A Report for You

The dead can’t tell you they love you. That’s why I survived. That’s why I crawled like a lizard from … More

The Betrayal

The soft electric hum of generators and the continual light suck of air filters didn’t register in the hearing of … More

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

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

Light is death ‘Don’t go toward the light.’ That was why lighthouses were built. The light was death on rocks; … More

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

Graveyards of idiots I reached a moment of pure honesty on the morning of the eve of my fifty-fifth birthday. … More

Clara had a neck scarf she treasured. It was dyed a blend of swirling blue and white, like the colours … More

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

Watching your world degrade is an experience unlike any other. It’s like watching your bed begin to burn while you … More

“It’s happening…” she said, her ear pressed against the phone as if to protect her. She turned and her blue … 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

When the vice president turned on the ambassador, it was shocking but not surprising. You can sense a tsunami in … 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

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