They called it a city that never woke. Enraptured in the eternal Dream, this city slumbered onwards, with only the conscious few monitoring the needs of the many. This was the Dreamscape.
Monolithic machines rumbled ominously, a deep, guttural growl...
Clean, SciFiSummer 2013, Scifi
I shiver. Not from the temperature. It is cool in the room, but not cold. I usually like it that way. My fur keeps me warm.
If all the water hadn't been taken out of the pure oxygen I'd probably be sweating. They do that so there won't be any frost....
Clean, Female, SciFiSummer 2013, Underage
_If you haven't read 'Prologue' in this series, you must know a few things...
1) Furries calling their creators (humans, died 272 years ago) an "Ancients"
2) They started an 'X' epoch and they are using " 'X'YYY, DD.MM. " date format (Y - year, D -...
Clean, Contest, Future, Sci-Fi, SciFiSummer 2013
Chapter Four
* * *
"Are you sure this is gonna work?"
"You got a better idea?"
Hanai sniffed and resumed her pacing back and forth across the small white room. They had arrived at one of the medical centers that had been marked for them and had...
Future, Sci-Fi, SciFiSummer 2013, Short, Short Story, futuristic
**The Eternal Emperor**
by Winter
"His Highness is getting along in years," said the dark-furred lupine Minister of the Second World, bowing deeply. "Space travel must be tiring for him. Does he not require rest before we move on?"
...
Emperor, Lion, Male, SciFiSummer 2013, Science Fiction, empire, furry
Finches live on virtually every space ship, a new breed of pest. A new Captain upsets the balance and safety of the ship? Connections are important, find how the tiny finches connect, when they can't talk to Furs! Will their intolerance of each other...
Bird, Clean, Fox, Leopard, Mouse, Otter, SciFiSummer 2013, Space, finch
Early one morning, at the beginning of a hot, African, summer day, Nico the lesser oriental civet and Pancho the meerkat were collecting fruit. Nico would climb the fruit trees, pick the fruit and toss it down, as a civets claws are well suited for...
Adventure, Extraterrestrials, Friendship SciFi, Interstellar cruiser, Meerkat, SciFiSummer 2013, civet
I crossed the wreckage, the once mighty star ship now lying in pieces. I sighed as I saw the remains of my chair and that of my quarters. I looked for something. I gasped as I found it, something that maybe someone could remember from the ship. A small...
Character Development, Fox, Frame story, Sci-Fi, SciFiSummer 2013, Ship, Wolf
SECTIONS:
The Reformed Captain
Distress Call
Peace
New Beginnings
\_\_\_The Reformed Captain\_\_\_
I sat with Fellows a long time. She must have mulled over many thoughts. I started to feel drowsy with inactivity.
"My father had always talked...
Bird, Clean, Fox, Leopard, Mouse, Otter, Sci-Fi, SciFiSummer 2013, Space, finch
SECTIONS:
The Launch
The Battle Inside the Ship
Resolutions and Learning
\_\_\_The Launch\_\_\_
Fellows was laughing. "Did you see that! I've never seen anything like that! Stupid beast popped right into space. Damn, got your first look at the...
Bird, Clean, Fox, Leopard, Mouse, Otter, Sci-Fi, SciFiSummer 2013, Space, finch
SECTIONS:
Dinner
The Calm
The Incident
\_\_\_Dinner\_\_\_
Ruth and I were the last to arrive at dinner. I looked around checking on my flock.
It looked like Beck was staying in the nest with the chicks that night. Ruth sat down at a table,...
Bird, Clean, Fox, Leopard, Mouse, Otter, Sci-Fi, SciFiSummer 2013, Space, finch
Ted sat with the rest of the world, watching as the grand weapon arose from the ground. This might be the last thing that he ever got to see, "Please... please let him come home safe..." Ted prayed, his hands clasped together. The leopard's eyes were...
Death, Fox, Gay, Hospital, Leopard, Love, Lovers, Moon, Saturn, Sci-Fi, SciFiSummer 2013, Space, Wolf, captain, stars