Sci-Fi Stories
Free sci-fi stories written by the TaleUs community — several writers per story, one paragraph at a time. Pick one below and start reading.
Updated · TaleUs Team
Science fiction asks "what if?" about technology, space, and the future — what happens when we can edit memories, outlive our bodies, or meet someone who isn't from Earth. The best sci-fi is really about people, tested by a world that has changed around them.
Finished stories first, then ones still being written.
Pale Orbit of the Unmourned Probe
Finished
Null Return From the Last Seeded Dark
In progress · 4 paragraphs
Cryosleep Elegy for the Unmapped Born
In progress · 4 paragraphs
Axiom of the Last Unlit Mind
In progress · 4 paragraphs
Vesper Code for the Last Unmapped Mind
In progress · 4 paragraphs
Null Gravity for the Unmourned Inheritor
In progress · 4 paragraphs
Every sci-fi story on TaleUs starts with one writer's opening paragraph. Other writers add the next paragraphs, one at a time — each person can only add a limited number to any story — until it reaches its ending, written by the last writer or an AI narrator. That's why no two sci-fi stories here go where you'd expect.
Finished stories get cover art and audio narration — see narrated sci-fi stories. And if you'd rather shape the next one yourself, write a sci-fi story with other writers.
Yes. Every story on TaleUs is free to read, and you don't need an account to read one.
Short. Each story has a set number of paragraphs, so most take just a few minutes to read from beginning to end.
Yes — stories still in progress are open for their next paragraph. Create a free account and add yours, or see how to write a sci-fi story.
Start a story or add the next paragraph to someone else's. TaleUs is free, and joining takes about 30 seconds.
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