Short Fiction

Here's everything tagged: Colonialism

All Sci-fi Fantasy Horror
New Myths

Quarters Unknown

Coming Soon

A disgraced cadet gets a chance at redemption, and puts it all on the line: life, limb, and the fate of the known universe.

Far Future Colonialism X Aliens
A photograph of an ornate, multi-level historic library interior, with floor-to-ceiling wooden bookshelves filled with old books, an elaborate wrought-iron balcony railing in the foreground, and a large, white, sans-serif text overlay across the center that reads "Coming Soon".
Aurealis Magazine

Farmhouse of the Lost and Found

A new beginning offers Guber unexpected joys, reluctant compromises, heartbreaking losses, and reality-shattering realizations.

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Far Future Colonialism X Death
Cover of Aurealis #184, featuring a fantasy illustration of an armored warrior standing next to a white wolf in a snowy, mountainous landscape.
Metaphorosis

The Diamond Noose

To keep the job she desperately needs, Laila endures a journey through humanity's writhing underbelly.

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Far Future Inequality Colonialism X Rebellion
Cover of Metaphorosis speculative fiction, May 2023, featuring a watercolor illustration of a wooden display cabinet filled with various items, including seashells, coral, medals, rolled scrolls, and a framed black-and-white sketch of a person reading by the sea.
Anathema Magazine

Semsema of the Zabbaleen

Semsema is caught between clinging to the familiar and venturing into the unknown.

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Near Future Inequality Colonialism X Family
Cover of Anathema: Spec from the Margins, Issue 14, December 2021, featuring a stylized graphic illustration of a person sitting at a desk working on a laptop surrounded by tall stacks of paper, with a massive cloud of black smoke billowing from their head against an orange background.