Rocket Stack Rank™ (RSR) aims to help casual SF fans find and discuss great original short fiction. It reviews science fiction and fantasy short stories, novelettes, and novellas, and publishes articles of interest to fans.
(Alternate Reality Fantasy Thriller) She makes a living finding the spirits of the dead, sending them up into the sky, and encouraging the reluctant ones. But can she handle one that can’t ascend—and which keeps on killing. (5,771 words; Time: 19m)
(Dystopia) Cinnamon doesn’t want a smart house. The conveniences aren’t worth being spied on by companies. But some salesmen just won’t take no for an answer. (7,548 words; Time: 25m)
(Trans-Human SF Horror) In the near future, a man and his wife manage a peaceful separation, partly thanks to their brain implants, which help them stay rational. But is that a good thing? (6,482 words; Time: 21m)
(Lost Colony) When the portal collapse isolated the colony, the colonists struggled to survive on a world where the dark forests lured people to their deaths, turning them into “demons.” (7,322 words; Time: 24m)
(Alternate History Fantasy) European invaders with near-modern technology conquered a Mexico where the magic really worked, but the natives are preparing a rebellion. (7,688 words; Time: 25m)
(Horror) Young lovers Alaina-Rose and her boyfriend Johnny struggle to make ends meet, and it doesn’t help that Alaina thinks she’s starting to see ghosts. (4,435 words; Time: 14m)
(Arabian Fantasy) Nuhu bought his wife from the Djinn, but she hasn’t turned out to be what he wanted, and now the Djinn want’s his first-born child in payment. (4,975 words; Time: 16m)
