Friday Fiction: Liquid Air Delivery (Part 3 of 4)
Welcome back, dear reader.
As you may recall, our protagonist has a problem. Two deadly machines called “Task-Shots” stand between him and preventing an explosion.
By Brandon Scott on Sep 6th, 2024
Welcome back, dear reader.
As you may recall, our protagonist has a problem. Two deadly machines called “Task-Shots” stand between him and preventing an explosion.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 30th, 2024
In our last installment of this tense, sci-fi adventure, our protagonist discovered that this wasn’t going to be a normal delivery. There’s more going on. But he doesn’t back down easily.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 23rd, 2024
Today, dear reader, we have a science fiction tale for you. It’s full of worldbuilding, action, and a main character who can handle extremely dangerous situations.
In fact, that’s what makes him such a good pilot.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 16th, 2024
Life on Earth can be weird, don’t you think? The idea of clouds up above and bugs in the dirt we walk on. We live with it because that’s just how Earth is.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 26th, 2024
It’s the future, and all Edward cares about is a single vase remaining broken.
But why? What has come over Edward that makes him want to break his favorite vase?
By Brandon Scott on Jul 19th, 2024
Today’s story is about physics. More specifically, aliens playing around with physics and making humans have to deal with that.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 1st, 2024
“Slow Time Between the Stars” has almost no plot. And that’s perfectly fine. If you try to read it expecting a plot—or really even conflict—to arise, then you’ll be disappointed. This is pure idea-based science fiction. It’s continuous interesting ideas. That’s it.
By Brandon Scott on Jun 28th, 2024
The time is the far future.
The crime is murder.
And the detective is very good at his job.
By Brandon Scott on Jun 21st, 2024
Do you ever wonder what aliens use to communicate with each other?
Well, in this story, the answer is cell phones.
By Brandon Scott on Jun 12th, 2024
“Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach” is a fascinating, humanist piece of science fiction. Despite having almost no conflicts, barely anything that counts as a propelled plot, it’s intriguing all the way through. Reading it instills so many emotions: sadness, joy, wistful nostalgia, and the exact type of curiosity that incredible concepts have all the power to invoke.
By Brandon Scott on Jun 5th, 2024
“The Long Game” is actually a story about very short periods of time and the exploitation of a species. Its title refers to one idea in the story, among a few different, some related, some not, concepts—and the greatest strength of this one, like “How It Unfolds,” is how interesting those ideas are.
By Brandon Scott on May 31st, 2024
Imagine, if you will, a series of spaceships housing all of humanity.
Now imagine the level of work it would take to keep such locations livable and pleasant.