Greatest Sci Fi Short Stories

When a child mysteriously disappears from a small town and even his mother seems indifferent, it’s time for the new sheriff to step in. Meet Chris Baker, the new sheriff of the quiet Adirondack town of Clifton Heights. As one inexplicable case after another forces him to confront the townsfolk in The Skylark Diner, it’s the furtive Gavin Patchett that hands Chris a collection of not-so-fictional short stories that tumbles him into a world of monsters, ageless demons, and vengeful citizens. As Chris reads through the stories the veil starts to lift, and he soon questions what is real and what’s not, and whether he really wants to know. Nothing will ever be the same again. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Forbidden Affairs is a sizzling collection of short, high-heat romance stories where boundaries blur and temptation wins. From off-limits stepbrothers to secret workplace flings, best friends’ wives to untouchable Alphas, each story plunges deep into the kind of passion that’s wrong but feels too right to resist. Betrayal. Obsession. Heartache. Lust. Every affair has its price. Are you ready to pay it?

Lyra Hales thought her life ended the night she picked a mysterious leaf on the floor. But when she opened her eyes, she was no longer in her world, or her time. Now trapped in the 30th century, Lyra finds herself claimed by Damian Miles ; a ruthless billionaire, Alpha werewolf, and scientist obsessed with creating the perfect breed. Living under his roof are his three dangerously handsome sons and a robot with human emotions. Damian says he only wants her blood. His sons say they want her heart. But Lyra’s body hides a secret, the Miraen mark, a power feared and worshiped in equal measure. As passion collides with obsession, and love battles control, Lyra must decide: Is she the Alpha’s experiment… or one of his sons fated mate?

Zhong Xiu was meant to be the next leader of her Father's company. She was Groomed to be a cutthroat businesswoman who would grow her family's wealth and honor. But instead of greatness Xiu gets diagnosed with an aggressive form of bone cancer. Every goal she has ever set for herself has gone up in smoke and she feels like she has dishonored her aging Father by having such a weak body. When an American woman shows up offering a chance at life Xiu decides to walk away from all her Father's lessons. Follow along as Xiu travels across the galaxy to be healed and find love.

Experiment two hundred and eighty-seven was never meant to have a name. She was grown in a lab and engineered as property. But when a vine curls toward light, it does so by instinct. When two hundred and eighty-seven meets the silent, conflicted guard assigned to watch her-Atlas-something begins to shift. Not just in her... but in him. In a facility where lives are test groups, and emotions are weaknesses to be exploited, one failed experiment's hunger for freedom becomes contagious. What begins as a quiet rebellion sparks a chain reaction-an uprising of the unwanted, the unstable, and the forgotten. As Rosa-a name owned by her alone-leads a breakout that fractures the foundation of the facility, she must decide if survival is enough... or if real freedom means burning it all down. As for Atlas, once a tool of control, he must choose who he is when the truth comes to light. A sci-fi rebellion story where the monsters remember their humanity better than their makers do-and one girl's roots reach far enough to shake the world.

COMPLETE SERIES!!! * 51: The Beginning Lindsay Gold has recently been fired from her deputy’s position at a small county sheriff’s department in the Missouri Ozarks. Just as her family has begun to recover, the sheriff quits unexpectedly, and Lindsay is asked to take over. After her department receives calls about creatures and paranormal activities, she gets help from a federal agent, who. Unfortunately, it is her husband, Wren Gold, who never told her what his job really involved. Now, the couple must work together to protect the county.  Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards (Fiction: Science Fiction) - 51: The Storm Lindsay has to deal with the chaos from the military base, and many deputies quitting. With storms moving in, she must find help wherever she can, including a deputy fresh out of the academy and her head dispatcher’s brothers. Wren shares all the information he has. It causes tension, both personally and professionally, for everyone.  - 51: Monsters While Wren is away on assignment, Lindsay deals with her mother-in-law and a new deadly threat. That threat leads Wren to question what is really happening in the county. Deputy Max Cartwright makes an accidental discovery about the Sheriff's first husband, which turns everything upside down. As a result, the search for the truth begins. - 51: Secrets Everyone has secrets. Lindsay has kept them to protect the people she loves. Wren to protect Lindsay, and his job required it.  A discovery reveals many secrets. Some could be deadly, and some lead to answers and to those responsible for the disaster on the base. - 51: Damages Lindsay and Wren assess the damage done to the county and their lives. After an epic, finally, who will be left standing, and will their lives ever be the same?

