Food for Thought

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

Keeping Company

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

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

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

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

“What is the value you have?” A simple, short question. The start question for every potential employer. Answering was simple. … 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

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

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

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