Original flash fiction submissions are now being accepted. Submission window opens October 1 and will end on October 31, 2021.

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Grace Kielstra interviews Emma Burnett, one of MetaStellar's authors, on the impact her academic research has had on her fiction writing, the conversations she hopes her upcoming novella will bring about, and the effort and beauty of exploring different writing styles and perspectives.

Springtime!

Apollina was born with the head of a fly, and otherwise normal. 

A fortune teller writes the future for her AI android clients, etching lines onto their palms. A bureaucrat visits, assuming the worst.

“I’m sorry, what? How do you download DNA?”

If you’re writing a story with deep worldbuilding, you want to make your story feel much older than it seems.

The story represents some of the very best of Golden Age sci-fi as it's both beautiful and hostile.

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We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes werewolves, a magic school, and a space opera by a USA Today bestselling author.

Wiz sees the world through a whole new perspective.

Not all coastal sirens pull their prey from the sea.

Mimi gave me a thorough once over, the kind of look that made me feel dirty. “Woof,” Mimi said.

Learn to cut down words you don’t need and elevate the words you do.

A woman's intolerance gets challenged by an unlikely hero.

The choices the author made while writing this story paid off, as the readers come to slowly know well the main characters and their backstories, and what makes them tick.

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We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes an alien invasion, an EMP apocalypse, a cozy magical mystery, and a kick-ass vampire slayer.

The brightest stars burn the fastest, then come back as a reanimated skeleton.

Grief and guilt always linger just below the surface, waiting to emerge.

Original flash fiction submissions are now being accepted. Submission window opens October 1 and will end on October 31, 2021.

He’d been having a lot of odd memories and dreams too. He remembered Mary, the splash of blood on her . . . her tragic expression of utter horror.  'No, no. That didn’t happen to me.'

I’ve always been intrigued by sci-fi books because they often involve space travel, cool alien creatures, and new ways of looking at the world. But the fact that it’s called science fiction intimidates me because I’m not that good at science (I almost failed physics in high school 😬). Can you relate? Well, as it turns out, there are many 

There’s dark fiction, dark fantasy, grimdark, and straight up horror. All of these genres carry dark and potentially disturbing elements. Some readers like it and others don’t.

The novel’s implications are clear and evident—there’s not much need for interpretation because the world and politics in the novel parallel pretty much the current state of our world.

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We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a USA Today bestselling author and a box set of books about a professional ghost hunter.

Science fiction has catalyzed scientists and mathematicians to prove, disprove, or improve travel through space-time, though it may seem like a fanciful idea, thereby making fiction reality. How far have they gone? And are we any closer to warp speed?

Good things come to those who wait.

Once wolf-daughter had been a small girl.  A tiny thing. Her wolf-mother had named her Lali, the one who is red, because the infant had been found wriggling beside her dead mother’s torn belly, covered in blood. Wolf-mother had unrolled her tongue, grabbed Lali, and shoved her deep inside her belly in a single swoop.

A boy's accidental discovery that he possesses a rare power results in disastrous consequences.

It seemed like an anemic light shone on the day, almost bright enough to expose some clues before it disappeared, leaving me swimming in unanswered questions. Questions I knew I’d spend the rest of the night exploring.

Ever wanted to write weird science fiction? Follow these three steps to see just how weird you can get!

The key question: What would have made season two better? Here’s how I would build a grand conspiracy, insert some twists, and have it all come together.

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We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a bit of everything. Epic fantasy. Aliens... EMP survival. Werewolf romance. And a woman mysteriously thrown into a parallel universe where magic is real -- and where she is now half her age.

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Guess what day it is!

MetaStellar's Grace Kielstra interviews author Andrew Akers on writing a novel through collaborative gameplay, how science-fiction explores and attempts to predict the future of humanity, and the evolution of narrative form and structure.

Instantaneous teleportation is a myth. Modern science doesn’t offer that level of control yet. The matter will get where it needs to go in its own time. But the basics—the molecular transfer—that’s definitely doable. You just need to start from a perfect vacuum.

An alien is desparate to return home, but it will cost the life of his lover.

The mess of bloody body parts made it tough to tell where one creature ended and the other began. One section looked like matted fur, and another had scales, so I figured that was as good a place as any to start.

On Saint Patrick's Day a distraught young woman who can't get over being unceremoniously dumped by a lover clicks on a pop-up promising gold, drinks, or luck . . .

Classic sci-fi movie, Robocop, raises an important philosophical question: What must be prioritized to create a better future?

When you begin your second draft, you need to work on everything from worldbuilding to writing techniques to editing. But it doesn’t need to be overwhelming.

The novel tells more than it shows and either jumps the gun or is unsure as to how move the plot forward.