Something in the Tide

My best friend, Marty Darnell, used to say he could read the shape of people. I often wondered what he … More

Angels of Suburbia

The suburban matrix was still and quiet and not in the usual way. There were no young mothers pushing prams … More

Drunk at the End of the World

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

The Girl Who Bought a Planet

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

Terror Island

They could read your mood. That was the most terrifying thing. I wondered if they could even read your decisions. … More

Runners of the Wastelands

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

The Hunger of Leviathan

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

The Last Words of Annie

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

Scraps

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

The Monster from the Woods

The storm was keeping Sam Morrison awake. He listened to the lid fly from the recycling bin and clatter across … More

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

The Farm 

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

Shame Fame

I awoke sharply from a feverish dream, where I was standing with statuesque stillness and completely naked at a conference … More

Future Orientation

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

Spectres

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

Beneath the Canyons

“The difference,” said Detective Shawn Trenton, “between successful people and unsuccessful people is in your definition of success.” The argument … More

Strained Servers

“A day is like a pool of water. It looks permanent, it looks still, like it’s always there, but it … More

The Day Editors

The perfect world. That is where I lived. Nothing bad ever happened. The news was only good news. The government … More

Feeding Frenzy

The warm, acidic sea teased the arctic coastline, just a few feet from the entrance of the seed bank. It … More

The Lithium Murders

My phone battery was dead. I was on my own. I heard them sneaking around in the overgrown garden of … More