Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer I weigh six tons and my back is on fire. I’m treading slowly through the hot bowl of what used to Los Angeles. Walking on these streets brings back a memory. I remember walking on a thick crust of snow in the winter as a child. I ...

Author : Helstrom 'The People versus Serial 0815 aka. Daniel' – even the citation had been an issue of furious debate. The inclusion of the AI's given name was seen as some tacit acknowledgement of an identity, whereas that was exactly the question before the Supreme Court. ...

Author : Steve Smith, Staff Writer Caroline walked the long way down from the bluffs, down the winding dirt road and out into the farm fields. To her right the abandoned silo - silent silhouette against the moonlit sky. Impotent concrete rocket reaching skyward, never to ...

Author : Paul Starkey The ad said; “I’m rich, you can be too! Call to find out how!” Frankly it was the sort of ad you see in the papers every week, and you always laugh at the idiots who reply. At least I used to, but the recession was pinching, and my redundancy pay was ...

Author : Suzanne Borchers Agnes glanced up at the tiny yellow dot that hardly pierced the vacuum of black sky. She crouched over in her threadbare spacesuit touching Carl as their gloved hands picked through the rubbish pile. Her stomach fed upon itself, while her eyes ...

Author : Daedalus I look around, one last time, at the empty apartment and the packed bags. One last time? Nicholas Jameson will see those old, beat-up duffels often, but I can't think of him as being me. As being real. It isn't my new face I see in the mirror, courtesy of ...