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Category: Science Fiction

Roanoke

On 1 Oct 2021 By pocketfictionzineIn Science FictionLeave a comment

(12 minute read) by Emma Overton (U.K) Do not come here, do not try to find us, we are all dead. I repeat - do not come here, we are already lost. My name is Lydia Valente, I am the grade 2 Peacekeeper of Roanoke Colony. I am the only one left alive at the …

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The Changelings

On 13 May 202116 May 2021 By pocketfictionzineIn Science Fiction, Weird TalesLeave a comment

(20 minute read) by Hilary Griffin Platts (U.K) Chapter 1 Pandora sat up with a start, her pulse was pounding at a rate of knots and she felt so dizzy that she immediately fell back into a supine position and stared at the familiar mark on the ceiling. She felt absolutely exhausted, despite having slept …

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A Gift fit for a Queen

On 8 May 202116 May 2021 By pocketfictionzineIn Science Fiction2 Comments

(13 minute read) by Dru Richman (U.S.A) Olivia sat under a painted sky watching the suns go down. Her husbands had just put the children to bed, and now she was enjoying a moment of blissful quiet. It had been more than ten years since she had started the project for her mother, the Queen. …

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