"Questing Beast" is a 2006 science fiction short story by Ilona Andrews. It is about a small robot who has a computer virus which causes him to think he is Sir Pellinore.
continue reading "Questing Beast by Ilona Andrews"

“Grandpa” is a 1955 science fiction novelette by James H. Schmitz. It is about a mischievous boy who gets the chance to test his skills against unknown alien life forms.
continue reading "Grandpa by James H. Schmitz"

"The Warriors" is a 1966 science fiction short story by Larry Niven. It is about the first encounter between humans and the aggressive, cat-like Kzinti species.
continue reading "The Warriors by Larry Niven"

Something fun today!

A little over a year ago I reviewed a flash fiction story called “Chameleon” by Colin Harvey. It was a great story and many people mentioned to me how much they liked it.

Well, last week one of my readers, Sam Lemberg, wrote in to let me know that he had created a video based on the short story:
continue reading "Chameleon: A Story and a Video"

This is a guest post by Kate Croston

Since both of these stories are pretty short and written by the same author, I thought it would be safe to recommend them both.

First off, these stories are available for free and written under the pen name Spookysister7. I happened to run across them by a strange set of events.
continue reading "No Earthly Ship and the Quiet Ones"

"The Frightened Planet" is a 1948 science fiction short story by Sidney Austen. It is about a Cro-Magnon man who is taken by aliens to their home planet.
continue reading "The Frightened Planet by Sidney Austen"

All The Painted Stars, a short story by Gwendolyn Clare, is about an alien that gets roped into helping some humans travel to the home planet of an extinct species.
continue reading "All The Painted Stars"

"The Tomb of the Pontifex Dvorn" is a 2011 science fiction novelette by Robert Silverberg. It is about an historian and an archaeologist on an alien world who make a tremendously important discovery.
continue reading "The Tomb of the Pontifex Dvorn by Robert Silverberg"

"A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Yoon Ha Lee. It is about several different alien species and how they view space travel.
continue reading "A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel by Yoon Ha Lee"

"Health Hazard" is a 1973 science fiction short story by Howard L. Myers. It is about an inhabitant of another planet whose addiction to an Earth food eventually helps save her species.
continue reading "Health Hazard by Howard L. Myers"

In the style of Mr Men and Thomas the Tank Engine (with a bit of Douglas Adam’s style reality) comes Alien Characters, a monthly series of science fiction short story ebooks for Kindle for children aged 6-10.
continue reading "Alien Characters by Neil A. Hogan"

"Making My Entrance Again With My Usual Flair" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Ken Scholes. It is about an out-of-work clown who transports a strange monkey across the country.
continue reading "Making My Entrance Again With My Usual Flair by Ken Scholes"

“Raiders of the Universes” is a 1932 science fiction novelette by Donald A. Wandrei. It is about an astronomer who discovers a vicious, universe-conquering race of aliens headed for Earth!
continue reading "Raiders of the Universes by Donald A. Wandrei"

Find out what happens when people start being polite and start getting real — in space.
continue reading "Reality TV Intergalactic Wife Swap by Rob Hopcott"

"Join" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Liz Coleman. It is about a man who has a romantic relationship with some aliens that are invading our solar system!
continue reading "Join by Liz Coleman"

Hey… that’s me! I know… I’m doing a bit of self-congratulatory plugging of my own story here – but hey, you can do that when you own the blog!
continue reading "Jane and the Queen by Rusty Keele"

"The Things" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Peter Watts. It is about an ancient shape-shifting alien who crash lands on Earth, then tries to figure out the strange and unique human race.
continue reading "The Things by Peter Watts"

"Keep Your Shape" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It is about some aliens who try to invade a nuclear plant on Earth.
continue reading "Keep Your Shape by Robert Sheckley"

Today I am going to try something a little bit different – I am going to post an author’s description of his own short story.
continue reading "Library in the Sky by Tony Manera"

"Scales" is a 2009 science fiction short story by Alastair Reynolds. It is about a human who is recruited to fight aliens, and the drastic changes he must go through.
continue reading "Scales by Alastair Reynolds"