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

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

I had damaged myself. The blood was caked about my hand and wrist and had made the cuff of my … More

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

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

I witnessed the curling black mushroom cloud for the briefest of moments, it reached over the city on fire like … More

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

“There are twenty artefacts on the countertop, on the top floor of the Lewis temple, and there are fifty of … More

The sea was a mirror of the sky except, in one, you would drown and in the other, you would … More

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

It had seemed like a good idea to view the city from the highest point, which was obviously Grey’s Insurance … More

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