Food for Thought

“Lights out!” said Dad, “The AI is about to start feeding.” It was always the same: just when I was … More

Time Storm at Tesco

Clean up on aisle five I was shopping, feeling the residual chill in the freezer aisle at the local Tesco … More

A pool of water from the lashing rain grew outside the long, shallow factory window, a mirror on the concrete. … More

“How do you defeat something?” “Defeat what?” “Anything?” Mannings had ushered him away to a basement, just a few minutes … More

I saw myself standing on the other side of the reinforced glass door to my house as I turned into … More

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Please sit back, relax and prepare for take-off. Be advised there are … More

I had never been to False World before. The interstellar cruise on Horizon Finder had made it part of the … More

The memory was a fixed one. Some memories are like sediment, debris in the tidal flow of the mind, others … More

For a robot, it was enormous, a huge silver barrel of a body the size of a bus, swaying side … More

“Everything in this life starts and ends with money.” That seems especially poignant now. He said it softly, like an … More

I loved my holidays. They were the only times I cared about, to be brutally honest. They were also the … More

“What is the value you have?” A simple, short question. The start question for every potential employer. Answering was simple. … More

Absolute silence combined with absolute darkness can drive you mad. Your brain begins to fill in the void with its … More

The routine The bedroom had always been a stressful place, a box. Grace took a deep breath and gazed at … More

Commander Callum Rinder’s dust-dry mouth had an acidic taste to it, he had not eaten since the dawn’s light and … More

At 11:11 PM Greenwich Mean Time at the bus stop on the corner of Carver Avenue in the sleepy British … More

“What is it worth to you, really?” That was his twisting question. Alasha looked the trade agent in the eye … More

Genemagix, the word was nonsense, like most brands and company names, and yet, the investment-burgeoning startups of Silicon Valley hinged … More

Norman Grant didn’t believe in predetermined fate or praying to God but he was contemplating both of these ideas as … More

It was disturbing to take in the endless, neat rows of empty white seats in the preparation space. There had … More