Author : T Anthony Allen The off-world floor product salesman arrived while mom was visiting her sister or he would have been chased off with a warning shot. But no mom, not here, so when he landed in our back clearing, he was met by my father, knee high me and four sisters. Dad was a ...

Author : Beck Dacus Today was the day. I had gotten the bike the day before, and rented the Snap gear even before that. I pulled into the driveway, pulled them both out of the back, and called my son, Cameron, outside. Watching him come outside and look at the bike with wonder ...

Author : Beck Dacus The advent of artificial intelligence scared a lot of people. Creating the equivalent of a human or better had many philosophical and moral questions, but the main concern was how the A.I. would interpret humanity. Would it look at what we are doing and decide the ...

Author : Callum Wallace Venomous flashes of blue and pink light ran across the thin plasteel veneer keeping his face separated from the filth in the room. Bass rumbles continued to shake up through his feet as the music of the nightclub continued, but the filters on his helmet managed ...

Author : Amy Fogelstrom Chai On the roof, at least twenty-five stories up, with LED party lights strung up over a cheesy bamboo bar jury-rigged from last year’s staff picnic get together we have a regular Tiki Town. The night sky is crisp and the lights twinkle from twilight triggered ...

Author : Julian Miles, Staff Writer “Why can’t I connect to the nets?” At last. I flip the retainer off the dead-man switch and sit up slowly. “Because I’ve isolated you.” Silence, broken only by the hum of processors working hard. “There’s no use trying to break out. ...