Misc. Short Fiction
I've written a bunch of short fiction in various places over the years. A lot of more recent stuff is on Nanofic~Sci~Fi. A lot of other stuff was written on Google+ and Pluspora, now defunct (I hope to add them here soon). What you see here is a collection of all the other short fiction I've written.
Nano-/Microfiction
Nanofiction refers to fiction that is very short. Definitions vary, but approximately 100 words is about right. In practice a few hundred is nanoficiton or microfiction. Most of these are very old. For more recent offerings, see again Nanofic~Sci~Fi.
Doc
(Original date: 2015-03-16) Psychiatry with a twist.
Unreliable
(Original date: 2014-02-02) Unreliable narrators. Originally submitted to "Noticias", a dorm newsletter at UNM, on this date. Current version appears to have light copy-edits.
Landing
(Original date: 2014-01-19) Landing on the moon Kerbal-style. Apparently originally submitted on the KSP fora on the above date. It was also submitted to "Noticias" (2014-01-26), a dorm newsletter at UNM. This version was revised on 2015-03-16.
Rivals
(Original date: 2015-03-18) Orbital bombardment, taking into account the speed of light.
The Food Machine
(Original date: 2015-10-06) Consequences of a machine that makes all food taste like what you want.
Flash Fiction
"Flash fiction" as a general term describes fiction that is very short. Here, I use it to mean somewhat longer stories—a page or a few pages. Most of these are also very old.
The Color of Belief
(Original date: 2009-03-11) An old story about a psychological experiment. I think it's quite bad, but it is one of my most popular stories. It was originally released on the above date on my Facebook (now defunct). It was submitted to SLVHS (my high school) lit magazine in possibly another revision (2010-04-16). This version was revised on 2012-01-28.
Experiment
(Original date: 2009-04-17) An old story about an experiment on a group of children. It was originally released on the above date on my Facebook (now defunct). It appears to have been revised 2010-03-02 and 2012-01-28 (this version).
Tunnels
(Original date: 2015-12-07) A story about gravitational tunnel drives. Inspired by a story by qntm.
Janine
(Original date: 2014-10-13) A semi-autobiographical story (more like story intro) about a slovenly but incredibly snarky young woman doing random stuff.
Soft vs. Hard
(Original date: 2021-09-22) A series of nanofics telling the jumbled frame narrative of a battle between "Soft" and "Hard" Sci-Fi, where everybody hews to the physics of their own universe simultaneously. Inspired by and mainly publicized on the ToughSF Discord.
Other
When I Am in an Original Series Star Trek Episode
(Original date: 2013-06-19) Humorous list of things to avoid if you ever find yourself as a character in a TOS Star Trek episode. Inspired by a similar thing for generic evil overlords, and similar lists (e.g. these).