a guide to the Superconsciousness. She takes him on an exploration of the multiple lives he could have lived. Projecting his past decisions, Jonas sees successes, failures, and a life full of love. As you navigate these possibilities, you discover that each choice deeply affects your future and that true growth is achieved by deciding from a place of love.

The way we feel about another person, or about objects, is often bound up in associations that have no direct connection with the person or object at all. Often, what we call a "change of heart" comes about sheerly from a change in the many associations which make up our present viewpoint. Now, suppose that these associations could be altered artificially, at the option of the person who was in charge of the process....

A simple man trying to eek out a living has an encounter that changes his life forever.

A great civilization's fate lay in Dick Barrow's hands as he led his courageous fellow engineers into a strange and unknown land. None of them knew what lay ahead--what dangers awaited them--or what rewards. But they did not hesitate because the first question asked them had been: "Are you a brave man?"

The Directory-ship Tethys made the first landing on the planet, L21612. It was a goodly world, with an ample atmosphere and many seas, which the nearby sun warmed so lavishly that a perpetual cloud-bank hid them and all the solid ground from view. It had mountains and islands and high plateaus. It had day and night and rain. It had an equable climate, rather on the tropical side. But it possessed no life...

The problem of separating the friends from the enemies was a major one in the conquest of space as many a dead spacer could have testified. A tough job when you could see an alien and judge appearances; far tougher when they were only whispers on the wind.

The troupers of the Big Time lack no art to sway a crowd-- or to change all history!

Kayla and Craig are best friends in desperate need of an escape from the capitalist dystopia weighing them down. Late one night they discover a stranded time machine piloted by a cyborg, "artificial organic," named Glyph, who promises them a vacation 1000 years into the future. They set out for a getaway beyond their wildest dreams, but soon discover that a danger of exploring the future is learning more than you should about what's right around the corner when you return.