Author: Majoki “Is it not majestic?” “I dunno, Ray. It looks like the unholy spawn of Godzilla and the Pink Power Ranger.” “And is that not consummate majesty?” “Seems like a recipe for robo-drama. Which never ends well.” “Danielle, you see drama in everything. ...

Author: David C. Nutt I remember the rush when I first flipped on the new “accelerated” mode in my smart phone implant. What used to take hours, days, months, of my time staying in touch with news, popular culture trends, celebrity gossip, or the latest meme was now ...

Author: Peggy Gerber The spaceship was designated a luxury resort for elites. “Take a thirty-day voyage into space,” the advert said, “and dine amongst the stars.” It was a vacation offered only to billionaires, and thirty accepted without hesitation. For the token price ...

Author: Susan A. Anthony Voice slow and deliberate, the bot squatted beside their table added to their list of dessert options. “You may choose from blueberries, raspberries or cranberries.” “Is the fruit fresh?” whispered Martha to Ermintrude, her birth ...

Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer The armoured door slams back and Danny rushes in, leaving the door wedged open against the fire extinguisher. Sir Colin Masters, acting PM due to the sudden disappearance of PM and Rejuve Party leader Roland Fordham, sighs. Directives ...

Author: R. J. Erbacher "So, what is it that makes you a god?" Well, let’s see. I’m pretty powerful. Can leap a tall building in one jump. "That makes you Superman, not a god." I can kill you with a pencil. "Is that a serious answer?" OK, so we’re not the same ...

Author: Harold Loomis The coffee shop’s windows were broken and decades of dust lay on the floor. Coffee had not flowed here since the eradication. Nobody was around to use it after that. The door creaked on its rusty hinges as the silent fluid-servo driven hand gave it ...

Author: Philip G Hostetler You're in a city, it's not that it's deserted or abandoned, it's that it's been built entirely for you. It's completely devoid of vehicles, people and animals though all of your needs and desires were present, just lying in wait. You passed by an ...

Author: Dart Humeston Nigel woke up as the day’s first commercial blossomed into a hologram above his bed. Naturally, it was for coffee. He groaned at the cheery actors extolling the virtues of premium caffeine. He slid into his slippers and walked to the bathroom, ...

Author: Mark Renney The view from Davidson’s window, from all the windows in fact, is limited. Davidson is old enough to remember when the Archive had seemed infinite, so many vistas and variations, but no one person could possibly access and experience them all. The ...

Author: Majoki Around the collar and down his spine a welcome iciness spread as he jogged in the midday heat. His shirt, alerted him with a tri-chime that he should rehydrate and automatically pinged his fitchip which opened a GPS widget in his visor dashboard next to his ...

Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer “Don’t do that, Will!” “Got to try something, Len.” Those words ended the final transmission from the Champion, one of the colony ships that established our ancestors on the planet of Mireybrul. The transmission ended because the ship ...

Author: Hugh J. O'Donnell I woke up in a hospital room that smelled like bleach and bad coffee. There was a woman sitting at the foot of my bed. Emma, my agent. But something seemed not quite right. “What happened?” I managed. Emma stood and came closer. She looked ...

Author: James Gonda At the hotel in West Texas, a low structure with a lobby that smells of citrus and air conditioning, I unpack my bag: one pair of walking shoes (the soles caked with dust from Jordan), three dress shirts, a pack of almonds, and a paperback, its bookmark ...

Author: Zoe Lin Pal 100 years ago, the world was lost to the sea. Glaciers, once frozen in time, collapsed into rising tides, swallowing cities whole. Only a fraction of humanity remains, building lives on the edges of what the water has spared. The ocean took ...

Author: R. J. Erbacher I was lying on a beach, naked under a blanket, having just made love to my wife, and we were gazing at the stars. An intense fireplace of driftwood crackled in a hole scooped out of the sand and the only other sound was the soothing pulse of the waves ...

Author: Elliott Fielding “I need to think about it.” “But can’t you just pick now? You’re the tiebreaker and we’ve got to decide.” Jene was worried. Making a group decision was stressful; prices changed fast. “Dude, I told you, I need to think about it,” Kol ...

Author: Majoki While Mr. Patella lectured on quantum entanglement, Jeremy’s right hand almost slipped through his desk. His fingers and palm were halfway through the scratched laminate surface before he noticed. He felt himself gradually slipping through the rigid plastic ...