MI-GRA-TION (noun)
1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
3) Movement from one part of something to another.
Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites.
Migration feaures 300 word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi.
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I love to be watched. On stage, or in bed, it doesn’t matter. Exhibitionist: that’s me. Performing drag-shows on cruise-ships was my dream job. But that’s all gone now. Now I’m the one who watches.
I perch atop the crow’s nest and peer through my scope at the empty dock. I watch for our crew who are out scrounging for food and fuel to keep this behemoth afloat. I watch for Ravagers, pitiful human remnants who attack and eat anything moving. One bullet does for them. I watch for Agri-bots, those world-ending fucks. They’re harder to kill, but much more satisfying. I rub the rocket launcher at my side like it’s a rabbit’s foot.
I tense at a hoarse yell from below and spin my rifle around, trigger finger ready. It’s only Sean and his crew cavorting in the pool. Relaxing, I ogle their bare, glistening chests instead. The world might be ending but I’m not dead yet.
After a year of cruising from port to port we still haven’t found a home. Pristine beach after pristine beach, all deadly after more than twenty-four hours’ exposure. I wish those fucking scientists were in my crosshairs. They designed those Agri-bots to heal the world and instead they poisoned it. Oh, to feel sand under my feet again instead of this sun-bleached deck.
This is my life now. I watch, I kill. I focus on the dock again, the sea breeze caressing my sequined skirt as I keep my eye to the scope and wait for my crew to return.
A hundred and twenty authors are included in Migration:
- Butterflies, by A O’Donovan
- The Return, by A.M. Leibowitz
- A New Spring, by Aaron Silver
- Universal Quota, by Abby Bartle
- The Call of Home, by Adrienne Wilder
- Starfall, by Adrik Kemp
- Playing it By Ear, by Aidee Ladnier
- Rabbit, by Amanda Thomas
- That Does Not Love…, by Andi Deacon
- Inborn, by Andrea Speed
- Saving Ostakis, by Angelica Primm
- A Dawn Wish, by Antonia Aquilante
- Diaspora, by Ariel E. James
- Transmigration, by Ashby Danvers
- Across the Mirror, by Ava Kelly
- Between, by BE Allatt
- The Speck, by Bey Deckard
- The King of the Mountain Cometh, by Bob Goddard
- Before and After, by C. A. Chesse
- Home, by C.A. McDonald
- Too Much Tech, by C.L. Mannarino
- Ze Who Walks Into the Future, by Carey Ford Compton
- The Gate, by Carol Holland March
- Our Last Light Skip, by Chloe Spencer
- Passage, by Christine Taylor-Butler
- The Perils of Pick-Up Lines, by Colton Aalto
- Parched, by Crysta K. Coburn
- Changeling Dreams, by Damian Serbu
- Destinations, by Dave Creek
- Another Job, Another Planet, by David Viner
- Thiefmaster Rosalind’s Apprentice, by Devon Widmer
- A Weight Off Their Shoulders, by Diane Morrison
- Once a Year, by Dianne Hartsock
- Mettle, by Die BoothForever Bound, by E.W. Murks
- They Said It Would Be Her, by Elizabeth Andre
- Til Death Do Us Part, by Elizabeth Anglin
- Little One, by Eloreen Moon
- GBFN, by Emilia Agrafojo
- The Long Distance Thing, by Ether Nepenthes
- Call My People Home, by Evelyn Benvie
- Jace vs. the Incubi, by Eytan Bernstein
- A New Tradition, by Foster Bridget Cassidy
- The Curious Cabinet, by Ginger Streusel
- Ready, by Hank Edwards
- The Albatrosses, by Harry F. Rey
- A Boy’s Shadow, by Helen De Cruz
- Portrait of a Lady, by Isobel Granby
- Beam That Is In, by J. Comer
- The Hunt, by J. R. Frontera
- Repeating History, by J. Summerset
- Neil’s Journey, by J.P. Bowie
- Homeward Bound, by J.S. Garner
- Whose Nightmare?, by Jamie Bonomi
- A Moment of Bravery, by Jessie Pinkham
- Laetus, by Jet Lupin
- Where You Go, I’ll Follow, by Joe Baumann
- Ambrose Out of Ash, by Jonathan Fesmire
- Shooting Modes, by Joshua Darrow
- TerrorForm, by Juam Jocom
- The Curse, by Jude Reid
- Throwing Eggs, by K E Olukoya
- Fly, by Kayleigh Sky
- The Keep, by KC Burn
- Zulu Finds a Home, by Kevin Klehr
- The Risks and Advantages of Data Migration, by Kim Fielding
- Irreversible, by kim gryphon
- Looner, by Krishan Coupland
- The Essence, by L.M. Brown
- Our Song, by Lauren Ring
- O Human Child, by Lisa Hamill
- Goodbye Marghretta, by Lou Sylvre
- Choices, by LV Lloyd
- Endangered Species, by M Joseph Murphy
- Planet Retro, Unplugged, by M. X. Kelly
- Elemental, by M.D. Grimm
- To Wish on a Love Knot, by Margaret McGaffey Fisk
- Firebirds, by Marita M. Connor
- Breeding Season, by Mary Newman
- Kooks at Home, by Matt McHugh
- Spring, by Mere Rain
- Into the South, by Mindy Leana Shuman
- Not How We Planned It, by Minerva Cerridwen
- What Is Left Behind, by Monique Cuillerier
- How Far Would You Go for the One You Love?, by Nathan Alling Long
- Innocence, by Nathaniel Taff
- Heart and Soul, by Nils Odlund
- Tides, by Patricia Scott
- Killer Queen, by Paula McGrath
- Genesis, by Pelaam
- If Pigs Could Fly, by Penelope Friday
- Click, by R R Angell
- Be Kind to Strangers, by Raina Lorring
- Altball, by RE Andeen
- Far From Home, by Riley S. Keene
- Hope for Charity, by Robyn Walker
- Night Comes to the Bea Arthur, by Rory Ni Coileáin
- MIG Ration, by S R Jones
- Going Back, by Sacchi Green
- World Behind and Home Ahead, by Sara Testarossa
- The Call of the Suet, by Sarah Hadley Brook
- Research & Development, by Shaina Phillips
- Into the Void, by Shannon Brady
- The Silkie’s Dance, by Shannon West
- Seal Hunt, by Shirley Meier
- Shrimpanzee FIRST IN BOOK, by Sionnain Bailey
- The Woman With No Name, by Siri Paulson
- Memories of Clay, by Spencer Mann
- Simulacrum, by Steve Carr
- The Experience, by Steve Fuson
- Flight, by Steven Harper
- Birds of New Atlantis, by Stewart C Baker
- Lurching Forward, by Sydney Blackburn
- Spores of Retribution, by Tray Ellis
- Skin Hunger, by Treasure Nguyen
- Elvira, by Trevor Barton
- Ever After, by Warren Rochelle
- Into the Light, by Wart Hill
- Dryads, by X Marduk
- Stream of Consciousness, by Ziggy Schutz
