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SFS prompt-June 2022 — The zeitgeist of the golden age of sci-fi Anchored in the early 20th century, peaking in the 1950s, and continuing through the millennium and beyond, it was a time when the giants of the genre were inventing it and honing their skills. Legendary authors like Asimov, Bradbury, Clark, Norton, and many others published thousands of penny-a-word short stories…

SFS prompt-May 2022 — Rings I can’t believe you were planning to go back to Earth next week without ever visiting the observatory,” Plaedar said near the end of their long elevator ride up from the warm subterranean base. “Just never wanted to see the surface,” Naretha replied. “I hate the cold.” “So you volunteered…

This week’s Centina Pentina prompt is to write a story that takes place on a mountain — I grew up in Manhattan, a land of tall structures, but no mountains. The first time I saw a mountain was when I went to Maine as a child. Wow. …

Parallel Earths have merged together; but not all Earths bring humans, and not all Earths bring peace — Years ago, a small group of scientists identified an overwhelming electromagnetic anomaly in the painted desert of Arizona. This alerted researchers to an unusual abnormality. …

That’s no moon — it’s a space station — In the distant future, the stars in the universe are dead or dying. A dull scattering of red giants are the only twinkling lights left in the empty expanse, and black holes lurk in the darkness. In the far reaches of what was once the Milky Way, a binary pair…