They could read your mood. That was the most terrifying thing. I wondered if they could even read your decisions.…
Runners of the Wastelands
“There are twenty artefacts on the countertop, on the top floor of the Lewis temple, and there are fifty of…
The Hunger of Leviathan
The sea was a mirror of the sky except, in one, you would drown and in the other, you would…
The Last Words of Annie
Genemagix, the word was nonsense, like most brands and company names, and yet, the investment-burgeoning startups of Silicon Valley hinged…
Scraps
It had seemed like a good idea to view the city from the highest point, which was obviously Grey’s Insurance…
The Monster from the Woods
The storm was keeping Sam Morrison awake. He listened to the lid fly from the recycling bin and clatter across…
The Elevator Trials
Norman Grant didn’t believe in predetermined fate or praying to God but he was contemplating both of these ideas as…
The Farm
It was disturbing to take in the endless, neat rows of empty white seats in the preparation space. There had…
Shame Fame
I awoke sharply from a feverish dream, where I was standing with statuesque stillness and completely naked at a conference…
Future Orientation
“You can not travel back in time. It’s impossible and why would you want to? But time travel is possible,…
Spectres
A home is a place you should feel safe. A place to keep the dangers out. The spectres were dissolving…
Beneath the Canyons
“The difference,” said Detective Shawn Trenton, “between successful people and unsuccessful people is in your definition of success.” The argument…
Strained Servers
“A day is like a pool of water. It looks permanent, it looks still, like it’s always there, but it…
The Day Editors
The perfect world. That is where I lived. Nothing bad ever happened. The news was only good news. The government…
Feeding Frenzy
The warm, acidic sea teased the arctic coastline, just a few feet from the entrance of the seed bank. It…
The Lithium Murders
My phone battery was dead. I was on my own. I heard them sneaking around in the overgrown garden of…
Paranoidia
It was a rude awakening. The holo-link even woke my children, they stirred in the darkness of their bedrooms and…
The Testament Collector
The pile of bodies was fresh, I knew that much from the lack of stench, and the blood was wet.…
The Burning Lands
As Fire Response Marshal, Chuck Seager had a high life insurance. His wife had long left him but his estranged…
All There is to Know about Love
As an artificial human I liked to study the real ones. They would move a little different than I did.…
Dystopian Days 