Raft by Stephen Baxter • Word count: 5951 • Page count: 16 Raft is a science fiction short story that first appeared in issue #31 (Sep/Oct 1989) of the British science fiction and fantasy magazine Interzone. The story is about a group of humans that accidentally entered an alternate universe where gravity is much stronger [...]

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macs by Terry Bisson • Word count: 3456 • Page count: 8 macs is a science fiction short story by Terry Bisson which won the 2000 Locus award and the 2001 Nebula award for best short story. It was also nominated for the 2000 Hugo award and was on the shortlist for the 2000 Theodore [...]

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Star Light, Star Bright by Alfred Bester • Word count: 5664 • Page count: 16 Star Light, Star Bright is a classic science fiction short story first published in 1953 by Alfred Bester, the author of the very first Hugo award winning novel. It is the story of a boy who has some amazing knowledge, [...]

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Tk’tk’tk by David D. Levine • Word count: 6626 • Page count: 12 Tk’tk’tk is the 2006 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story. It is the story of a penniless salesman on a very alien planet. The main character, Walker, is tried by everything from his ability to sell gadgets, to paying [...]

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A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman • page count: 9 A Study in Emerald, the 2004 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, is a unique blending of two literary traditions: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. It is a short story told from the point of view [...]

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Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt • Word count: 6655 • Page count: 15 Impossible Dreams is the 2007 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story… and it is amazing! It is a science fiction love story – not your regular love story either – this one is about a man’s love of cinema. [...]

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Marionettes, Inc. by Ray Bradbury • Page count: 9 Marionettes, Inc. is a famous short story by the legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury. Marionettes, Inc. is a story about two men who feel they are trapped in their marriages, and the desperate and misguided attempts they make to get out of them by replacing [...]

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A Spy in Europa by Alastair Reynolds • Word count: 7354 • Page count: 20 This is a cool science fiction short story about how far a spy will go to accomplish his mission. Set in the far future it takes place on Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. There are some familiar Alastair [...]

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Craphound by Cory Doctorow • Word count: 7005 • Page count: 18 Craphound is a great science fiction short story about a feud between two yard-sale buddies, one a human and the other (craphound) an alien. It is an interesting piece about our culture, human-alien relations and the nature of beings to collect antiques and [...]

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