"The World That Couldn’t Be" is a 1958 science fiction novelette by Clifford D. Simak. It is about a farmer who tries to save his crops by hunting a very dangerous alien beast.

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Here is a list of my favorite short alien stories and where you can find them.

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“Attention, People of Earth” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Paul Simms. It is about a strange message to humans from an alien species – letting us know what to expect when they arrive.

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"The President’s Brain is Missing" is a 2010 science fiction short story by John Scalzi. It is about a president of the United States whose brain isn’t in his head anymore!

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“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury is the story of an automated house. Or is it the story of the humans who used to live in that automated house? There have been many discussions circling that question: “Who is the main character of this story?”

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"The Secret Origin of Spin-man" is a 2009 science fiction short story by Andrew Drilon. It is about a pair of young brothers who are fascinated and inspired by American comic book super-heroes.

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This is a guest post by Katheryn Rivas. Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction that began to evolve in the eighties, when computers were just starting to enter into the realm of the personal, when the Internet was in its infancy. Although many early cyberpunk stories seem quaint to us now in our hyper-technological [...]

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The Veldt is a 1950 short story written by Ray Bradbury. It is about a family that lives in an automated house with a virtual nursery. When the children start using the nursery to conjure up images of Africa and lions, the parents decide it’s time for a break. But will their ruling stand?

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"The Persistence of Vision" is a 1978 science fiction novella by John Varley. It is about drifter who discovers an amazing commune of blind and deaf people in the New Mexico desert.

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"The Lifecycle of Software Objects" is a 2010 science fiction novella by Ted Chiang. It is about the hard, and sometimes sad, lives of Artificial Intelligence software objects known as Digients.

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