Welcome to another new
issue of Future Science Fiction Digest,
where we continue to feature original and thought-provoking stories from across
the globe! We have a nice mix this time around, with three whimsical yarns of
various types, one sweet post-apocalyptic tale, and one story that’s a mix of
sci-fi and horror. ...
Setti knew the woman for a ghost the moment she
appeared. It was the pink hair that gave her away, short and spiky. Real people
didn’t have hair like that. Also, you couldn’t see the scratch-marks on Setti’s
kitchen table through real people’s torsos....
One
So a guy goes into a bar and orders a drink.
He nods toward the bartender and raises a finger. The bartender
returns a knowing smile and slides a tequila on the rocks down the counter. The
bartender doesn’t know the guy; this is the first time this guy has been in
this bar....
Anuett wiped dust out of her eyes and grabbed the trowel
from her kit. Despite her aching knees and sore back, she scraped away yet another
time-compressed layer of dirt from off the fresco, like she’d done for the last
few standard-hours....
Ladies and Gentlemen: the invention for which you are giving me
this award is a fraud. It has an unforgivable bug.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I accept this honor.
Ladies and Gentlemen. This isn’t what I had in mind.
I have been told it is customary to speak about the roots of one’s inspiration....
The remote controls were given out
freely to anybody who wanted one.
They said the light will blink on
every remote, come October 3rd. It will blink for fifteen minutes.
Anyone who presses the button during that time will have voted....