Romance genre
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Sci-fi romance is romance set in a science fiction world — other planets, future wars, post-apocalyptic ruins, technology or doorways between worlds — with the love story at the centre. The genre gives romance tropes vast stakes: enemies are on opposite sides of a war, and a love interest might come from an entirely different world.
Sci-fi romance
with Tavian Ardin
The object you've been restoring opens a door to another world, and the prince standing on the other side calls you by a dead woman's name.
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Sci-fi romance
with Silas Veyr
The enemy commander you were sent to outrun just took a sniper's bullets for you, and he already knew your name.
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Science fiction is excellent at distance, and romance is about closing it. Put two people on opposite sides of a war, or in different worlds, and every step toward each other costs something. The best sci-fi romance uses the genre for exactly that — not technology for its own sake, but impossible situations that make the connection mean more.
Almost Kiss has 2 sci-fi romance stories, including The World That Remembered Me and Ashes Between Stars. Chapter 1 of every story is free to read online with no sign-up, and a free account opens chapters 2–3 of two stories a month. Each story plays out as a text conversation with the characters.
Sci-fi romance grounds its world in science fiction — technology, space, future or post-apocalyptic settings. Romantasy uses fantasy — magic, mythical creatures, invented kingdoms. Stories that move between worlds can sit in either, depending on whether the other world runs on technology or magic.
No. Space romance is popular, but sci-fi romance also includes post-apocalyptic stories, near-future settings, time travel, artificial intelligence and portals to other worlds. The common thread is a speculative science fiction premise shaping the romance.