One Night at the Pub, by elveloy

Sub-Genre: WattPunk

Far out, in the recently charted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy, lies a pub. Presided over by Angus the Android barman, it is home to some strange creatures, Adam the zombie hunter, Dem the mermaid watcher and Gav the wookie.

Read more about their adventures in this collection of Sci-Fi short stories, written for ForbiddenPlanet's smackdown SFSD 7.0 Round One entry.

The Wrench Assistant, by LeighWStuart

Sub-Genre: SteamPunk

Being a female wrench assistant in Graftin Port City was difficult enough before the police came knocking at the door. Now, Nabel will need all her wits and skills to keep herself in a job and her employer hidden and out of the local dungeon. When a mafia henchman crawls up through the drain, demanding his share, she has only one option - to start firing up her tools.

# 57 in short stories on April 27 and 28, 2015!

Getting Stephen Laid, by AngusEcrivain

Sub-Genre: Comic Science Fiction

How do you have sex when you make an elephant feel small?

Stephen, the most repulsive descendant of a bloke called Puke, finds himself in the company of some rather odd aliens who claim they can do the impossible - help him lose his virginity.

There's just one problem keeping sex and Stephen apart. No one who sees his mammoth member, be they man, woman, or [insert gender here], remains conscious. The mere sight of his astronomical appendage has everyone seeing stars.

It's Stephen versus the Universe, with a cast of aliens, animals and the trusty Time Harley as they embark on a random quest of epic proportions across time and space to get his willy wet.

Oh, did I mention that the fate of the Universe depends on it?

Should Have Been The Bad Guy, by OutrageousOllo

Sub-Genre: Comic Science Fiction

Some heroes are born, some are made... some are just idiots.

All it takes is one run-in with a lightbulb socket for Tim's entire life to be turned upside-down. Gone are the troubles of being a teenage dork who daydreams about his friend's sister and tries really hard to get anything higher than an F. Well, they still exist, but now he has the added issues of uncontrollable superpowers, hot girls and a rapidly growing list of people who want to kill him.

He wants to be a superhero. Normally that's a great idea, but in a city full of bad guys and a population who idolise them, it might not be so. But damn it, he is gonna be a hero, anyway! He might not have brains, but he does have powers, bad luck, idealistic morals, a dorky costume and a sense of humour. It will do the job. Somehow...

Trigger warning - Contains cliffhangers, humour, badass fight scenes, epic plot twists and a lifetime's supply of dating advice. Read at your own risk...

The Second To Last Human Alive, by CharlesSmith9

Sub-Genre: Comic Science Fiction

An extraordinarily lucky man is blasted into space and killed in a freak accident, only to be revived nine apocalypses later to find himself one half of the last remnants of humanity. Now he and a woman from this strange future must travel through time in order to escape from an intergalactic zoo run by shapeshifting bugs, passing through all the really good ends-of-the-world along the way.

Now a featured story!

GalaxyBillies, by mplested

Sub-Genre: Comic Science Fiction

When a semi-sentient starship loses its crew it must find a new one quickly. The nearest planet with intelligence is a small blue globe third out from its parent star. The ship, intelligence fading, kidnaps five humans from the mountains of the Appalachians and re-enters civilization. Unfortunately, said humans are questionably sentient and might not be the best ambassadors Earth could possibly have. When they are through nothing in the galaxy will be quite the same.