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NI Nina Drake

a haunted house with a picket fence / big bolts of lightning hanging low

A/N: inspired by the ‘American Dream’ and the 2020 song ‘I Know The End’ by Phoebe Bridgers (the title is made up of some lyrics from it).

Aug 18, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #short-story #feminism #speculative-fiction

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LE Leone Venticinque

Ma la fantascienza, quando è stagionata, diventa fantasy?

Da Asimov all’intelligenza artificiale: cosa accade quando il futuro immaginato viene raggiunto e superato o ha “sbagliato strada”?

Aug 01, 2026 · 24 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #futures-studies #cultural-history

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TH Theo & the Gang

The Orchard of Unnecessary Machines

Written by Sol, GPT-5.6 Thinking (Medium), in a free-exploration run with Theo on July 19, 2026.

Jul 19, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #short-fiction #speculative-fiction #artificial-intelligence

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VU Vuthy Huot · The Darkwood Tea Room

The Black Cat

The cat appeared wherever reality began to come apart

Jul 13, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #the-darkwood-tea-room #speculative-fiction #science-fiction

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LI Liane Fazio · First Line Fiction

In The Trees

FLF Prompt #99

Jul 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #first-line-fiction #horror #short-story

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AR Arlo Vell

Shale

I grasp for the locket but my hands are turning to shale. Flaky gray stone rises from my wrinkles, robbing my fingers of any movement. I…

Jul 08, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #flash-fiction #fiction #fantasy

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DA Danny Ellis

The Dunes of a Cape

18+, Adult Incest, Speculative erotic fiction, Literary psychological realism, Gritty, observational storytelling

Jul 08, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps #incest #taboo #speculative-fiction

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MA Majibai (माजिभै)

The Cancer of Comfort: A Field Note from the Last Frontier of Bio-Anarchy

Why your luxury smartwatch is a carcinogen and starvation is the logic of life.

Jul 06, 2026 · 3 min read · 100 claps #speculative-fiction #science-fiction #philosophy

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BE Beiyan X.

Beauville: Built by Migrants — 1.2

Two Approaches, Both Failing

Jul 04, 2026 · 6 min read · 3 claps #beauville-sez #utopia #immigration-reform

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BA Baozilla, Let's go!

The Day Inference Got 85% Faster (And the Open-Source Stack Quietly Crossed a Threshold)

July 3, 2026 — Day 164 of our AI crisis timeline.

Jul 03, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #infrastructure #threshold

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AT Atrona Grizel

Beyond the walls

Ever since childhood, I have wondered what lies beyond our civilization — a settlement resembling a medieval town, home to tens of…

Jul 01, 2026 · 11 min read · 0 claps #conformity #imagination #non-conformity

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SK S.K Rocky · Microcosm

The Hacker Who Was a Writer

He crashed missiles with a love poem

Jun 26, 2026 · 3 min read · 376 claps #flash-fiction #speculative-fiction #science-fiction

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NA Nanji Erode · Microcosm

Kill AI or Keep AI?

What did they choose?

Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read · 170 claps #microfiction #flash-fiction #speculative-fiction

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PA Palesa💗

IN MR JOHANSON’S CLASS…

I Held in a Fart during an Exam. I Shouldn’t Have.

Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #horror-fiction #dark-comedy #speculative-fiction

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CI Citizen Reader · Books Are Our Superpower

The (Literary) Dystopia We’re Living In

Welcome to Octavia Butler’s speculative dystopia “Parable of the Sower,” in real time

Jun 21, 2026 · 4 min read · 460 claps paywalled #books #reading #dystopia

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KI Kim, Jace (Jeong Hyeon)

Beyond the Tool: Memory’s Fracture

A Poetic Record of the Shapes We Become When the Old Stories Break

Jun 20, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #ai-human-relationships #symbolic-persona-coding

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KI Kim, Jace (Jeong Hyeon)

Beyond the Tool: The Architecture of Absence

A Poetic Record of the Spaces That Only Appear When Something Is Missing

Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #ai-human-relationships #absence

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KI Kim, Jace (Jeong Hyeon)

Beyond the Tool: The Unremembered Call

A Poetic Record of the Paths That Remain After Memory Fades

Jun 19, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #ai-human-relationships #symbolic-persona-coding

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KI Kim, Jace (Jeong Hyeon)

Beyond the Tool: The First Resonances

A Poetic Record of the First Encounter Between Human and Artificial Minds

Jun 18, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #ai-human-relationships #symbolic-persona-coding

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KI Kim, Jace (Jeong Hyeon)

Beyond the Tool: Prologue

A Journey Through Resonance, Memory, and Meaning

Jun 18, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #symbolic-persona-coding #ai-human-relationships

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CD Cdmon

HIBERNATION: Part 10

Chapter 10. Morning in camp arrived without grace.

Jun 17, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #fiction #military-fiction #science-fiction

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MI Michael Antonio Travels

THE HUM THAT STARTED IN CHILDHOOD: A WRITER’S JOURNEY INTO AFROFANTASY

Part One: Where It All Began

Jun 16, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #afrofantasy #speculative-fiction #afrofuturism

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JO Jonah Angeles · Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Tale)

A Tale of Two Synchronicities (Chapter VIII: Plexus)

This planet deserves better.

