speculative fiction

a spaceship floating in space

Slow Time Between The Stars by John Scalzi – A Contemplative Sci-Fi Short Story

Slow Time Between The Stars is a futuristic science-fiction short story involving an artificially intelligent spaceship which is designed to find another planet for a civilization like ours and to build life there. But the AI which is autonomous cuts contact with mankind, who built and launched it, to find its own way through space over hundreds of thousands of years, as it contemplates on its own.

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A seemingly sick, angry man pointing a gun at a seemingly rich man

Best of Luck – A Twisted Story of Friendship Gone Sour

Barry and Will are best friends. Correction: they were best friends for nearly twenty years. They have been with each other all this time, through the ups and downs, drinking together, sharing laughter and happiness over drinks, being beside each other when they found love and got married, and even during sad times. But today, Will is in Barry’s house, threatening to kill Barry because he blames Barry for stealing all his luck, because “Henry” told him so.

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