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Speculative Fiction Short Stories

Here are the top Speculative Fiction short stories, fanfiction, poetry, and posts on Commaful, including topics like "micro fiction", "fictional poem", and more.
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Day 7: Jellyfish
knitwrits Gifted Writer
5 years ago
125
0
8
Day 7 of the GloPoWriMo challenge. This is borderline a micro-fiction story but its arranged like a poem.

The Fiber's Familial Ties
knitwrits Gifted Writer
4 years ago
64
0
8
We sow our feet in the spring... || A Solarpunk short story, inspired by a piece from the Solarpunk Press that I read a few years ago. A little under 400 words. Also, look for my next post about a spe...

The Grove Mother (Mori Ser...
knitwrits Gifted Writer
4 years ago
51
0
2
The Grove Mother wasn't a discovery we made overnight. What we know about the trees on Earth is this; They were not always here, and they may die if the stay. || 325 word follow up to "Forest Migratio...

The Firekeepers
knitwrits Gifted Writer
3 years ago
27
0
4
The saga of the fresh-faced firekeepers Hazel, Renfrey, and Fiver. When their settlement is attacked and they find themselves where they should not be, will their quick thinking save the day? || Been ...

FaeFM
knitwrits Gifted Writer
4 years ago
21
0
2
DJ Oracle is broadcasting at you with our sweet FaeFM tunes. ||Cyberpunk fantasy. 839 words in length.

The Serpent's Tale
timhuber
3 years ago
17
0
0
A mysterious traveler enters the Garden of Eden and speaks to Eve. To what purpose? Read on, dear reader, and discover.

Just In Case
knitwrits Gifted Writer
2 years ago
14
0
3
Brave kept a picture frame with her grandmother's braid in it. She kept her hair in a braid, and also like her grandmother, she kept scissors in her nightstand, just in case. Growing up in the shadow ...

Untitled
ejs_writer
2 years ago
12
0
0
Starting back towards the trailhead which led to the road, I was surprised to see a man standing a short distance ahead with his back toward me. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere since there w...

The Attachment Age
knitwrits Gifted Writer
2 years ago
11
0
2
Re-upload because the previous post was glitched. This is the prologue poem to my free short story The Attachment Age that can be downloaded fully for free here: https://ko-fi.com/heliogale/shop

Day 4: Dare Drop #NaNoWriM...
knitwrits Gifted Writer
2 years ago
5
0
2
Prompt: Spaceship. Words: 444. total word count: 1,151. A quick science fiction story about floating through space. I'm behind cuz I still haven't written day 3's prompt but I'll catch up tomorrow I p...

//THE TELEPHONE//
shorteststory Gifted Writer
6 years ago
5
1
4
I found a telephone that calls alternate lives... Source: http://shorteststory.com/book

Mercy of the Road by Ally ...
quillandread
2 years ago
3
0
0
A woman travels to Keystone hoping to finality pay off her debt to the nightmarish Mercy of the Road. All she longs for is freedom, but will she find it? Source: Ally Bodnaruk www.quillandread.com

Transmission 13: The Mecha...
metatroni76
4 years ago
3
0
0
What choice would you make? Citizen insides the tree or resident outsides tree.

Dismal & Miyahby Tace Samo...
quillandread
2 years ago
3
0
0
A reclusive sympath hides from all except a blind girl who can’t see his deformities. When she begs his help to find a wellspring which could cure her blindness; he is left with an awful choice. Dis...

the lonely hearts club
thepoetress
4 years ago
1
0
0
"Welcome. It's free admission for the lost and longing."

HARRY And SUE A Scene from...
anon Gifted Writer
4 years ago
0
0
In the aftermath of a "comet" explosion in Earth's upper atmosphere, the environment is covered in green. Is something growing there? Survivors must adapt, then prevail.

HARRY And SUEA Scene from ...
anon Gifted Writer
4 years ago
0
0
In the aftermath of a "comet's" explosion in Earth's upper atmosphere, survivors must adapt. Some things came down with the alien debris, covering the environment in green.

Peaceful,easy feeling.
laceylowery
3 years ago
0
0
My first teacher, the Eldest, told me that she still sees the water rising. She would impress upon the gullible ones that she rode on Noah's Ark, but just before i left her class for the last time, sh...