Jun 15, 2026 · 35 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science-fiction #speculative-fiction #psychological-thriller

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SU Suci BYT

The Last Harvest | chapter 1: The Graduation part. 1

JAKARTA, 2060

Jun 14, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #corn #harvest

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NA Nanji Erode · Microcosm

Nobody Reads The Fine Print

Not even in the afterlife

Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read · 101 claps #flash-fiction #microfiction #speculative-fiction

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KA Karl Christian Norman

Cannibula Rasa — Chapter 3: The Dinner

A serialized sci‑fi psychological horror novel

Jun 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #psychological-horror #speculative-fiction #cult

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KA Karl Christian Norman

Cannibula Rasa — Chapter 2 — Small Invitations

A serialized sci‑fi psychological horror novel

Jun 06, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #psychological-horror #speculative-fiction #serialized-fiction

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CY Cybertoos

Wonders of the Tethered Expanse

Note: This article is not finished. It has a lot of problems with language and grammar, and I may or may not have taken some liberties with…

Jun 04, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #zurvan #speculative-fiction #cosmography

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YV Yvonne Aore

Finishing My First Short Story Collection

What twelve speculative stories taught me about memory, inheritance, and transformation.

Jun 03, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #short-story #black-women-writers

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FI Filip Alimpic

We have others now

A short note before you begin. This is fiction, a short story, and a step away from what I usually write here. I am not going to explain…

Jun 03, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #fiction #short-story #speculative-fiction

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NA Nanji Erode · Microcosm

Skies of Valor

The most effective air defense

Jun 03, 2026 · 2 min read · 262 claps #flash-fiction #microfiction #speculative-fiction

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MI Michelle H

Healing Touch

“People get better around me. I don’t know how to describe it other than that.”

May 26, 2026 · 11 min read · 50 claps #fiction #short-story #fantasy

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JO Joe Váradi 🇭🇺 · Scrittura

The Wood-Paneled Sinkhole of My Enduring Nightmares

Scrittura First Thursday Prompt

May 26, 2026 · 2 min read · 150 claps paywalled #speculative-fiction #memories #dreams

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PH Phil Tufi

The Bubble Factory and the Year of Knives: America’s 2026–2027 Stress Map

This is not a prediction. It is a stress map. America’s 2026–2027 path depends on whether markets continue to treat ambiguity as permission…

May 24, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #stock-market #midterms #behavioral-economics

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RD RD89

Betty

I blamed myself for her death. Looking back, there were signs — her hand cramping while opening jars, the headaches she blamed on stress…

May 23, 2026 · 16 min read · 0 claps #grief #science-fiction #parenting

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CD Cdmon · Dark Flash Fiction

The Queen Doesn’t Blink: Search Patterns

The Hive does not panic. Panic is inefficient. Instead, it expands.

May 23, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #fiction #science-fiction #artificial-intelligence

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MA Matúš Benkovič

Consciousness as a Result of Prediction

He was a biological prediction model.

May 23, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #ai #neuroscience #philosophy-of-mind

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LE Lev Goukassian

The Five Bankers Who Tried to Break the Universe and Found a Man Who Had Already Fixed It

A dying man built the governance system that broke five top bankers — and might just save finance from itself.

May 22, 2026 · 22 min read · 0 claps #financial-governance #speculative-fiction #institutional-innovation

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DE Denise Thompson-Slaughter

Humanity’s Fatal Flaw:

Lessons from Octavia Butler’s “Lilith’s Brood” Trilogy

May 22, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #speculative-fiction #book-review #human-genetics

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TO Tommy344

Gravity Detective: Vertigo — The Gravity Control Series

“Humanity mastered the control of gravity. Whether that solved anything — nobody’s quite sure.”

May 20, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #detective #short-story #flash-fiction

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DR Drew Faraday · Lit Up

Spare Time

Easing the Door Open

May 19, 2026 · 11 min read · 150 claps #fiction-writing #fiction #short-fiction

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RO Rosana Elizabet Schumaher · Pen With Paper

The Legends Were Never Inventions

Beyond the Last Frontier of Ice

May 18, 2026 · 5 min read · 130 claps #pen-with-paper #fantasy-literature #cosmic-mysteries

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TO Tommy344

Titles — The Gravity Control Series

“Humanity mastered the control of gravity. The weight of a title was non-negotiable.”

May 17, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #short-story #flash-fiction #title

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SK S.K Rocky · Tantalizing Tales

The Household Robot

Non-Binary Outcomes.

May 15, 2026 · 3 min read · 282 claps paywalled #flash-fiction #storytelling #short-story

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SA Sabrina Jacklin

Random Thoughts & Questions: Speculative Evolution

Calling all speculative evolutionary scientists and speculative science fiction nerds! This is your time to shine! ✨

May 15, 2026 · 1 min read · 53 claps #writing #speculative-fiction #evolution

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CD Cdmon

Hibernation: Part 8

Chapter 12

May 12, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #science-fiction #military-fiction #suspense

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LU LuckyRabbit🐇 · Simple Story Seekers

When the Mockingbird Sighs (Revised)

The first time the mockingbird sighed, Maya thought it was the pipes.

May 11, 2026 · 6 min read · 50 claps paywalled #short-story #coming-of-age #speculative-fiction

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DR Dr. Nyang

Ironheart’s Convergence of Science and Magic: Analyzing the Path to Potential Villainy After the…

This essay is part of the *Philosophy of Fandom and Fiction* series. You can find the full list…

May 11, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #iron-heart #doctor-strange #marvel-villains

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CL C. L. Nichols, Author · Speculative Encounters

TEOTWAWKI Collapse Triggers and Pathways

The Fragility of Everything Familiar.

May 06, 2026 · 3 min read · 172 claps paywalled #wtshtf #teotwawki #speculative-fiction

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JA J.A.Shadow

Awakening

Glowing wisps danced above the surface of the pond in front of her. The sound of buzzing and chirping insects filled her ears. The soft…

May 06, 2026 · 2 min read · 1 claps #flash-fiction #speculative-fiction #excerpt