Phantasmagoria
Space split from time, the future began pulling away from the present, and tents appeared. The BBC muttered ‘incredible…’ and went off the air. Across the ocean, American report...
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Alien Apocalypse Stories
An alien apocalypse is an extinction or collapse scenario caused by extraterrestrial life, nonhuman intelligence, cosmic visitation, invasion, colonisation, or contact with forces beyond Earth. Some alien apocalypse stories imagine open warfare and planetary occupation; others are quieter, stranger tales of contamination, observation, abduction, ecological replacement, or the discovery that humanity is not the dominant story in the universe.
Read original alien apocalypse short stories on this page from world-class authors, selected from the Ash Tales archive.
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After I Watched Her Die
When the bright green light left her eyes, I had no idea of the pain that would come after. I held her body in the forest, on Planet GJ 357 in the Hydra constellation. Her left...
Where It All Began
I stifled a yawn as I pulled up in front of my last customer of the day and turned off the engine. I sold cosmetics door to door and had been on my way home when my boss called...
Jacob and Katy and the Building People
“We really shouldn’t go near that place,” Katy said as Jacob led her toward the dark building in the middle of the abandoned village. “You know who lives there.” Jacob nodded bu...
Tramp the Dirt Down
Every serial killer should have a good, reliable, durable shovel. Even accidental serial killers. My shovel, Betty, was under my nose the entire time festering at the back of th...
The Outback
The sun rose over the mountains. Although, one could hardly call those the mountains. When an ordinary person hears this word, he imagines great stone formations with glaciers,...