Makeshift Stories Original Science Fiction

In an attempt to escape imprisonment, a genetically modified Orangutan and its human companion flee to a self-declared independent micro-nation. […]

Ex Caelo discovers the true nature of the mission to the 5th world after suspecting information is being withheld and […]

A retired actor, who played a superhero, is inadvertently invited to a comic convention thirty years after her last film. […]

Doctor Slo-Mo wins what he believes is a life-changing job on the Hero-on-the-way app. However, a minor mistake turns it […]

An augmented reality graffiti artist, who targets corporate ads, suspects she is being watched. She manages to avoid being caught […]

After winning a dream vacation in an online contest, the winner finds themself at an exclusive luxury resort with an […]

Disguised as an indentured worker, Seda infiltrates a space habitat for the wealthy with the intent of making its citizens […]

In order to pay for its hosting costs, an artificial intelligence of dubious character was forced to open the world’s […]

Anvi, the sole survivor of a mission to search for life in the Proxima Centauri star system returns to earth […]

Riku Saito, a famous game developer, reluctantly complicit in maximizing player value for investors, is faced with making a choice […]

A programmer is tasked with training an artificial intelligence to understand creativity by having it create a story. As the […]

Ex Caelo and Ship are helped to escape capture by a mysterious group of Rodentians who claim to be simply […]

An office worker finds a cap made of smart fabric in a thrift store on his lunch break and thinks […]

In this return to the serial story the 5th World, a technician repairing Ex Caelo and Opertarius’s ankle trackers suspects […]

Despite not being interested in LARPing, Avery reluctantly attends a weekend event at a remote summer camp, put on by […]

In the afterma­th of a meeting, Julian wakes up aboard a spacecraft that is traveling to another star. His abductor […]

This bonus episode of Makeshift Stories was performed by Mitchell Tew in front of a live audience at the Calgary Expo Comics & Entertainment con on April 21, 2022. The story being read originally appeared in our feed on April 17th, 2020, as episode 184 DIARY OF AN UNINTENTIONAL EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. Please note this was a live performance so the audio quality is limited. We hope you enjoy this performance of the story.

A rogue android, hiding from capture in Tokyo by posing as a stand-in, begins to feel the need to develop […]

After reading his rediscovered diary Emilio, an indentured farm labourer, begins to suspect an entire year is missing from the […]

While taking time away from a protest he and Mrs. Green started to prevent Boardwalk Estates from adopting a new […]