The Pleasure Pact
Marisa Kruger was thirty-four years old, and she had spent eleven of those years being the most trustworthy woman in Bracken-Hollow.
Matter-of-fact sci-fi & fantasy stories
Stories in Sci-Fi & Fantasy tagged matter-of-fact, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 22 to 27 minutes. Writers to know: Coral Works, Summit Journal and Signal of Velvet. Readers usually start with “The Pleasure Pact” and “Counterfeit Ledger”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Matter-of-fact sci-fi & fantasy stories, ranked by readers
01 02 Counterfeit Ledger
*This one came from a daydream about ledgers and lies, and how easily we trust a stamp and a signature.
03 The Dormancy Bet
I turned fifty-five in March.
04 Sour Mash
The mash smelled wrong.
05 Bet on the Vintage
The vat is winning.
06 Dust Sprint
The dust-sled didn't like the heat, and honestly, neither did I.
07 Docking Bay Confessions
The coffee pot on burner three has been there so long it's basically a fossil.
08 The Cartographer's Debt
My name is Andi Reyes, I'm twenty-nine years old, and until three days ago my life was so boring it actually hummed.
09 Singularity Drift
I saw Nico four years before I ever touched him.
10 The Taste of Her
The implant was Alec's idea, sort of.