Science fiction (not “fantasy”) is a genre intended to develop the reader’s thinking. Real science fiction offers new ideas – social, universal human, scientific, technical, artistic. Moreover, these ideas – in true science fiction – do not merely present subtle nuances of old concepts. What we need is serious, tangible novelty. We don’t need a mystical shell for yesterday’s banalities. Science fiction should portray a paradoxical, unexpected, yet entirely realistic tomorrow, whose seed exists already today, even if many people may not yet see it.
When Jules Verne wrote about “heavier-than-air” flying machines, only a few people were aware of the experiments by John Stringfellow and several other inventors. In Jules Verne’s “today,” aviation did not exist and could not exist. But his “tomorrow” was already filled with headlines about the Wright brothers, Lilienthal, and flights by other inventors. Yet in our “today,” aviation is almost a thing of yesterday.
When H. G. Wells wrote about a completely inhuman, fully mechanized Martian war against Earthlings, not everyone took seriously the idea of Nazism and its mass, egotistical ideology that is alien to any normal person. “Tomorrow” for that world arrived instantly and unexpectedly – the Second World War began. Unfortunately, even today it hasn’t entirely become a thing of the past.
That is exactly the kind of science fiction I would like to see on this site. Let’s start with one story. Then there will be others.
This site is non-commercial. Therefore, if you have good material in a small format, with sufficiently novel ideas and an adequate artistic level, then there is no fee for publication. But if you voluntarily submit your stories to this site, you also cannot make any claims regarding copyright.
Of course, there will be some selection of material. I wish to ensure that submitted stories align with the site’s goals. I believe you will understand this.