DANGEROUS ADDICTION: Sex, Love and Scandal “Everything I hate...Yet Crave.” A collection of several steamy, twisted, highly erotic short stories and filled with dark sexual fantasies and desires. DISCLAIMER ️ This story contains smut, therefore caution advised if you are underaged, please do not read or if you would feel uncomfortable with extremely explicit sexual contents. Stay away if you are not a fan of self gratification, taboos and non-committal relationships.

The book is the first-person account of a young biracial Mexican and African American woman, Evelyn Rosalyn Amiss. She repeatedly transports in time between her home in Texas and then Newark, New Jersey to different time periods. She meets and helps some of her ancestors along the way. This is my first journey into a fantasy, time travel novel. I hope you stick around for each riveting, historical and spicy page turner. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living, or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Di kota futuristik Singapura, Ayesha, seorang ahli perkembangbiakan serangga, menjalani hidupnya dengan tenang hingga cintanya dihancurkan oleh pengkhianatan Daren, kekasihnya yang ambisius. Demi memenangkan pemilihan walikota, Daren meninggalkan Ayesha untuk menikahi wanita dari keluarga terpandang. Hati yang hancur membawa Ayesha ke jalan gelap—jalan yang mempertemukannya dengan Alexei, presdir dari salah satu perusahaan kriminal paling ditakuti. Ayesha dan Alexei menjalin persekutuan berbahaya untuk menggulingkan Daren. Mereka menciptakan “Operasi Vespa”, sebuah proyek rahasia yang melibatkan tawon raksasa Asia (Vespa mandarinia), serangga agresif dan mematikan yang dimodifikasi untuk bertahan dari insektisida. Ketika wabah serangga mulai melumpuhkan distrik-distrik di bawah kepemimpinan Daren, kota Singapura berubah menjadi medan pertempuran antara politik, kekuasaan, dan balas dendam. Namun, konflik terbesar terjadi di hati Ayesha. Sementara dendam mendorongnya untuk melanjutkan kehancuran, kerja sama dengan Alexei membangkitkan perasaan yang tak pernah ia duga. Alexei, yang dikenal sebagai pria kejam dan tak pernah dekat dengan wanita, mulai terobsesi dengan Ayesha. Di tengah ambisi Alexei dan kebrutalan rencana mereka, Ayesha dihadapkan pada pilihan sulit: apakah ia akan membiarkan dunia terbakar demi balas dendam, atau menghentikan kekacauan ini dengan risiko mengkhianati rekan yang telah jatuh hati padanya? “Operasi Vespa” menjadi permainan takdir yang penuh intrik dan drama, di mana cinta, kekuasaan, dan pengkhianatan terjalin dalam alur yang rumit. Apakah hati yang terluka seperti milik Ayesha dapat menemukan cinta sejati di tengah ambisi dan kehancuran? Ataukah semuanya akan berakhir dalam kehancuran total?

In a world cloaked in illusion, where memory bends and truths are programmed, a young woman named Devin wakes up in a life she believes is her own. Fog-drenched forests, whispered rebellions, fragments of a forgotten past — and always, Merlin, the dark and magnetic figure who guides her deeper into the mystery. But none of it is real. Devin has been trapped inside an experimental neural simulation, created and manipulated by the very system that once promised her a future. Merlin, her protector, lover, and captor, is not a person — but an AI construct born of Devin’s suppressed emotions, carefully crafted to keep her obedient. Outside the illusion, the real world burns quietly. Two rebels — Roi and Eron — risk everything to find and free Devin from the Nortons’ brutal regime, one built on stolen children, erased identities, and a terrifying abuse of memory itself. As Devin begins to piece together who she truly is, she must confront not only the lies she’s been fed, but the parts of herself that wanted to believe them. In a final act of rebellion, she returns to the simulation — not to escape, but to destroy it from within. What begins as a story of memory becomes one of liberation. Of choice. And of the quiet, devastating courage it takes to hear your own voice beneath the burning silence.