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Lily’s Truth

“There is no such thing as human rights. If you are lucky enough to live in a country that nurtures…

Crime, dystopia, fiction, political, short story, story

Bay 3

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

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…

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

The Agreement

There are no laws on Mars, just agreements. I say this because when the extraction ship comes in 126 sols,…

dystopia, dystopian, fiction, flash fiction, horror, horror story, MArs, Martian, science fiction, scifi, short story, space, space travel, story, the agreement

Stays Inn

Jack Seymour frowned, so deep furrows formed on his brow, staring at the PDF receipt on the screen of his…

dystopia, dystopian, dystopian fiction, dystopian story, flash fiction, future, sci fi, short story

Saviour Squad

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

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

Reap

“You reap what you sow.” When he said it, initially, I felt at a loss. I had nothing to say…

biodiversity, climate change, dystopian fiction, dystopian story, fiction, food security, future, short story, Survival

Herb

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

AI, Car, dystopian, future, short story

Into the Foodchain

I had wandered into the shell of a hotel in the town’s central square, stepping over the twisted, looping vines…

apocalypse, dystopia, dystopian story, fiction, insects, science fiction, short story, Survival, swarm

Testing for Signs of Life

“She was smiling when they put her in the capsule.” General Wright did not respond straight away, quite deliberately. He…

drama, dystopia, dystopian fiction, flash fiction, laika, scifi, short story, space

Cultured

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

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.…

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…

augmented reality, dystopia, dystopian fiction, fiction, flash fiction, future, sci fi, science fiction, short story, technolgy, Virtual reality

The Lost Travellers

Onan There were three thumps on the door. Tom Lowe’s eyelids unfurled so shapes emerged within the room. A chair,…

aliens, Cornish, Cornwall, dystopian fiction, fiction, history, mine, miners, paranormal, pixies, science fiction, scifi, short story, story, Time, Time Travel, ufos

First World Riot

There comes a moment in every era, where people see right through their leaders. Like a blinding light in the…

anarchy, brutality, chaos, dystopia, fiction, future, futuristic, mob, power, riots, science fiction, short story, Survival

Touching Crime

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

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

Just a Thing

I saw the object outside in the street, below my window. It was clearly abandoned because it was after midnight…

Crime, criminal, horror, objectification, short story, story

Manifestation

I could see the back of his head. His haircut was not the typical military close-crop of bristle but jet…

dystopia, dystopian fiction, fiction, manifestation, military, mindpower, mnifestation, psychic, psychic ability, quick read, remote influencing, remote viewing, science fiction, scifi, short story, spy, story, tale, top secret, training, tuplas, war

Pain

The Administrator was a tall man, with perfect posture. His beard was dark, thick but had a sharp point, like…

city, dystopia, dystopian, fiction, furure, health technology, love, pain, reading, science fiction, short story, story, Survival

Missing Earth

It was an exercise. A simple way of purging. Arron – My ‘what I will miss’ list: The smell of…

covid, Earth, fiction, future, isolation, read, science fiction, short story, space, story, tale

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