Ever seen the wonderful Memento? Well here's the inspiration behind it - a short story called Memento Mori written by Jonathan Nolan (yep, Christopher Nolan's brother). picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Hey, Kurt Vonnegut wrote this short story. His talent trumps any "nsfw" rules. :) “What was the dirtiest story I ever wrote?” wrote Kurt Vonnegut in “Palm Sunday.” “Surely ‘The Big Space f**k,’ the first story of literature to have ‘f**k’ in its title. It was probably the last short story I will ever write. I did it for my frie... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

A machine has been invented that can tell you, from a sample of your blood, exactly how you are going to die. What impact would this have on the world? That's the premise of this interesting short story contest. picked by VoodooPeacock 2 years ago

This story, written in 1956 is one of Asimov's greatest short stories. Asimov himself felt that this was his best. If you've read it before, read it again. If you haven't read it, stop everything and read it now. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

"This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven't already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that ref... read full post picked by imnotyoo 2 years ago

A classic sci-fi short story by Terry Bisson. "Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!" picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Short story about a woman deal with the late night intruder. picked by Young81k 2 years ago

a short story by the great Kurt Vonnegut, now in the public domain. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Follow-up to Moe's post: A short film featuring the comfy pillow. picked by suckersklub 1 year ago

A hypertext puzzle based on the eight pages of Jorge Luis Borges' story "The Book of Sand." Solve it and you can join the Hall of Fame! picked by amador 2 years ago