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The Elevator Trials

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

crime story, dystopia, dystopian fiction, elevator, fiction, flash fiction, science fiction, short story, story, thriller, writing

The Farm 

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

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Future Orientation

“You can not travel back in time. It’s impossible and why would you want to? But time travel is possible, … More

climate change, dystopia, dystopian fiction, extinction, fiction, future, science fiction, short story, story, Survival, tale, Time Travel

Spectres

A home is a place you should feel safe. A place to keep the dangers out. The spectres were dissolving … More

AI, artificial intelligence, dystopia, dystopian, dystopian fiction, fiction, future, machines, robots, science fiction, scifi, short story, story, Survival, war

Paranoidia

It was a rude awakening. The holo-link even woke my children, they stirred in the darkness of their bedrooms and … More

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The Testament Collector

The pile of bodies was fresh, I knew that much from the lack of stench, and the blood was wet. … More

brain to computer, fiction, flash fiction, genocide, justice, murder, science fiction, short story, story, tale, Technology, war

The Burning Lands

As Fire Response Marshal, Chuck Seager had a high life insurance. His wife had long left him but his estranged … More

dystopia, dystopian, dystopian fiction, fiction, flash fiction, forest fire, future, rescue story, science fiction, scifi, short story, story, Survival, tale

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. … More

AI, artificial intelligence, dystopia, flash fiction, future, love, science fiction, scifi, short story, story

The Update

The tall hallway in my house seemed unreasonably quiet, as if spectres were lurking and judging me from the corners. … More

addiction, devices, dictatorship, digital addiction, dystopia, dystopian, dystopian fiction, flash fiction, future, government corruption, quick read, scifi, short story, social media, tale

Monsters of Mars

“That…That is a monster.” He was right. He did what anyone would do when faced with a monster. He took … More

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Countdown to Zero

Like most people, the best part of the day for Harrison was the preparation in the morning. From his pillow … More

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Boiling Point

When a kettle boils, it’s like a small scream. But in a long day those small screams need to happen. … More

colony, dystopia, dystopian, dystopian fiction, fiction, flash fiction, future, science fiction, scifi, short story, story, Survival

Bay 3

The morning drizzle was gentle and quivering. Thankfully, after much swaying and churning in the waves, the brutal gale had … More

Crime, dystopia, dystopian, future, horror, internet, plastic, pollution, science fiction, sea, short story, Survival

Factory Settings

The production line never really stopped. For maintenance and inspections there were brief pauses but the conveyer rolled its parts … More

AI, artifical intelligence, dystopia, dystopian fiction, flash fiction, future, science fiction, scifi, short story, story, tale

Saviour Squad

I was asleep when the alert sounded in my earpiece. It was 10:05pm on a Tuesday. I had retreated to … More

depression, flash fiction, future, mental health, science fiction, short story, Technology, wearable tech

Herb

It was a beautiful bright, crisp September morning, and although it felt chilly to step out, the sky was blue … More

AI, Car, dystopian, future, short story

Cultured

It had been an uncomfortable journey, reaching the old hunter’s shack. I had taken the bumpy, pitted backroads in the … More

AI, Artifiical Intelligence, authoritarian, banned language, Crime, culture, culturual genocide, dystopia, dystopian, fiction, future, language, oppression, power, robots, scifi, short story, story, technolgy

The Hate Room

It struck me, every movie I enjoyed celebrated the victors who were most violent, who dominated, who won through slaughter. … More

Crime, dystopia, fiction, flash fiction, government, monitoring, oppression, punishment, short story, social media, surveillance

The Filter

What is reality? It’s whatever you see, you hear, you believe. It’s what you are shown. The filter was painless … More

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Touching Crime

I had woken up feeling concerned. It was like a sudden lucid moment in a coma, or like noticing you … More

Crime, disease, fiction, future, lockdown, love story, science fiction, short story, story, tale

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