I hesitated at the door. It was a door I usually hesitated at, but this time was different. My skin…
Food for Thought
“Lights out!” said Dad, “The AI is about to start feeding.” It was always the same: just when I was…
Time Storm at Tesco
Clean up on aisle five I was shopping, feeling the residual chill in the freezer aisle at the local Tesco…
The Keeper
Light is death ‘Don’t go toward the light.’ That was why lighthouses were built. The light was death on rocks;…
Invasive Species
The scene of the incident was nothing I hadn’t seen dozens of times before, but I never lost that spike…
Keeping Company
A pool of water from the lashing rain grew outside the long, shallow factory window, a mirror on the concrete.…
New Day
Graveyards of idiots I reached a moment of pure honesty on the morning of the eve of my fifty-fifth birthday.…
Back to the Soil
I had damaged myself. The blood was caked about my hand and wrist and had made the cuff of my…
Perfect Balance
Clara had a neck scarf she treasured. It was dyed a blend of swirling blue and white, like the colours…
The Algorithm
“How do you defeat something?” “Defeat what?” “Anything?” Mannings had ushered him away to a basement, just a few minutes…
Unnatural
Watching your world degrade is an experience unlike any other. It’s like watching your bed begin to burn while you…
Limpets
“It’s happening…” she said, her ear pressed against the phone as if to protect her. She turned and her blue…
Nothing Original
I saw myself standing on the other side of the reinforced glass door to my house as I turned into…
The Last Flight
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Please sit back, relax and prepare for take-off. Be advised there are…
What’s Left Behind
I had never been to False World before. The interstellar cruise on Horizon Finder had made it part of the…
Growth
When the vice president turned on the ambassador, it was shocking but not surprising. You can sense a tsunami in…
The Days that Followed
The memory was a fixed one. Some memories are like sediment, debris in the tidal flow of the mind, others…
Death by Elephant
For a robot, it was enormous, a huge silver barrel of a body the size of a bus, swaying side…
Project Icarus
“Everything in this life starts and ends with money.” That seems especially poignant now. He said it softly, like an…
Are we Nearly there Yet?
I loved my holidays. They were the only times I cared about, to be brutally honest. They were also the…
Dystopian Days 