“The Colour Out Of Space” is a 1927 science fiction novelette by H.P. Lovecraft. It is about a meteorite that falls from the sky in the 1880′s and the devastating consequences it has upon the people in a rural New England town.
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The Colour Out Of Space by H.P. Lovecraft
Posted by Rusty Published in 1930's (and earlier), Award Winners, Classics, Free, Novelette, Online, Printable, Scary, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, by Famous Authors3 comments
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May
Night Bird Soaring by T. L. Morganfield
Posted by Rusty Published in 2000's, Free, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story“Night Bird Soaring” is a 2008 science fiction short story by T. L. Morganfield. It is about a boy who is chosen to represent the god Tezcatlipoca in a modern day Teotihuacan.
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May
Superiority by Arthur C. Clarke
Posted by Rusty Published in 1950's, Arthur C. Clarke, Classics, Free, Good for Kids, Online, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors“Superiority” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It is about a captured general who is giving the reasons why his side lost a war due to superior technology.
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Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Posted by Rusty Published in 2000's, Free, Good for Kids, Hugo Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, Ted Chiang, by Famous Authors“Exhalation” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Ted Chiang. It is about a civilization of mechanical beings who make a startling discovery about the nature of their universe.
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May
Desertion by Clifford D. Simak
Posted by Rusty Published in 1940's, Aliens, Classics, Free, Good for Kids, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors“Desertion” is a 1944 science fiction short story by Clifford D. Simak. It is about the director of a Jovian survey dome who keeps losing men to Jupiter’s open atmosphere.
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May
When the Thorns Are the Tips of Trees by Jason Sanford
Posted by Rusty Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Free, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story“When Thorns Are the Tips of Trees” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Jason Sanford. It is about a boy who is trying to deal with the local ramifications of a deadly, world-wide virus.
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May
The Menace from Earth by Robert Heinlein
Posted by Rusty Published in 1950's, Classics, Free, Novelette, Online, Printable, Robert Heinlein, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, by Famous Authors“The Menace from Earth” is a 1957 science fiction novelette by Robert Heinlein. It is about a 15 year old girl who lives on the Moon and gets jealous when her partner acts as a tour guide for a beautiful Earth woman.
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May
Evil Robot Monkey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Posted by Rusty Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Flash Fiction, Free, Hugo Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, Very Short“Evil Robot Monkey” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Mary Robinette Kowal. It is about a clay molding chimp whose implant makes him more than an animal but less than a human.
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May
The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner
Posted by Rusty Published in 2000's, Free, Nebula Awards, Novelette, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews“The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by James Alan Gardner. It is about an unpopular teenage boy who finds an alien ray gun in the forest.
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