In the quiet libraries of the orbital ship known as Eternal, where the sunlines painted everything in honeyed amber, Dr. Elias Vey paced the vast stacks of data that were mostly forgotten. He was a man of solitude and normally few regrets, a physicist who had once dreamed of mapping the universe’s hidden heart of … Continue reading The Memories Between the Stars
A24’s Backrooms (2026), directed by Kane Parsons (the YouTube creator behind the viral series), brings the internet’s unsettling liminal spaces to theaters. Released May 29, the film follows a therapist (Renate Reinsve) venturing into a bizarre dimension of endless yellow rooms and buzzing lights to rescue her missing patient (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Mark Duplass and others … Continue reading ‘Backrooms’: Internet Lore Meets Cinema
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune saga reaches its climax with Dune: Part Three, adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah. The film is scheduled for release on December 18, 2026. Set years after Part Two, it follows Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as Emperor, grappling with the consequences of his power amid political plots, a galaxy-wide holy war, and prescience. … Continue reading Dune: Part Three – Villeneuve’s Epic Conclusion
AI has unlocked hidden text from 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Part of an ancient library in Herculaneum, these fragile papyri were previously unreadable without destruction. Through the Vesuvius Challenge, researchers used X-ray imaging and AI to virtually unwrap one complete scroll (PHerc. 1667), revealing ~1.5 meters of ancient Greek … Continue reading News: AI Decodes Herculaneum Scrolls
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The Jacques Richarde Building shook. Students and teachers alike considered their escape route, but before they had the time to follow it, the shaking stopped. “Was that an earthquake?” Madeline Mullaney asked the attractive blonde next to her. “I think it was an alien landing on the roof,” Maria replied, to the surprise of everyone … Continue reading ‘An Alien’s Love’ by LB Knowles
Dear Editor: I recently started a new flash fiction site called "Weirdyear Daily Flash Fiction", and I was wondering if you might be interested in putting a link to it up on your site. http://www.weirdyear.com Thanks! Earl S. Wynn
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Few leave this place alive. Entering through the heavy, green, odd-shaped door, Dr. Charles Dennis shivers. An inclement night: wind tears through the old house, the hospital, where desperate souls bury immorality, illness, fear of the immortal, or they bury themselves. Tonight something other than death, sickness, and despair saturate the place; something else seems … Continue reading ‘Foetal Distraction’ by Monica Carter
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