I miss 80s adventure movies so I decided to write one. Pop fresh batteries into your Walkman and take a trip with 12 year old George Perez to the Yucatan coast:
Sometimes the biggest surprise can come in the smallest of forms...even a dragon. This is a contemporary fantasy about a woman who needs some new hope in her life and finds it in the least likely place.
I remember reading this story and very much loving it. Seems both of us have Mars on the brain right now - you might like my Katy Gone to Mars story...
I've got a new Unofficial Katy (mis)adventure for your delectation and delight! Katy Gone to Mars is a novella-length story (about 17k words), published every Friday for Sci-Friday. There will be 8 parts in total.
Unofficial Katy masquerades as a British spec fic writer with a penchant for X-Files type conspiracy theories (yes, she's a bit like me!), and is secretly delighted when she gets picked up at JFK immigration control by a couple of Men in Black and escorted to Area 51, where they hope to use her feline curiosity against her and trick her into one of their latest UFOs. That's because they know she's actually an extraterrestrial (of feline origin, from Sirius, hence the mischief), and they suspect she knows all about what's really on Mars.
This is humorous sci-fi, of the wry, self-knowing kind. But trust me, as with all of her adventures, it will put a smile on your face. This currently running one (we're up to part 4 at the moment) is Katy's third adventure - the others are also on my Substack.
My novel White Clouds, currently serializing at poeticgeek.substack.com, is an epic sci-fi conspiracy thriller set five centuries after humanity’s escape from Earth, when colossal orbital stations called The Clouds are all that remain of civilization. When cadet Wendall Sying’s mother is murdered, her final message reveals an impossible truth: fragments of a rogue AI that once slaughtered thousands are hidden in his DNA - making him both the key to its resurrection and the target of a ruthless conspiracy.
Bonus: I carried this idea for nearly 20 years before finally putting digital ink to a blank Word doc. Questions of artificial general intelligence, consciousness, and what it means to be alive were the seeds of the story, slowly growing into the outline that became this novel. Now, I can’t wait to share it with as many readers as possible.
Inspired by C. S. Lewis’ cosmic moral tension and the monastic echoes—and mordant humor—of A Canticle for Leibowitz, Methuselah Codex is a serialized descent into sacred ambiguity and spiritual warfare, where holiness flickers through the Devil’s Breath and each ritual, confession, and nightmare dares the reader to believe in redemption after ruin.
When a research facility floods, Sandy decides to find out who's responsible and give them a piece of her mind.
This was definitely inspired by the fact that I work in a research facility that floods a lot in the summer. So welcome in this fun mix of science and horror for a little speculative stay, why don't you?
The Artworks is a labour camp with a difference. When a new inmate arrives, old hand Frankie has to show him the ropes; but will he be able to handle his new place in life?
Two part Eurotrash-post-apocalyptic tale about a soldier princess (without a tank) and her exile to a luxury hotel overrun by little more than panic and overexcited Swifties
Inspired by the strange events in the Weather Reports brief. Our protagonist tries to fulfill their need for a friend.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jontoews/p/the-friend?r=1asdvc&utm_medium=ios
I miss 80s adventure movies so I decided to write one. Pop fresh batteries into your Walkman and take a trip with 12 year old George Perez to the Yucatan coast:
https://tinyworlds.substack.com/p/isla-chapter-one
A fully immersive experience!
Corticis
https://open.substack.com/pub/wendycockcroft/p/corticis
Keep your distance, at least two metres. Wear a mask. Wash your hands with soap and gel. Test yourself once a week. There is no cure.
I got fed up with anti-vaxxers and lock down whiners so I wrote this.
That picture is seriously scary, as is the story!
Thank you. It's actually a real disease but not the one I wrote about. Thankfully, it's very rare.
https://nicholassamuelstember.substack.com/p/eclipse
Sometimes the biggest surprise can come in the smallest of forms...even a dragon. This is a contemporary fantasy about a woman who needs some new hope in her life and finds it in the least likely place.
https://nicholassamuelstember.substack.com/p/the-race
The "Space Race" takes on new meaning in this lighthearted tale of two pilots from competing companies trying to beat each other to Mars.
I remember reading this story and very much loving it. Seems both of us have Mars on the brain right now - you might like my Katy Gone to Mars story...
