Spring Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories - Page 5

Nate stepped out of his apartment and the sun hit him like a physical weight, vibrating and too green.

Jay leads his crew through flooded ruins to hunt a high-speed meat drone, only to face a deadly ambush.

A crash in the salt desert forces Cindy to carry a dead world's memories toward a collapsing horizon.

Dr. Woodfeld finds a birthday cake preserved in fish scales while the depot begins its slow, rhythmic migration.

A gardener in a world of muted emotions finds a woman experiencing the terrifying, beautiful rush of spring.

A trickle of waste water carves a path through Martian dust, sparking a fight over the planet's actual future.

Brian knew the engineered flowers were toxic. The State mandated spring, but the pollen tasted like rusted metal.

A scavenger drifts through a luxury wreck, finding beauty in the radioactive bloom of a dying starship’s reactor.

Olive stared at the massive block of cloudy quartz, her jaw locked in a tight, painful grip.