The Alice Run
A comatose patient undergoes an experimental procedure that uses favorite childhood stories to p...
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Fiction
Fiction
Read Reactor’s award-winning original short stories, novelettes, and poetry, peruse reprints of classic stories, check out excerpts from new novels, and more!
Our Award-Winning Original Stories
Read free short fiction from sci-fi/fantasy from your favorite authors and brand new voices. Exclusively on Reactor.
The Angel’s Share
A woman hires an exorcist to clear an infestation of 32 angels who think they're helping her. (T...
In the Moon’s House
A new Lady Astronaut story! Dawn struggles to fit in with the rest of her team--the backup crew...
I’ll Miss Myself
A man using a social media app that reaches across dimensions to talk to himself in different ti...
The Colors of Money
Set after the events of Everfair, espionage, betrayal, and political intrigue follow, when the e...
Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
An android who knows nothing besides his work in a factory, is given one final week to explore t...
Breathing Constellations
Misunderstanding threatens a commune whose survival is dependent on precise communication with a...
Other Kelly
Kelly's friends were all getting a little sick of Kelly, even before the doppelganger showed up....
Between Home and a House on Fire
The survivor of an apocalypse event in an alternate universe tries to rebuild and avoid being dr...
Excerpts
Read the Second Chapter From Kerstin Hall’s Asunder
Sabriel meets Witch King in Kerstin Hall's new standalone fantasy.
Read Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 3 and 4
Read new chapters from the new Stormlight Archive book every Monday, leading up to its release o...
Read an Excerpt From august clarke’s Metal from Heaven
A bloody lesbian revenge tale and political fantasy set in a glittering world transformed by ind...
Read an Excerpt From Nnedi Okorafor’s She Who Knows
Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spiritual...
Reprints
The Woman Carrying a Corpse
We’re excited to reprint “The Woman Carrying a Corpse” by Chi Hui, translated from Chinese...
The Stars We Raised
We’re delighted to share “The Stars We Raised” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from C...
A Dream of Electric Mothers
We're excited to reprint "A Dream of Electric Mothers," the 2023 Nebula Award–nominated novelett...
