Found 286 works tagged 'Strange'.
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Manna from Above
Published Jul 17, 2019 · 1,506 words (6 minutes) · 30 views
Fantasy Strange climate change weird fishpeople in-universe
Manna from Above is a short story about death, rot, and the turning cycles of the natural world. The story is set in the same universe as Sacrament and Off Kilter, though at different timing, and features a favourite character of mine.
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Bar Hive Beekeeping
Published Jun 12, 2019 · 2,003 words (8 minutes) · 2 likes · 90 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction Lyrical Strange dark philosophical postapocalyptic Rules of the Run
Life behind the Wall is difficult to comprehend for most of the Lost. For the Sisters Penitent, control is the only thing that still makes sense-- and for the Marshal, control is the only thing that matters.
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Possibilities of a Quantum Soul
Published Jun 6, 2019 · 1,008 words (4 minutes) · 7 likes · 299 views
Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Mystery Science Fiction transgender slipstream weird lgbtq quantum Strange nonbinary
A human being with a quantum soul contains many possible lives and identities. If you unmake one of those lives, is it theft, murder, or none of the above? Dari struggles to find the woman responsible and reclaim their own identity.
Holly Heisey is an award-winning author, illustrator, and designer whose work has appeared in Escape Pod, Transcendent 2, F&SF, SciFutures, and more. They generously make many of their #ownvoices stories available under a Creative Commons license, and share a roundup of all their LGBTQIA work on Curious Fictions here.
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Language of the Gulls
Published Jun 5, 2019 · 4,676 words (18 minutes) · 50 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction Lyrical philosophical postapocalyptic Strange Allegorical melancholy Ocean Stories Family story inside story teen Rules of the Run beachpunk
Inside the Walls, Turtle and his sister navigate the organized zealotry that has taken hold of the survivors in the quarantine zone by running and hiding. A quiet morning on a lonely beach is too good an opportunity for salvage to pass up-- but even stolen moments and memories come with a cost, and sometimes not even belief can save you.
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The Eternal Goodnight
Published Mar 27, 2019 · 1,005 words (4 minutes) · 2 likes · 11 views
Fantasy Humor Satire Strange classic picture book weird goodnight moon
We all want to be lost in a good book, but Nobody has spent decades trapped in one they don't like very much.
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The Noise
Published Mar 5, 2019 · 707 words (3 minutes) · 164 views
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Prompted by the ramblings of a numbers station, Svetlana searches for her brother on an abandoned military base.
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What We Found at the Edge of a Black Hole
Published Feb 19, 2019 · 977 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 157 views
Humor Science Fiction Strange aliens space opera glitch
Things get a little glitchy around black holes.
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"The Brat and the Burly Qs"
Published Feb 17, 2019 · 2,647 words (10 minutes) · 102 views
Fantasy Humor Satire Science Fiction Strange
An unlikely superhero facing unlikely villains in an unlikely place...
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"Cease and Desist"
Published Feb 16, 2019 · 503 words (2 minutes) · 105 views
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Don't ever get this kind of hate mail....
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