When she opens her mouth, the ocean spills out. Clear, crisp, blue water as cold as ice, as inescapable as… Read more The Woman Who Spoke for the Sea (Published in Nature)
Author: stevenbfischer
Steve is a writer and medical student living in southern Wisconsin. When he’s not cracking open a textbook (or a patient’s thorax), he can be found exploring the northwoods by bike, boat, or boot.
His work has appeared or will appear in venues such as Nature, Daily Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online, among others.
A List of Forty-Nine Lies (Reprinted in Flash Fiction Online)
My name is not Levi. I am not afraid. The machines that hover in swarms over the streets cannot read… Read more A List of Forty-Nine Lies (Reprinted in Flash Fiction Online)
Transmission 27…28…29… (Published in Space Squid)
Have you ever heard the one about the chrononaut stuck in the time loop?No? Me neither. I suppose it wouldn’t… Read more Transmission 27…28…29… (Published in Space Squid)
Recommendation: The Train to Wednesday
“Get ready to ponder some serious philosophical and ethical questions in the ten science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories… Read more Recommendation: The Train to Wednesday
When I Left, You Did Not Ask Me to Stay (Published in Nature)
When I left for the first time, there were tears in your eyes, and you grasped my hand with a… Read more When I Left, You Did Not Ask Me to Stay (Published in Nature)
Deep Water (Podcast in StarShipSofa)
The man is going to die. There’s nothing to be done about that… Thrilled to have my first podcast story,… Read more Deep Water (Podcast in StarShipSofa)
Review: The Train to Wednesday
“Even when, like, it is too late to connect again in life, it’s not too late for him to come… Read more Review: The Train to Wednesday
Review: The Weight of Silver
“For all the lasgun-toting action (of which there’s plenty) this remains a character-led story which carefully balances the inherent darkness… Read more Review: The Weight of Silver
The Train To Wednesday (Published in Diabolical Plots)
Charlie Slawson sat alone in the transit station, watching a set of empty train tracks and wondering why the train… Read more The Train To Wednesday (Published in Diabolical Plots)
I Am Not the Hive Mind of Transetti Prime (Published in Nature)
I am not a young girl staring up at the stars, grasping her father’s hand and holding it tight… Read… Read more I Am Not the Hive Mind of Transetti Prime (Published in Nature)
