Freakshow

Author : Rob Burton I watch Kamille comb her beautiful dark hair, and I can’t help but wonder what horror now grows inside her. She’s from a fine family, well respected travelling merchants, with enough money to have selected the best from amongst many possible children, with ...

The Light Between

Author : J.R. Blackwell, Staff Writer Rae woke up strapped to a table, which was hardly out of the ordinary, but always came as a surprise. She had a headache, but that was to be expected, since she had a metal bar through her forehead. Her fingers were smoking. "Bergh." ...

Julia 13

Author : Ken McGrath Her name was Julia 13. There had been twelve others before her, all exactly the same. The only thing that was meant to be unique about her, about them, was the number after the name. But she started to act differently. Unlike the others Julia 13 began ...

Presque Vu

Author : Debbie Mac Rory One doesn't earn the title of the system’s greatest escape artist without effort. I’ve broken out of all of them, and in record time. Well, except for that one time they placed me in an archaic brick and mortar cell. I think the first hour I simply ...

Nursery

Author : Duncan Shields, Staff Writer I work in a nursery. I’m about to kill six hundred babies. Where does life begin? That’s the age-old question. It plagued the pro-lifers and now, here, at the birth of a new species, it’s plaguing the Artificial Intelligence ...

Synapse

Author : Richard Watt Here it came again. A microsecond burst, inaudible to human ears, and - until relatively recently - to human-designed technology, the sudden squirt of dense information still alarmed those who were exposed to it; even slowed down so that it lasted just ...

Cartesian Creation

Author : Ryan Somma Director Almod peered at the computer screen frowning in contemplation, "I don't get it." "It's a star," Jaed offered helpfully. "I know it's a star," Almod gaze never broke from the image. "So what?" "Sooo..." the smile gracing Jaed's face only moments ...

Cat of Heart and Blood

Author : Jeff Soesbe Blood transferred and body hidden, Fulton unplugged the transfer tubes, twisted shut the valves of the metal cat's access port. One step left. With a deep breath, he leaned forward, set his rusted wrench on the gleaming winding nut. His heart sped like a ...

Eden

Author : Ian Rennie "All right, just tell me what happened," Flight Commander Athelston was a long way from happy, but right now exhaustion outweighed anger. His two subordinates, one furious, one sheepish, started to speak at the same time. Eventually Turner, the angry ...

Revival

Author : Skyler Heathwaite Joshua had always been a God fearing man. He went to confession, said his prayers before bed, and gave to the collection plate. Then one day he saw an ad on TV for Revival. The idea itself was simple: Science had found a way to download a mind into ...

Buying Out

Author : Ryan Somma Kheen stared out the window of his top-floor corner office, completely oblivious to the hustle and bustle of his city stretching off into the horizon below. Planes, spacecraft, gliders, unicorns, and more were cruising right past his window, citizens ...

Karachi, America

Author : Joshua Willey Every morning a giant Seller’s Jay lands on the railing and sings until given some caloric morsel. The fog shifts constantly, burying the trees. I choke my dirt bike, kick it, and we’re off, down empty trails, to an empty highway along the empty ...

Teleportation

Author : Patricia Stewart, Staff Writer Tom Erickson smiled as he greeted his guest, “Ah, General Kelly, welcome to the Ames Advanced Research Laboratory. This is my partner, Dr. Mark Montgomery.” They all shook hands. Erickson continued, “Are you ready for the dog and ...

Seeing Clearly

Author : Carter Lee Everyone can see me. I can’t see them, of course, but I can tell by the way that they shy away from me on the street and in stores. Their grey, featureless forms flinch, and drift away from me. No matter how crowded the area might be, I always have room to ...

The Birth Mother and the Whole Living Child

Author : J.R. Blackwell, Staff Writer We drank poison to prove that we were real. My mother fed me the poison herself, holding me in six of her twelve arms, cooing to me while I sipped the foul liquid. She had fed me things I thought were awful before, but I was obedient - ...

Kiln

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 ...

Rise and Shine

Author : Debbie Mac Rory My heartbeat is sluggish. My breathing is equally slow. My eyes, when they blink, take an eternity to open and on the other side of the glass, people appear and move as blurs and streaks of colour. Panic struggles to rise as the primitive parts of my ...

aka. Daniel

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. ...

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