I'll definitely have to take a look at that :)
"That was this prison’s genius. A temporal Alcatraz. Even if you escaped, you were stuck on an earth uninhabitable for another three centuries."
"Gan Time" is a climate fiction story with a time travel twist. It's Shawshank Redemption meets Looper. Hope you enjoy: https://copperfrog.substack.com/p/gain-time
I've got a new Unofficial Katy (mis)adventure for your delectation and delight! Katy Gone to Mars is a novella-length story (about 17k words), published every Friday for Sci-Friday. There will be 8 parts in total.
Part 1 starts here: https://inadifferentplace.substack.com/p/katy-gone-to-mars-part-1-of-8?r=2s9hod
Unofficial Katy masquerades as a British spec fic writer with a penchant for X-Files type conspiracy theories (yes, she's a bit like me!), and is secretly delighted when she gets picked up at JFK immigration control by a couple of Men in Black and escorted to Area 51, where they hope to use her feline curiosity against her and trick her into one of their latest UFOs. That's because they know she's actually an extraterrestrial (of feline origin, from Sirius, hence the mischief), and they suspect she knows all about what's really on Mars.
This is humorous sci-fi, of the wry, self-knowing kind. But trust me, as with all of her adventures, it will put a smile on your face. This currently running one (we're up to part 4 at the moment) is Katy's third adventure - the others are also on my Substack.
I also have an index page for Katy's adventures, which you can find here: https://inadifferentplace.substack.com/p/american-visidramas-feat-unofficial?r=2s9hod
Hope you enjoy it!
I'm an unabashed Unofficial Katy fan! Read it, you'll like it! 😎
We Are The Body —The narrative examines themes of spiritual awakening through transgression, the terror and exhilaration of personal freedom, and the fundamental human tension between collective belonging and individual identity. https://open.substack.com/pub/sumflux/p/we-are-the-body?r=1asdvc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
A more practical take on how recreating dinosaurs might work out:
https://gallagherstories.substack.com/p/escapee
My novel White Clouds, currently serializing at poeticgeek.substack.com, is an epic sci-fi conspiracy thriller set five centuries after humanity’s escape from Earth, when colossal orbital stations called The Clouds are all that remain of civilization. When cadet Wendall Sying’s mother is murdered, her final message reveals an impossible truth: fragments of a rogue AI that once slaughtered thousands are hidden in his DNA - making him both the key to its resurrection and the target of a ruthless conspiracy.
Bonus: I carried this idea for nearly 20 years before finally putting digital ink to a blank Word doc. Questions of artificial general intelligence, consciousness, and what it means to be alive were the seeds of the story, slowly growing into the outline that became this novel. Now, I can’t wait to share it with as many readers as possible.
There are several serials and short stories over at The Môrdreigiau Chronicles. This is one of the serials currently running “Obsidian and Flame” involves a sea dragon prince with a deadly secret and lots of underwater politicking. https://open.substack.com/pub/projectstarfish/p/announcing-obsidian-and-flame?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://cmsetledge.substack.com/s/methusaleh-epistles
Inspired by C. S. Lewis’ cosmic moral tension and the monastic echoes—and mordant humor—of A Canticle for Leibowitz, Methuselah Codex is a serialized descent into sacred ambiguity and spiritual warfare, where holiness flickers through the Devil’s Breath and each ritual, confession, and nightmare dares the reader to believe in redemption after ruin.
It's been a while since I've done a pitch, but check out this guy:
https://llford.substack.com/p/the-flood?r=1v5vok
When a research facility floods, Sandy decides to find out who's responsible and give them a piece of her mind.
This was definitely inspired by the fact that I work in a research facility that floods a lot in the summer. So welcome in this fun mix of science and horror for a little speculative stay, why don't you?
Oh and I really like the way this one turned out: https://alexdearden.substack.com/p/the-thing-in-the-pond?r=551v16
It was a writing prompt exercise where they gave us: someone fixing their roof when they spy something in a pond.
The Artworks is a labour camp with a difference. When a new inmate arrives, old hand Frankie has to show him the ropes; but will he be able to handle his new place in life?
https://coraclevoyager.substack.com/p/the-artworks
Two part Eurotrash-post-apocalyptic tale about a soldier princess (without a tank) and her exile to a luxury hotel overrun by little more than panic and overexcited Swifties
https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/sissis-downtime-queendom
https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/sissis-downtime-queendom-37a