Divided By Infinity is a 1998 short story by Robert Charles Wilson about a man that gets more than he bargains for when he finds some unusual books.
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The Best Science Fiction Short Stories – and where to find them!
Science fiction short stories that are printable are good for many reasons. For example, if you need to mark up a story, highlight certain sections or make notes about it then having a printed copy is very helpful. Or maybe you don't like to read short stories directly off the computer monitor, printing them out can be more convenient - and possibly better for your eyes.
A majority of the science fiction short stories that I review are printable in one way or another. Here are some tips to help if you decide to print out a science fiction short story:23
Nov
Divided By Infinity is a 1998 short story by Robert Charles Wilson about a man that gets more than he bargains for when he finds some unusual books.
continue reading "Divided By Infinity"
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Nov
"Thief of Futures" is a 2011 science fiction short story by D. Thomas Minton. It is about a specialized thief who comes out of retirement for a high paying job.
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Nov
The True Darkness is a 2010 short story by Pamela Sargent, about an odd power failure that frightens a couple in their home.
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Nov
“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!
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Nov
The Nearest Thing by Genevieve Valentine is a 2011 short story about a man trying to create Artificial Intelligence.
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Oct
"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!
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Oct
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter is a 2010 short story by Theodora Goss about the daughters of several famous madmen we are all familiar with.
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Oct
"The Beautiful People" is a 1952 science fiction short story by Charles Beaumont. It is about a normal young woman who refuses to have surgery to make her beautiful, and all the problems that causes!
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Oct
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a novella published in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a well known story about a man with a dual personality.
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12
Oct
Men Are Trouble, a novelette written by James Patrick Kelly, is about a private investigator trying to discover why a woman committed suicide just after she got married. To another woman. In a world without men.
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10
Oct
"Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Damien Broderick. It is about a husband and wife team who travel through time to help prevent disastrous events from occurring.
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Oct
Gossamer, a 1995 short story by Stephen Baxter, begins when two women crash land on Pluto when the wormhole they were traveling through suddenly collapses.
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Oct
"The Elephants of Poznan" is a 2000 science fiction novelette by Orson Scott Card. It is about a man who lives in a post-apocalyptic Polish city and the strange visitors he receives.
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Sep
"The Faithful Soldier, Prompted" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Saladin Ahmed. It is about a former soldier who make a dangerous trip to post-apocalyptic Cairo to get medicine for his wife.
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Sep
Fair Game is a short story by Philip K. Dick, about a man that feels he is being watched by another species.
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Sep
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!
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Sep
"Mirror Girl" is a 2009 science fiction short story by Paul Carlson. It is about a brilliant girl who begins to question the strange world in which she lives.
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14
Sep
This is a guest post by Tyler Gates.
Benjamin William Bova’s “The Next Logical Step” from 1962 is a short and sweet tale about the dangers of U.S. military hardware.
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Sep
Author C.E.L. Welsh has notified me of his new science fiction short story – so I thought I would pass along the information to you.
continue reading "A.I. Trigger by C.E.L. Welsh"
7
Sep
Troublesolving, a novelette by Tim Pratt, is about a man that is down on his luck, and the mysterious woman that offers to help him out.
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