The spirit of the Golden Age lives on — The “Golden Age” of science fiction peaked in the 1950s with writers like Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury. Many of their stories were printed on cheap, pulp paper magazines. …

Open Season ends November 27th — The new Sci-Fi Shorts is now open for subscribers! We already have dozens of great sci-fi flash fiction stories available, with more being added every week. There are fresh stories spanning multiple subgenres of science fiction: from horror, genetics, military, and time travel, to aliens and exploration. You’ll even find…

Accepting new writer submissions until November 27th, 2022 — For the past several months, we have been hard at work building something new for the sci-fi flash fiction community. The new SciFiShorts.co website is getting ready to launch into orbit next month! We have built a community of science fiction writers and readers on Medium. Now, our goal is…

Men were from Mars, women were from Venus — Commander Milana Lin stepped through the rocky crag, removed her helmet, and became the first human to inhale Venusian dust. The terraformers had done their job, but only after her crew on the Amarilla Celestial had spent the better part of a decade destroying Venus’ thick atmosphere. As Milana trod…

It was what she’d wanted to do for years — Leena wasn’t the type of woman who took any shit; she was the type who cleaned it up. She had a job doing just that when she was in high school, back when she would have done just about anything to earn twenty bucks. Two hours cleaning the toilets at…

DALL-E 2 vs Midjourney —

Thanks, E! I saw your article and appreciate the mention, but we had already made the decision earlier this month. It was really based on the lack of submissions. We are keeping Sci-Fi Shorts. I think it's easier for authors to write scifi flash fiction rather than fantasy. Fantasy is known for being long, so flash fiction runs a little counter to that genre. However, the short pieces were what I enjoyed most about the pub!

But your story may live on — O’ Fantasy Shorts, pub with tales of myth and woe; Hast thou come to an end at last? From high-born elves and gruesome trolls, Your stories have enlightened our ancient past. Couldest we not keep the pub doors open, To feast and drink with new warriors and mages? …

Prompt: These mysterious, ancient manuscripts have been discovered. What story do they tell?