Hey all, We’re taking a break and will return sometime in January. If you submitted a story in November and want to withdraw it, we understand. Sorry about the inconvenience. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the team at Teleport!… Continue Reading
1st place winner- The Nature of Parasites by Moh Afdhaal 2nd place winner- Disremember by Keith LaFountaine 3rd place winner- A Gilded Dragon Under the Palm Tree by M.A. Dosser Share This:
By Moh Afdhaal 2022 Science Fiction Short Story Contest- 1st Place Winner Ally Lee/ shutterstock Parasitoid wasps follow one of two main schemes when implementing their parasitism: they are either koinobiont, allowing a host to continue to feed,… Continue Reading
By Keith LaFountaine 2022 Science Fiction Short Story Contest- 2nd Place Winner J.Thasit/ shutterstock The Department calls it disremembering, I think, because it’s only a few letters off from dismembering. But if they were being honest, they’d just… Continue Reading
By M.A. Dosser 2022 Science Fiction Short Story Contest- 3rd Place Winner PixxlTeufel/ pixabay “Twelve years. Twelve long years. I was gone. What’d I expect?” the man murmured as Leila placed a fresh cooling salve on his forehead.… Continue Reading
By Tim McHugh Estremo/shutterstock The dancing torchlight cast tall flickering shadows across the stone walls as fifty men and women filed into the dark room. Clasped in their deep purple cloaks, the guild members circled along the edges of the small… Continue Reading
By Lamont A. Turner ALDECA studio/ Shutterstock It might surprise you, but you don’t need a special license to haul corpses, not even a CDL, unless you’re driving something big. There are no courses to take, and… Continue Reading
By R. J. Russell Image by oneinchpunch “Unless she’s a Gar, aliens don’t kill people,” Buldry said to himself as he stood outside an ancient-looking bungalow on a forgotten dead-end road. The door swung open and an old… Continue Reading
By Christopher Pate Image by Apisorn “Son of a bitch.” Danny Winston slapped the steering wheel for the umpteenth time since his phone app steered him onto this lonely country road. All he wanted to do was to… Continue Reading
By W.A. Hamilton Image by Mia Stendal Sometimes the pain overpowers Peruc, the throbbing in his eardrums making him double over. Wrong, wrong, wrong. The narrow streets of Kristembe City flash through his mind: the high tenements, the… Continue Reading