Stories from the outer limits

Science fiction and fantasy short stories

The door beyond time

A door. That one word changed the mood instantly. Ellis straightened, his eyes narrowing as he considered the possibility. There were stories in the deep space circles, tales of hidden relics and portals left behind by civilisations long gone. Most explorers laughed them off. But here, on a forgotten world in the middle of nowhere, he began to feel that chill of possibility.

The veil of the unkown

Dr. Kai stood by the porthole, captivated by the swirling eddies of crimson and emerald gas clouds outside the survey vessel, Astraeus. Just beyond those clouds was the enigma that had been his obsession for the last few days: a fragment of alien technology suspended within the mist, pulsing faintly with a rhythm that felt almost... alive.