This is a guest post by Raz Greenberg.

“Snow, Glass, Apples” is a 1994 short fantasy story by Neil Gaiman. It tells the all-too familiar fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves from a fresh perspective – that of the Snow White’s stepmother. …read the rest

Abyss & Apex now has flash fiction – and it’s always had poetry! Who knew? Not me. But now I do, and so do you! …read the rest

“The Shangri-La Affair” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Lavie Tidhar. It is about a special agent who travels to Southeast Asia to find a unique virus engineered to bring peace. …read the rest

Today I present a couple of fun stories from 365 Tomorrows – one of which has excellent writing! Can you guess which one it is? …read the rest

“Happy Birthday, Niatti” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by Raz Greenberg. It is about a girl who rebels against her mother’s illegal activities by joining the opposing Coalition forces that her father belonged to. …read the rest

Flash Fiction Online: That amazing web site where you can read very short stories online! …read the rest

“Down on the Farm” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Charles Stross. It is about a special agent who goes to a mental institution to investigate a strange plea for help. …read the rest

More flash-fictiony goodness from our friends Down Under at AntipodeanSF! …read the rest

“The Hated” is a 1958 science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl (writing as Paul Flehr). It is about an astronaut who has returned from Mars and the psychological problems he is trying to work out. …read the rest

Happy Holidays everybody!

I’ll be taking a break from blogging for a couple of weeks while I celebrate the holiday season with my family and do some gaming with my friends. I’ll be back in January with more science fiction short story reviews and Flash Fiction Fridays.

See you then,
-Rusty

“Death and Suffrage” is a 2002 science fiction novelette by Dale Bailey. It is about a Presidential campaign manager who begins to doubt his abilities in the midst of a zombie-induced re-vote. …read the rest

Happy 2nd birthday to me and my web site! Yep, two years ago today was the start of all the fun and mayhem that is known as BestScienceFictionStories.com. It has been a good and fun two years. Feel free to bake me a cake (I like chocolate), buy me a gift (I am a fan of science-fictiony things… in case you didn’t know) or just congratulate me. …read the rest

365 Tomorrows: That great web site where you can read… well, 365 stories about, you know – tomorrow! …read the rest

Bizarrely Connected Stories: In which I find a strange theme connecting several previously reviewed short stories. Today’s feature: Five Science Fiction Christmas Stories! …read the rest

“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” is a 2009 science fiction novelette, with a very long title I might add, by Eugie Foster. It is about a society whose members must wear different, personality-altering masks each day – and what happens when the taboo of removing those masks are broken! …read the rest

Today we’re back to the web site that is quickly becoming one of my favorites – Flash Fiction Online. …read the rest

“‘Tis the Season” is a 2004 science fiction short story by China Miéville. It is about a man who takes his teenage daughter to the one official Christmas party in London’s highly privatised holiday season. …read the rest

Hidey-ho web neighbors! Today we’ll be exploring a couple of very short stories from Australia’s flash fiction site AntipodeanSF. …read the rest

Well, it’s that time of year again when we start thinking about presents to give to our family and friends. This year I thought I would help out and suggest some cool gift ideas based on science fiction short stories. …read the rest

“Reborn Again” is a 2005 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It is about a man whose whole-body transplant operation is botched by a morally indecisive lab technician. …read the rest