SFF SHORT STORIES

Read More

SYSTEM_ONLINE
c[○┬●]כ
100_STORIES_LOADED

My Blue Silk Fan

By Richard Parks in Issue #463 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine “Meaning humans have souls, if not physical immortality. Snake-devils have neither. From my point of view, I am trading lead for gold in what I teach versus what I learn. If this is betrayal, may you always be traitor to me.” I wasn’t so certain about the “lead for gold” a...

Reader Mode Read Story

Water-Eaters by Beth Goder

Three aliens float across from Tabitha, their bodies undulating softly, wetly, like enormous raindrops filled with chrysanthemums. Petallike structures push against their transparent membranes, forming rounded shapes within, which curl […]

Reader Mode Read Story

Long Goodbyes

Sui grunted as she straightened her back, digging her shoulder up into Taxue’s belly. The Zheng’s hind legs dragged awkwardly on the sand, trembling as the paws knuckled, the sudden weight on Sui pushing the knee she’d braced into the dirt. Sui braced her palms up under the Zheng’s hind legs, feeling for the distended sac of her bladder, swollen...

Reader Mode Read Story

The Heart of the Fox Spirit

By Chezza Lee in Issue #463 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Was it sinister, what Ying had done to Hei Lang? I grew up knowing I should avoid fox spirits and that they would eat my heart with no remorse. I should be more afraid after my meeting with Ying, but I attributed my curiosity to her captivating nature and the magic that confu...

Reader Mode Read Story
— PAGE 1 —