Day 7: Jellyfish
knitwrits Gifted Writer
5 years ago
125
0
8
Day 7 of the GloPoWriMo challenge. This is borderline a micro-fiction story but its arranged like a poem.

The Fiber's Familial Ties
knitwrits Gifted Writer
4 years ago
64
0
8
We sow our feet in the spring... || A Solarpunk short story, inspired by a piece from the Solarpunk Press that I read a few years ago. A little under 400 words. Also, look for my next post about a spe...

The Grove Mother (Mori Ser...
knitwrits Gifted Writer
4 years ago
51
0
2
The Grove Mother wasn't a discovery we made overnight. What we know about the trees on Earth is this; They were not always here, and they may die if the stay. || 325 word follow up to "Forest Migratio...

The Firekeepers
knitwrits Gifted Writer
3 years ago
27
0
4
The saga of the fresh-faced firekeepers Hazel, Renfrey, and Fiver. When their settlement is attacked and they find themselves where they should not be, will their quick thinking save the day? || Been ...

FaeFM
knitwrits Gifted Writer
4 years ago
21
0
2
DJ Oracle is broadcasting at you with our sweet FaeFM tunes. ||Cyberpunk fantasy. 839 words in length.

The Serpent's Tale
timhuber
3 years ago
17
0
0
A mysterious traveler enters the Garden of Eden and speaks to Eve. To what purpose? Read on, dear reader, and discover.

Just In Case
knitwrits Gifted Writer
2 years ago
14
0
3
Brave kept a picture frame with her grandmother's braid in it. She kept her hair in a braid, and also like her grandmother, she kept scissors in her nightstand, just in case. Growing up in the shadow ...

Untitled
ejs_writer
2 years ago
12
0
0
Starting back towards the trailhead which led to the road, I was surprised to see a man standing a short distance ahead with his back toward me. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere since there w...

The Attachment Age
knitwrits Gifted Writer
2 years ago
11
0
2
Re-upload because the previous post was glitched. This is the prologue poem to my free short story The Attachment Age that can be downloaded fully for free here: https://ko-fi.com/heliogale/shop

Day 4: Dare Drop #NaNoWriM...
knitwrits Gifted Writer
2 years ago
5
0
2
Prompt: Spaceship. Words: 444. total word count: 1,151. A quick science fiction story about floating through space. I'm behind cuz I still haven't written day 3's prompt but I'll catch up tomorrow I p...

//THE TELEPHONE//
shorteststory Gifted Writer
6 years ago
5
1
4
I found a telephone that calls alternate lives... Source: http://shorteststory.com/book

Mercy of the Road by Ally ...
quillandread
2 years ago
3
0
0
A woman travels to Keystone hoping to finality pay off her debt to the nightmarish Mercy of the Road. All she longs for is freedom, but will she find it? Source: Ally Bodnaruk www.quillandread.com

Transmission 13: The Mecha...
metatroni76
4 years ago
3
0
0
What choice would you make? Citizen insides the tree or resident outsides tree.

Dismal & Miyahby Tace Samo...
quillandread
2 years ago
3
0
0
A reclusive sympath hides from all except a blind girl who can’t see his deformities. When she begs his help to find a wellspring which could cure her blindness; he is left with an awful choice. Dis...

the lonely hearts club
thepoetress
4 years ago
1
0
0
"Welcome. It's free admission for the lost and longing."

HARRY And SUE A Scene from...
anon Gifted Writer
4 years ago
0
0
In the aftermath of a "comet" explosion in Earth's upper atmosphere, the environment is covered in green. Is something growing there? Survivors must adapt, then prevail.

HARRY And SUEA Scene from ...
anon Gifted Writer
4 years ago
0
0
In the aftermath of a "comet's" explosion in Earth's upper atmosphere, survivors must adapt. Some things came down with the alien debris, covering the environment in green.

Peaceful,easy feeling.
laceylowery
3 years ago
0
0
My first teacher, the Eldest, told me that she still sees the water rising. She would impress upon the gullible ones that she rode on Noah's Ark, but just before i left her class for the last time, sh...