I was six years old when my parents told me that there was a small, dark jewel inside ... Read more
Science Fiction Short Stories
Total Stories: 103
The crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth. They arrived ... Read more
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. ... Read more
“Eighty-first street–let ’em out, please,” yelled the shepherd in blue. A flock of citizen sheep scrambled out and ... Read more
Everything was perfectly swell. There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no ... Read more
The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a ... Read more
Dhar Ry sat alone in his room, meditating. From outside the door he caught a thought wave equivalent ... Read more
Experiment “The first time machine, gentlemen,” Professor Johnson proudly informed his two colleagues. “True, it is a small-scale ... Read more
If it was good enough for your grandfather, forget it … it is much too good for anyone ... Read more
Reddish-yellow sunlight filtered through the thick quartz windows into the sleep-compartment. Tony Rossi yawned, stirred a little, then ... Read more
Kramer leaned back. “You can see the situation. How can we deal with a factor like this? The ... Read more
For an instant you think it is temporary blindness, this sudden dark that comes in the middle of ... Read more