Ryan Cole
Clarkesworld
2023
ShortStory
Science Fiction
1,500 words
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"War meant a new life for refrigeration unit B3RT4A—or Bertha, as her now-dead family liked to call her, before they’d been buried in the rubble of their kitchen. It meant she had to listen to the bomber-planes flying overhead day and night, had to hide in...
AI FictionFriendshipTender
Content warnings 2
death-of-a-loved-onewar
Ryan Cole
Clarkesworld
2026
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Verity crawled through the endless dark of the tunnel, the false safety of her Colony home now half a mile behind her. All she could see in the dim light […]
DystopiaGuiltEarnest
Content warnings 2
deathillness-and-pandemic
Ryan Cole
Escape Pod
2025
♪ audio
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Death by Pink in the Lollipop Apocalypse By Ryan Cole In the dark of her bed, curled up in her sheets, Susie tried to hide from the next few days and the reckoning they’d bring: of prom and graduation and the dozens of goodbyes she’d have to force herself...
BiopunkFatherhoodWhimsical
Content warnings 2
body-horrorhomophobia