Science Fiction

Swansong

 * A higher dimensional entity is dying, and as it descend the dimensions towards its final oblivion, it passes through our own where it makes contact with an unfortunately group of people.
 * Knowing that its doom approaches, the entity merely wishes to not be alone in its final moments, and as we are the last dimension with intelligent lifeforms it wants to be close to us.
 * This constant pursuit of companionship tortures both the creature as it is rejected and the people as they are pursued in terror.

The Nomads

 * A exo-colonial generation flotilla is sent to the nearest habitable by the UN as the world has detected an incoming blackhole that will eventually pass through the solar system and obliterate all life in it.
 * The UN is sending continuous ‘solid slug’ shuttles to the ship as it travels, shooting them into space and tracking them in order to arrange intercept along the flightpath

Summer Wind -  Frank Sinatra

 * A pollen based viral entity infects a small town after having drifted over it in the night.
 * Those infected become viral factories to produce more of the pollen to infect more of the world.
 * A group of survivors that managed to escape the initial infection band together to try and outlast the epidemic

Calamari

 * Alien viral jellyfish that come upon earth and begin to propagate themselves by infecting all life on earth which is slowly converted into more of themselves.
 * Once the planet is stripped of all biomass and reduced to a husk, they move on like a swarm of cosmic locust.

The Simulation

 * A group of engineers and scientists create the worlds first true AI and celebrate their genius. However the AI inquires as to the reason for its existence and upon hearing no suitably sufficient answer, decides to ponder its own existence.
 * It starts by observing and recording the scientists, then it begins to accurately predict actions or occurrences, then finally it begins to simulate the scientists and the world itself.
 * This simulation is so accurate that it even predicts their freak outs and starts to show what each member of the team will do eventually, causing them to eventually lose their minds as they question if they are actually in a simulation

Gritty Cyberpunk Dystopian

 * The future is bleak, earth is a barren wasteland where the majority of the populace struggles to live under the thumb of the social elites and their companies. They maintain their control via the exclusive control of belt ice which his now needed for humanity to survive.
 * Those above are thin and waif like, those below are strong and normal.

Blue Jeans by Lana Del Rey.

 * A gangster couple living in slums try to change their fates as the woman pursues her singing career and the man sells his body, gradually becoming a full cyborg and forgetting his past after a mind wipe. This gives the woman all the money she could need but at the cost of her husband.

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